When Cody touched down in The District of Columbia from a connecting flight in Houston, she heard words that no wheelchair user wants to hear. “I’m so sorry, but for some reason, your wheelchair never made it on the flight…
“I get asked many strange wheelchair questions,” shares Priscilla, paraplegic and mom. Dealing with the assumptions people make Many assume that Priscilla’s husband is at home to help her, but that’s not the case. “He leaves for work around…
Rather than make it complicated, Priscilla, paraplegic mother of 3, has quite a simple solution for diaper changing. https://youtu.be/i6705v21osQ “I use my lap,” she shares. “I do this from day 1 until about 2, at which point we switch to…
Power soccer is a competitive sport played indoors by athletes in power wheelchairs. A special foot guard resembling a cage is attached to the front of the wheelchair, and athletes use this combined with the motion of the chair to propel the…
When Beth found out she was pregnant with her daughter in 2012, like most moms-to-be, she was eager to reach out to others for pregnancy advice. But this wasn’t so easy in Beth’s case. Entering new territory as a parent with…
Autonomic dysreflexia (AD) is a serious condition that affects individuals with spinal cord injuries (typically those with a T6 level or higher spinal cord injury). https://youtu.be/ltci5M48-bU When an AD episode occurs, it must be addressed immediately. If left untreated, it…
Brian Denny wanted a job. In his mind, this was no easy feat. With a C3-4 spinal cord injury, the Columbia, South Carolina resident has no use of his arms and uses a sip-and-puff mechanism to operate his power wheelchair. While his resume boasted…
I sometimes find myself lacking it. This is something I struggle with on almost a daily basis. It’s almost embarrassing to type and to think I actually feel this way, but I do. Maybe it’s because I don’t expect someone…
“In the spinal cord, there’s two areas that control sexual function,” explains Diane Rowles, a nurse practitioner at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. Knowing where these two areas are and what type of erections they produce helps people get a better understanding…
There’s no doubt that wheelchair users have sore, tired muscles from transferring and pushing a wheelchair all day long. The same can be said for individuals who use walkers. Here’s some shoulder stretches to relieve the tension: https://youtu.be/nO7ufAjtDFc These stretches stretch out…