Friday, April 19, 2024

Tag: Quadriplegic

David Flores: Paralyzed ex-player shares his inspiration

San Antonio Express-News Being the competitor that he is, ex-football player Chris Canales never has accepted the medical opinion that he probably will spend the...

The Marathon Miracle

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 19, 2004--This April, a young man named Jack Shadduck plans to bicycle 26.2 miles--completing the same distance as the thousands of runners...

Rehabilitation program challenges people with spinal cord injuries.

Perched 60 feet above the ground and alongside a cliff at Mississippi Palisades State Park, first-time rock climber Joel Irizarry took a quick breather....

Spinal cord injury sufferers stay busy with new group

A new spinal cord injury group in Naples is gathering steam, with weekly and monthly events to keep members busy and its first major...

Group worries about looming ‘Medicaid crisis’

Legislature debates how to best fix $401 million funding shortfall MADISON — Thousands of jobs and services for the elderly, disabled and poor are at...

‘I would do anything . . . if there was any chance’

Eric Coffman, of Denver, was a 19-year-old Colorado School of Mines student when he damaged his spinal cord snowboarding in 2001. He flew to Israel...

Promise for the paralyzed

Groundbreaking procedure at Craig Hospital offers hope to those with spinal injuries ENGLEWOOD - A skid into a tree, a bad fall on an icy...

Appendicitis in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury.

In general, patients with appendicitis present with a reliable set of signs and symptoms that facilitate early diagnosis. Prompt surgical treatment usually results in...

Voices of Conflict; Voices of Healing – Book

Thirty years ago, I had a car accident that rendered me quadriplegic. As you can imagine, this one moment changed everything. One week later,...

Jim Silcock

I want to share with you a little bit about my husband and our family. I think that my husband is truly an...