Spinal Injury Rehabilitation: Spinal Injury
Any injury to your head or spinal cord is a potentially serious injury. A spinal injury, depending on which part of the cord is injured, could be totally paralyzing, partially paralyzing, and could affect your ability to breathe among other things. Spinal cord injuries can be complete or incomplete; a complete injury meaning that the person is paralyzed below the point of the spine injury and incomplete meaning that there is some movement or feeling below the injury point. Read ...
Wachusett's Castellanos Eyes Olympics
Wachusett's Castellanos eyes Olympics She did not, as the adage goes, take to water like a fish. It was more along the lines of oil. “I hated … An honor roll student at Wachusett, Castellanos is interested in studying sports medicine or physical therapy in college. Although she hasn't … Read more on Worcester Telegram Getting dragged through the mud In the Big Man division, Sigma Pi won the first snap against Phi Kappa Theta, jolting their opponents horizontal into the mud and sliding them straight into the water for the win. Ryan Seipp, a senior pre-physical therapy major and member of Sigma Pi … Read more on Daily Eastern News Read more... ...
Mark Pollock's Journey From Extreme Athlete to Spinal–cord Injury Patient
... Pollock's journey from extreme athlete to spinal–cord injury patient He first flew to Southern California to meet with specialists at Project Walk, a rehabilitation center training patients with spinal cord injuries. The center's mission is to get patients like Pollock in optimum physical shape, hoping to promote the … Read more on Boston Globe Spinal cord researchers to benefit from M investment from Rick Hansen … “ICORD's scientists and clinicians have been working on many fronts in the quest to treat spinal cord injury, such as stimulating the re-growth of nerve fibres in the damaged cord, or re-training spared or re-grown nerve fibres through rehabilitation … Read more on University of British Columbia Read ...
CRPS RSD Help Please…?
Question by Joe R: CRPS RSD help please…? Ok so in mid november of 2010 my foot and ankle was ran over by a 2 ton forklift at work. When I saw and orthopedic he read my x rays and told me I had no fractures just a “true crush injury”…In the next 2 months im going back and fourth to the doctor and physical therapy with not much change and frequent pain..My orthopedic then calls for an mri which revealed 4 fractures in my foot to add to the crush injury..now 2 and a half months later im diagnosed wit crps or rsd (same thing)..my question is will I be in a lifetime of pain? will i get some sort of settlement for this? im recieving pay from workers comp now but i feel between the pain and suffering and loss of quality of life i should be compensated more than what I am…i forgot to mention im 29 year old male….thank you for any help Read more... ...
Portland Police Officer Paralyzed in Freak Accident Learns 'New Normal'
... police officer paralyzed in freak accident learns 'new normal' Portland Police officer Paul Meyer adjusts to "new normal" after injury Portland Police officer Paul Meyer, who suffered a spinal cord injury in a training accident in November 2012, talks about adjusting to the changes in his life it has caused and … Read more on OregonLive.com Exploring the Frontiers of Recovery From Spinal Cord Injury I broke my back and the damage to my spinal cord left me paralyzed from the waist down. From the moment I hit the ground I joined a global community of people who, according to the experts, have no hope of recovery from complete spinal cord injury. But … Read more on Huffington Post (blog) Read ...