Bladder Cancer
You may have heard it from physicians, from family members who have been doing their reading, or from spinal cord injury survivors who go...
Interacting With Your Doctor
As part of a growing health and cost conscious public, we now take more responsibility for our health. More concerned about what we eat,...
Weight Gain
So you gained five pounds in the last year; no big deal. It’s probably not enough for anyone to notice. But think about it:...
Incomplete SCIs: The Early Days
What's all the confusion about "complete" and "incomplete?" Complete usually means "total" or "whole," while incomplete usually means "unfinished," or "not yet perfect." Although...
The Art of Breathing
Breathing seems pretty basic. Inhale. Exhale. Repeat. When you stop … well … you have a problem.
Obviously, if you can't breathe, you've got problems....
Changing or Choosing Your Doctor
Many medical doctors, particularly general practitioners, family practitioners, or internists, see relatively few people with spinal cord injuries. They may not be aware of...
You Are How You Feel
One of the first questions out of your doctor's mouth is often something like, "How are you feeling?" More than just a conversation starter,...
Upper-Extremity Pain
For 20 years, Tom had “no aches, no pains, no nothing.” Why was his luck changing now? Maybe his shoulder pain started because his...
Am I Ready For A Van?
Most spinal cord injury survivors who are used to driving a car aren’t too excited about switching to a modified van. “They’re too big....
Men’s Wheelchair basketball
You’ve been injured a while, but for one reason or another you have to change doctors. Perhaps you’ve moved, your doctor has retired, you're...