Spinal Cord Injury Treatment and Cure Research
When someone sustains a spinal cord injury (SCI), one of the most difficult issues to deal with is that there is no "cure" at...
Autonomic Dysreflexia
Autonomic Dysreflexia (AD), also known as Hyperreflexia, is a potentially dangerous complication of spinal cord injury (SCI). In AD, an individual's blood pressure may...
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Spinal Cord Injury Bowel Management
The bowel is the last portion of your digestive tract and is sometimes called the large intestine or colon. The digestive tract as a...
Spinal Cord Injury Bladder Management
The Urinary System is made up of five major parts:
The Kidneys
The two kidneys filter waste and excess water from the blood and produce urine....
Sexuality After SCI
The extent to which sexual function is impaired depends on a variety of factors; the level of injury, the severity of damage, and the...
Travel After Spinal Cord Injury
Arranging travel is a fairly straight-forward process for non-disabled individuals. Most people contact a travel agency, choose a destination and hope that their baggage...
Spinal Cord Injury Levels & Classification
When people are injured, they are often told that they have an injury at a given spinal cord level and are given a qualifier...
Injuries by The Numbers
• Between 222,000 and 285,000 Americans are living with spinal cord injuries.
• 11,000 new cases occur each year.
• 85 percent of spinal cord patients...
Signs and symptoms of SCI
The signs and symptoms of a spinal cord injury depend on two factors:
The location of the injury. In general, injuries that are higher in...
