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Under Pressure: Avoiding Pressure Wounds Post Spinal Cord Injury

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Individuals with spinal cord injuries are at high risk for developing pressure sores. These wounds, which form on the body just from being immobile, can be fatal if…
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Approaching Mental Health Post- SCI with CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)

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When you have a spinal cord injury your physical health is shoved to the front of the priority line. There are so many secondary health complications people with…
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Tissue That Tells the Future: MRI Scans Can Now Predict SCI Recovery

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Physician disclosure of uncertainty about prognosis and recovery can be incredibly frustrating when you sustain a catastrophic spinal cord injury (SCI). Not knowing your odds of regaining loss…
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Resilience and Recovery: Results of a Recent Spinal Cord Injury Study on Mental Health

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Michigan Medicine has released findings that resilience is a key factor associated with positive psychological outcomes after a traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI). In a nutshell, it’s perspective…
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Why the Hospital Should Not Let You Get a Pressure Ulcer After Spinal Cord Injury

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When you survive a spinal cord injury your first stop is the hospital setting. Here physicians will maintain your stability before sending you on to rehab. You’ll work…
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Autonomic Dysreflexia After Spinal Cord Injury

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Looking back on the first time I experienced autonomic dysreflexia, I remember how scary the phenomenon can be, and how important it is for individuals with spinal cord…
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Finding a Peer Community Post Spinal Cord Injury

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When you sustain a spinal cord injury, the world as you have known it can be drastically altered. Even the most empathetic and well meaning of loved ones…
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Self Advocacy Tips for SCI

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Spinal cord injury (SCI) comes with many challenges. Whether it’s being proactive about your health, making ends meet financially, or just getting from point A to B, by…
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Top Mentoring Services Post Spinal Cord Injury

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People with spinal cord injuries face a unique set of challenges and needs. With many of these injuries, one’s way of life has been completely altered. Adapting can…
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5 Steps to Finding the Right Disability Lawyer

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Six months after my spinal cord injury, I sat in my new manual wheelchair in the living room of my grandparents’ house, surrounded by a room full of…
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