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New paralysis/rehabilitation
Especially for those new to the paralysis community - this is a place to learn, to listen, to ask any question you have about trauma or disease. You are not alone: Share with others who have been in your shoes and who have faced your issues. This is the place to talk about rehab and recovery, too.
LET Medical treament
- By Echairsitter · New reply October 23, 2009
- 3 replies
- Is there anyone here used a LET Medical treament with the Cosmodic and S.C.E.N.A.R. units(EX735AG,VX735Ag,VX735L, EX 715AG, PS 705, PS 705 Mini,)? If you have gotten treatment or own one could you please ...
Brain injuries
- By tbone56031 · New reply October 10, 2009
- 1 reply
- If anyone has any advise on brain injuries i would appreciate it. My finance is C4/C5 and now i am told three months after the accident that he has a TBI. He is just not getting any better. He is off ...
rats walking-new study ucla,zurich
- By jerry2 · New reply September 28, 2009
- 5 replies
- hi , im jerry im 37 paralysed n 07 waist down i fell two stories crushed my back in 6 places i am an incomplete.i have great upper body strenght anyways im writing cause of the new breakthru at ucla n ...
Swelling in arms and hands
- By connorsmomma · New reply September 12, 2009
- 2 replies
- I noticed in the last couple days more swelling in my son's hands then the minor normal, more so on his right side. The arm is also involved... a bit of swelling in the forearm and upper arm. I did range ...
SCI Recovery in Texas
- By pressingontx · New reply September 9, 2009
- 3 replies
- Just wanted to let you guys know that Pressing On, a spinal cord research and recovery center in San Antonio is now open! Our website is www.pressingontx.com Thanks ...
Please somebody tell me what to do!!!!!!!
- By tiffanyseal · New reply July 14, 2009
- 7 replies
- My 2 yr old daughter Reece is a T-11 incomplete..She wears AFO's of course and we are having serious problems...It started last October when she got a new pair of AFO's..she only had them for like a month ...
NEED HELP
- By MILDREDP322 · New reply July 7, 2009
- 9 replies
- HI MY NEPHEW WAS A VICTIM A GUNSHOT HE HAS PARALYSIS FROM THE WAIST DOWN HE IS 20 YRS OLD AND LIVES IN NEW YORK THE DR SAID HE WON'T WALK AGAIN DOES ANYONE KNOW OF A GREAT REHAB IN NEW YORK HE HAS MEDICAID ...
My T3-injured father in China
- By zaza · New reply July 7, 2009
- 2 replies
- Dear everyone, I am a student coming to the States this September from Shanghai of China. My father, who is now 61-years old, was suddenly paralyzed last October, and was diagnosed as SCI T3 caused by ...
Diaphragm Pacer for Vent Dependent People
- By Sammyhere · New reply July 7, 2009
- 1 reply
- Wanted to share great news about the diaphragm pacer that my friend had implanted recently. Hoping some of you can benefit too! He is a C1, totally vent dependent. He went to University Hospitals in Cleveland ...
UPDATE ON NEED INFORMATION
- By MILDREDP322 · New reply June 26, 2009
- 3 replies
- HI I HAVE AN UPDATE MY NEPHEW INJURIES ARE T12 INCOMPLETE DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT PLEASE LET ME KNOW THANK YOU ALL ...
I want the best help available for rehab. Very Depressed.
- By Blondeyvonne · New reply May 31, 2009
- 23 replies
- I'm a 21 year old male who has been paralyzed since a car wreck 12-8-07 from my waist T8 down. I stay severely depressed and hopeless about my future. I cannot imagine living the rest of my life in a ...
I want to go outside!
- By dsindc · New reply May 29, 2009
- 7 replies
- I have a fresh, 3 month old SCI which has currently left me a c6 quad. 2 weeks post-op I started experiencing instances of Autonomic Dysreflexia's accelerating high blood pressure- the condition that ...
Step It Up is founded and inspired by Project Walk.
- By jslegal · New reply May 21, 2009
- 2 replies
- We all need to support inspiration and determination!! There needs to be more and more rehab centers/facilities to support the recovery of persons with paralysis! One such new facility is founded in 2009 ...
Scar Tissue
- By jaykay40 · New reply May 21, 2009
- 1 reply
- Hi, Everyone, I was injured in an MVA about 16 years ago and am a C-6 C-7 partial and T-5 complete. I am looking for some inpute from anyone with passed experiance or knowledge of my situation. About ...
swollen feet good or bad c6 quadriplegic
- By PATRMX250 · New reply May 15, 2009
- 6 replies
- I'm a c6 quadriplegic and I'm trying to find out what other quads do to prevent my feet to swell trought the day, also what are the side effects if your feet are swollen all day. asking for advise thank ...
Incomplete SCI - Is sex possible?
- By jennypooh · New reply March 29, 2009
- 28 replies
- Hi there. My boyfriend was in a car accident two weeks ago today. He fractured his spine between the 6th and 7th vertebrae. He has movement in his arms. For the first week he had no feeling in his chest ...
ER Idiots and Movement
- By angelbrd67 · New reply March 25, 2009
- 4 replies
- What a day... I took my son to the ER since his Dr didn't have room to see him. Respitory infection mild right now but they gave him antibiotics to keep it from getting worse. They did Xray's... When ...
thank u to all
- By luvnjeff · New reply March 21, 2009
- 4 replies
- hello i havent been on here n a while. to all who remember my son jamie had woke up one day unable to walk. Well they have finally figured out what was wrong with him. He had a viral infection that made ...
embryo stem cell research ban finally lifted
- By MARTY_T_67 · New reply March 16, 2009
- 18 replies
- http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090309/ap_o n_go_pr_wh/obama_stem_cells ...
latest news on stem cell and our government
- By MARTY_T_67 · New reply March 9, 2009
- 1 reply
- http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090307/ap_o n_go_pr_wh/obama_stem_cells ...
