Who Do Spinal Cord Injuries Affect in the United States? 250,000 Americans are spinal cord injured. 52% of spinal cord injured individuals are considered paraplegic and 47% quadriplegic. Approximately 11,000 new injuries occur each year. 82% are male. 56% of injuries occur between the ages of 16 and 30. The average age of spinal cord… Read More
Possible Pain Relief for SCI Patients
A German health practice called DORN Spinal Therapy has become available in a video set, offering access to this technique in your own home. We haven’t heard of this therapy before, so we aren’t recommending it, simply noting that it may be worth looking into. Dealing with pain management after a SCI can be especially… Read More
Better Brain Maps Mean Better TBI Study
Using a type of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) called diffusion spectrum imaging to study the brains of five healthy individuals, Swiss and American researchers have drawn up the first high resolution map of connections in the brain. Understanding communication between neurons in the cerebral cortex, the area of the brain responsible for reasoning and planning,… Read More
TBI – How to Improve Survival Chances Four-Fold
According to a report by clinical scientists from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, traumatic brain injury patients should be given nutritional supplements as soon as possible following the injury. The recommended intake is through a gastric feeding tube, and if done timely enough, can increase a TBI patient’s chance of survival four-fold. It shouldn’t come… Read More
All-Terrain Wheelchair – Your Weekly Tech Report
Trekinetic is a light, ultra-stylish, all terrain wheelchair developed by Mike Spindle in order to provide fashion conscious wheelchair users with an alternative to the basic, boxy style currently available. After eight years of development and 14 separate prototypes, Spindle’s Trekinetic is ready for sale. It is built around a carbon fiber seat, has front… Read More
PEG Update – For TBI
The study of the use of Polyethylene glycol (PEG) for traumatic brain injuries is continuing to discover new information. Researchers from Purdue University found that if treatment was delayed more than six hours after a brain injury, the use of PEG no longer had any positive effects. The authors of this study found say that… Read More