Articles - Prevention en-us http://www.thescizone.com/news N/A http://www.thescizone.com/news michael@thescizone.com 20 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1544/1/Kelly-Brush--Skiing-with-a-purpose/1.html It would be understandable if Kelly Brush filled her days with what-ifs.What if the fencing along the giant slalom course at Jiminy Peak had been better? What if the padding on the chair lift tower had been thicker? What if she hadn't caught that edge? But those questions don't yield any substantive answers. They are part of a past that Brush, a senior at Middlebury College who was paralyzed in a ski racing accident two years ago, doesn't see the need to dwell in. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1524/1/Qualcomm-event-has-seen-death-paralysis/1.html Tonight, top motorcycle riders from across the country will be leaping over and powering through a demanding obstacle course on the floor of Qualcomm Stadium.But these are not daredevils. They are finely tuned athletes, the fastest of whom earn seven figures a season.Yet Supercross is as dangerous as it is spectacular.Most riders are broken or retired well before their 30th birthday. And some riders pay a much bigger price. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1504/1/Check-water-depth-before-swimming/1.html The Spinal Injuries Association is urging Queenslanders to take special care when swimming, driving or traveling through bushland following recent widespread flooding in Queensland.Acting CEO John Mayo said that the floods had caused many unexpected changes to the environment that could cause a spinal cord injury. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1431/1/Seahawks-fullback-Mack-Strong-ends-career-after-neck-injury/1.html Seattle Seahawks fullback Mack Strong has a spinal cord condition that is ending his career immediately - but not affecting his quality of life.And for that, the 36-year-old Pro Bowler, husband and father of two is grateful."I've played a long time, 15 years. I felt like I was pretty lucky, pretty blessed," a teary-eyed Strong said Monday after learning that a herniated disk in his neck is pinching his spinal cord - and ending an unheralded, improbable career that began as an undrafted free agent out of Georgia in 1993. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1397/1/High-schools-take-care-to-tackle-spine-injuries/1.html A Toronto-based sports therapist who has attended to teenaged athletes injured in games during the past 25 years says the number of catastrophic injuries in high school football is low – but he's concerned with the increase in head injuries and fractures.Jim Panno, owner of Panno Therapeutic Inc., said more emphasis is needed by coaches when it comes to educating athletes – particularly those playing tackle football – on how to avoid serious injury. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1377/1/New-DVD-aimed-at-reducing-spinal-injuries/1.html Football players usually hoot and holler when viewing tapes of bone-crunching hits. Recently, however, the West Florida High Jaguars could only gasp and cringe as they watched clip after clip of tackles that broke necks and damaged brains. That's the reaction Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy and a coalition of sports doctors and trainers hope to get with "Heads Up," a DVD being distributed to high school football teams nationwide. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1361/1/Indian-origin-researcher-finds-seatbelts-increase-serious-injury-risk-in-kids/1.html Indian origin researcher Harsh Grewal and colleagues at Temple University have found that ill-fitting seatbelts increase the risk of serious injury particularly spinal cord injury to children involved in car accidents. As part of the study, researchers reviewed 10 years' worth of medical literature on motor vehicle accidents and children. The study found that children involved in car accidents who were inappropriately strapped in seatbelts were at higher risk for 'seat-belt syndrome,' a complex of injuries to the spine and abdomen. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1335/1/Web-daredevils-risk-lives/1.html YOUNG daredevils are flirting with disaster for the entire world to see in an alarming new wave of "Free Running" footage that is making its way onto YouTube. Based on the French sport parkour, free running is the latest extreme sport to hit Australian shores, and has been described as the "art" of defying gravity by leaping off or between concrete buildings at great heights. There are no safety harnesses, no nets and certainly no emergency services on standby; with teens as young as 15 and 16 competing to see who is brave enough to leap from the greatest height. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Thu, 19 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1333/1/Local-womans-death-points-to-trampoline-risks/1.html Last week's death of a Loveland woman while she jumped on a trampoline with her children was rare, but injuries on the device are common. Most trampoline-related accidents do not result in severe injury, said Dr. Donald Peck Leslie, medical director at Shepherd Center, a leading rehabilitation center in Atlanta, Ga. "Often we see long bone injuries in the arms or legs," Leslie said. "It's a rare occurrence to see death." michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1328/1/Mt-Airy-Girl-Is-Paralyzed-During-Pool-Party/1.html MT. AIRY, Md. It started as a pool party at the Shumaker's home in Mt. Airy, Frederick County, but it ended in tragedy. As Richard Sher reports, 12-year-old Stacey Shumaker jumped into the backyard pool and hit her head on the side. She broke her neck and is now paralyzed. Stacey is a patient at Kennedy Krieger Institute, which has an international center for spinal cord injuries. Janice and Bill Shumaker came to Eyewitness News to warn other parents and children, hoping to prevent similar accidents. michael@thescizone.com (Michael Feger) Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400