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Injuries Involving Paralysis
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Quadriplegia is a type of spinal cord injury. You can become paralyzed through an injury or through some diseases.
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human spine is very complex and is part of the central nervous system
which allows the brain to communicate with the rest of the body. The
spinal cord comprises of 24 vertebrea or small bones. These small bones
are grouped into three sections, one section is the neck (cervical
spine), the second section is the middle back (thoracic), and the third
section is the lower back (lumbar spine). There are lots of tissues
that surround the bones muscles and skin, all of which support the
spine.
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Understanding and Managing Stress
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It could be a traffic jam, or a busy airport. It could be at school or on the job. Wherever your look, you can see signs of stress and tension. Stress is everywhere in our society, and there’s a lot of evidence that it affects our health.
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Spasticity
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Thirty and forty years ago, no one “in the know” believed that aging with a spinal cord injury would be something we’d care about. Back then, no one believed any of the “survivors” would survive long enough for it to matter Now that assumption has been disproved and the tune has changed. We're identifying and learning more about the issues and concerns facing survivors–problems like fatigue, upper extremity pain, urinary system problems, caregiver issues. But spasticity doesn’t seem to have a place on that list. There hasn't been much research into spasticity and aging, and what SCI survivors tell us varies. Some say their spasticity has gotten worse over time, some say it has lessened, and most don’t say much of anything.
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Posture
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You may find it harder to sit up straight at the table. You may notice a certain crookedness when glancing in a mirror or store window. The lower back pain or forward lean seems to have gotten worse over the past year. Or your back just seems constantly tired. These symptoms all point to posture problems, which are common with both aging and SCI. Getting older with SCI? Pay attention ...
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Osteoporosis
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Rick was getting dressed one morning just sliding on his pants and pulling up a sock. He heard a loud “SNAP.” Broken hip, just like that. He was under 40, very active for his C6 injury, and hadn’t had a lot of other injuries. So what went wrong? Read on...
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Incomplete SCIs: Down the Road
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This is the second of two brochures about incomplete spinal cord injuries. The first, Incomplete SCIs: The Early Days, discusses some of the issues people with incomplete injuries face soon after injury - especially during rehabilitation. This brochure discusses issues that may become important later on....
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Incomplete SCIs: The Early Days
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What's all the confusion about "complete" and "incomplete?" Complete usually means "total" or "whole," while incomplete usually means "unfinished," or "not yet perfect." Although there aren't many situations where we would like to hear ourselves described as "incomplete," spinal cord injury may be one of them. Indeed, when it comes to nerve injuries and muscle paralysis, most everyone thinks that a partial paralysis or an incomplete injury is better than a complete injury or total paralysis. Does this mean that an incomplete injury is a good injury? It depends on how you look at it.
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Fatigue
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We’re hearing more and more about fatigue these days. Who cares? Isn’t fatigue just part of getting older? Well, the truth is, new data indicate that fatigue may be a bigger deal than any of us thought.
Longitudinal researchresearch which studies the same individuals over a number of years to see how they’ve changedis suggesting that fatigue is somewhat predictable among people with spinal cord injury. A study of nearly three hundred British survivors who have been living with spinal cord injuries for over 23 years has found that more than half of those interviewed reported exhaustion and other fatigue-related symptoms.
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Diabetes
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Long term spinal cord injury (SCI) and diabetes? According to some researchers the two go together like coffee and cream, like Bonnie and Clyde. Dr. Bill Bauman, for example, has studied diabetes extensively in spinal cord injured people. He writes that as many as 20 percent of spinal cord injury survivors have adult-onset diabetes; an even larger percentage, he says, don't have symptoms, yet their laboratory bloodwork findings suggest their bodies do not use insulin properly. What does this mean for SCI survivors? What should you do if you are diagnosed as having diabetes? Read on:
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Colostomies: A Radical Approach to Bowel Mangement
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It freaks many people out, but to some spinal cord injury survivors, a colostomy is a perfectly reasonable way to manage those cranky bowels. In fact, in one study, nearly three-quarters of the spinal cord injury survivors with colostomies reported an improved quality of life.
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