Tag: Spinal Cord Injury
Understanding the Importance of Language
Every day more than thirty people become paralyzed from spinal cord injury (SCI) or disease. SCI generally results in one of two types of...
Equipment eases adjustment
Paralyzed from the neck down and still dependent on a respirator, actor Christopher Reeve is nevertheless a man with much work to do. "I...
Earliest Time Frame of Potential SCI Therapies
Many people have been asking about potential time frames of therapies that are under development for spinal cord injury. There are too many unknowns...
The Magic Bullet: Laxative Suppositories
Medexus offers a different, faster acting, safe and sure 10mg. bisacodyl suppository. The Magic Bullet is designed to help minimize the cost and excessive...
New Findings in Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Treatment
Pressure ulcers are a common, debilitating, and costly complication of SCI, often requiring long periods of immobility, hospitalization, and/or surgery. Patients with SCI are...
The Neurogenic Bowel After SCI
The digestive tract is essentially a long tube that begins at the lips and ends at the anus. After food is swallowed, it moves...
Upper Limb Recovery in Tetraplegia
Recovery of some upper limb function is common following a Cervical spinal cord injury. Patients with initial C4-level Tetraplegia often regain C5 muscle function,...
Pain and Spinal Cord Injury: Causes and Treatments
Chronic pain is a frequent problem in the majority of the SCI population and can occur not only above the level of injury but...
Ventilatory Care in Patients with SCI
The breathing muscles are supplied by nerves that emerge from the spinal cord in various locations, from the Cervical through the Lumbar levels. "Even...
Chronic Pain after Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal cord injury (SCI) typically results in sensory paralysis, or a loss of feeling in areas using nerves that connect to the spinal cord...
