Thursday, March 28, 2024

Tag: Spinal Cord Injury Education

SpinalMap eBook

SpinalMap: An Essential Read for Partners, Friends, Colleagues and Care Givers of SCI patients. SpinalMap, has been described by a rehab professional as an “essential...

Spinal cord injury: as many as 500,000 people suffer each year

As many as 500,000 people suffer a spinal cord injury each year. People with spinal cord injuries are 2 to 5 times more likely...

What Kids Should Know About Spinal Injuries in Sports

A push to alert high school athletes about neck injuries A new push is under way to raise awareness of a little-understood but dangerous risk...
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Osteoporosis and Fractures in Persons with SCI: What, Why, and How to Manage

By Jelena Svircev, MD, Assistant Professor at the University of Washington in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and staff physician at the Spinal Cord...

Pharmaceutical leader kicks off week of working on wheels

Eight keen employees swapped their legs for wheelchairs at Merck Sharp and Dohme's Auckland office this Monday for Wheels at Work Week. Merck Sharp and...

United Spinal Presents Free Webinars on Healthy Living for People with Disabilities & their...

NEW YORK, Aug. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- United Spinal Association's membership division, National Spinal Cord Injury Association (NSCIA), will host two free webinars this...

Cape May lifeguard seeks beach improvements to reduce spinal-cord injuries

CAPE MAY - Shore towns do not like bad publicity, but this year, the city will spend $10,000 from its beach revenue to print...

Local ‘celebrities’ to learn trials of spinal cord injuries

Winnipeg's police chief is one of five notable Winnipeggers participating in an event to give them an idea of what it's like to live...

What is a spinal cord injury- Finetech Medical

What is a spinal cord injury? This short clip shows what is meant by a spinal cord injury and explains how this can effect the bladder and bowel.