Category: Spinal Cord Injuries

Spinal cord injuries are often devastating, especially where such injury results in paralysis. If injured in an accident, the spinal cord is rarely able to rebuild itself. In severe cases, an individual may suffer paraplegia or quadriplegia for the rest of their life.

There are over 12,000 people hospitalized...

Last March, the lives of two little girls were changed forever. The Northern California sisters were in the back seat of their father's car when the vehicle drifted off the highway and smashed into a concrete bridge abutment.

The youngest sister, who is 3 years old, suffered a catastrophic 

Medical researchers are investigating the use of scuba diving to determine whether it may have the potential to promote rehabilitation in individuals that have suffered spinal cord injuries. The researchers warn that the initial positive indications from their research are very preliminary and a great deal of study...

For years trampolines have dotted suburban backyards. Almost inevitably a neighborhood child would end up with her arm in a cast or more serious head or spinal injury. But now jumping on trampolines is increasingly a commercial service. In San Francisco private businesses are cropping up to sell jumping on trampolines...