Articles - Health Promotion en-us http://www.thescizone.com/news N/A http://www.thescizone.com/news michael@thescizone.com 20 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1554/1/Y-Therapy/1.html Exercises for Paraplegics Offered at Wheeling YMCASpending most of your life in a wheelchair might mean sitting idle for some folks. But not for George Adese. Adese, 45, of Wheeling has been a paraplegic for 24 years after sustaining a spinal cord injury. He joined the Chambers YMCA in Elm Grove a year ago and started his wellness program by participating in the “Silver Sneakers” class there geared to senior citizens and those with limited mobility. “But a lot of the exercises they do include the legs,” he said. “I wasn’t able to do a lot of these, and I found myself feeling out of place much of the time with nothing to do.” michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1469/1/Restorative-Therapies-Announces-FDA-Clearance-of-Functional-Electrical-Stimulation-FES-Arm-Cycling/1.html Restorative Therapies, Inc., a designer of medical devices providing clinic and in-home restoration therapy, today announced FDA clearance of Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) Arm Cycling as part of its successful medical device, the RT300, an FES motorized cycle ergometer.Restorative Therapies, Inc., advances its new era in treatment for neurological injury and paralysis as this FDA clearance marks the world's first commercial release of Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) for Arm Cycling. In the treatment of neurological damage, FES is used to evoke physical activity and exercise not otherwise possible for individuals with a neurological impairment. This latest RT300 capability delivers electrical currents to stimulate nerves which activate arm muscles including the biceps, triceps, supraspinatus, anterior and posterior deltoids and the muscles of the forearm. This enables a patient's paralyzed or weak arms to move through patterned physical activity utilizing their own muscles. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1444/1/October-is-Breast-Cancer-Awareness-Month-and-time-to-remember-that-even-women-with-spinal-cord-injuries-are-at-risk/1.html I try to follow guidelines set up by the medical community so when I turned 40, it was time for a mammogram. The only time I saw a mammogram machine was on television during “October is Breast Awareness Month”—a barrage of commercials and news flashes from the health expert during the six o’clock news. The only problem with the examination I saw was that every woman was standing. Now the ability to stand has not been in my repertoire since I broke my neck and damaged my spinal cord over 20 years ago. So I assumed that having a mammogram would be out of the question. Breast cancer is predominant on Long Island. A little park there is adorned with a pink ribbon and a sign that says, “One of Nine.” I’m not very good at math but statistically speaking I could actually be the one in nine. The question is how would I know? michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1172/1/Spinal-cord-patients-get-pampered/1.html Being a teenage girl is difficult. Being a teenage girl with a spinal cord injury is even tougher. Just going to the mall with your girlfriends to try on cute clothes can be a logistical nightmare for a young girl confined to a wheelchair. Jessica Greenfield knows this firsthand. The Indiana teenager suffered a spinal cord injury after a diving accident. She gets rehabilitation therapy at Shriners Hospital in Chicago, which provides free treatment to children with spinal cord injuries and other conditions. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1139/1/Injured-rider-is-back-in-the-saddle/1.html Less than a year after breaking her back in a horseriding accident, Katie Estrella rides again."That was a testament that miracles do happen," said the announcer. The miracle wasn't that Katie finished, it was that she was riding at all. Last year on Mother's Day, Katie was competing in a similar horse show in Riverside County when her horse bucked her off. Instead of getting up and brushing herself off, as she had done numerous times before, Katie laid there, her back broken in the fall. The T4 spinal cord injury cut sensation from her mid-chest down. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Sun, 08 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1044/1/St-Jude-Medical-Announces-FDA-Clearance-of/1.html St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ), today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of two spinal cord stimulation tripolar paddle leads for use with the Renew® Neurostimulation System. With three columns of electrodes, these leads allow physicians more programming options to address complex pain patterns. The leads were developed by St. Jude Medical’s neuromodulation division, Advanced Neuromodulation Systems (ANS). michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/994/1/Former-Classmates-Bring-Smile-To-Paralyzed-Teen/1.html CAMDEN, N.J. A Camden County teen recovering from a devastating football injury got a big boost on Tuesday. Shykem Lawrence suffered a spinal cord injury during a scrimmage in August and some former school mates brought a smile to his face.Shykem had some special visitors on Tuesday; kids from his home town of Camden. Some included former classmates from Woodrow Wilson High. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/983/1/A-new-year-brings-new-hope-to-injured-snowboarder-Mike-Ryan/1.html 2006 began with despair for the Ryan family of Highland Lakes. By the end of the year, it was filled with hope.Last February, the Ryan’s oldest son, Michael, then 18, was taking his first snowboarding run of the day at Loon Mountain in New Hampshire with his brother, Eric, 15, and friend C.J. when he overshot a jump and landed on his back, shattering his tenth vertebra. A few hours later, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston told Michael’s parents, Mike and Kim, that their son had severed his spinal cord and would never walk again. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/932/1/A-Miracle-In-Tennessee/1.html Charlene Caswell Transforms Herself From Quadriplegic to Hiker, With Help from The Hartford Walking away from a seemingly permanent disability requires tenacity, excellent care and a talented, committed insurance team Caswell’s story recently appeared on ABC’s Good Morning America and in Prevention Magazine michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Thu, 21 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/920/1/Love-Survives/1.html With a pen held in his teeth, Rick Young carefully marked an X on his marriage certificate. It was a struggle. He had to try twice. But it was important. As a quadriplegic, there are many things Rick cannot do on his own - breathe, eat, move - but professing his love for his childhood sweetheart was one thing he had to do. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Sat, 16 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0500