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Quadriplegia – A View From The Chair
Caused by disruption or injury to the spinal cord between C1 and C7 quadriplegia, also known as tetraplegia in Europe, is a traumatic life changing event. I'm Graham, founder of the Mad Spaz Club. At 24 I knew little about quadriplegia, that was all about to change. Lying in a hospital bed I remember thinking of all the things I'd never ...
Skydiving For Disabled – 220 kph Free Fall Tandem Skydive
Skydiving is man's revenge on gravity. Some say it's the ultimate rush and at 220 kph (140 mph) free fall it's hard to disagree. Sven reassured me, "I 4637 zumps underz my belts." as he clipped our harnesses together in the plane. "Three minutes!" came a shout from the pilot and all the instructors checked their ...
Tegan Crick – Every Mothers Day
I was meant to go and see Mum but we decided to go bush bashing first. Me and my boyfriend were in the back of a four wheel drive. It was great fun for a while then things just got out of hand. The last thing I remember was my boyfriend yelling at the driver to ...
Gliding – Ever Wanted To Fly Like A Bird
Gliding is peaceful, calm, serene right? Not! Many people after suffering a spinal cord injury for whatever the reason feel compelled to go flying. As a quadriplegic my mates lifted me from my wheelchair into the front seat of the glider. After strapping my legs out of the way a powerful P75 tow plane quickly ...
Super – Supra Pubic Catheters
A Supra Pubic Catheter or Tube is commonly called Super Pubic Catheter. I've had an SPC for 14 years now without to many problems. There is not a lot of first hand info on the net so I will share my personal experience. An SPC is a method of bladder management. A fairly simple procedure usually performed under a ...
Tim Ward – Light At The End Of The Tunnel
Hello, my name is Timothy Ward. On November 13th of 2008 I was in a serious motor vehicle accident which rendered me a C5 complete tetraplegic. After the accident I spent five weeks in the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney, Australia then flew home to Christchurch, New Zealand and spent seven months in the Burwood Spinal ...
Janine Shepherd – Learning To Fly
Janine Shepherd was a 24 year old cross country skier in training for the winter Olympics when her life took a dramatic turn in 1986, hit by a truck while training in the Blue Mountains. Janine suffered terrible spinal cord injuries breaking her neck and back. Doctors and family feared she would not survive. Her incredible ...
Sex After Spinal Cord Injury
The ability to express and develop sexuality, participate in sexual activity, and maintain long term intimate relations is desired as much by those with a disability as in the general population. In fact for the majority of Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) wheelchair users being 15 to 45 years of age sex often becomes of greater importance. The amount of physical sexual function and pleasure or ...
Spinal Injury Accident Scene Management
Spinal cord injury most commonly result from road trauma such as vehicle collision, overturn, unrestrained or ejected occupants and motorcycle accidents. These combined with falls from a height, cyclists, shallow diving, collapsed football scrums and other contact sport injuries warrant immediate concern of damage to the spine and spinal cord, being attributed to around 80% of all spinal cord injuries.
At the scene of such accidents always assume a spinal injury ...
Spinal Cord Injury Explained
Injury to the spinal cord can be caused by acute (sudden) or chronic (developing) trauma as well as medical conditions. Frequent causes of chronic compression injuries are herniated intervertebral disks and primary or secondary tumors. Compromised blood perfusion, the delivery of nutritive arterial blood to capillary bed as in anterior spinal cord syndrome can also be severely detrimental to spinal cord function. However the most damaging Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) is ...
Funny Disability Quotes Sayings Pictures
Humor is a great way to put people at ease and cope in difficult or embarrassing situations. Of course there's a big difference between laughing at someone and laughing with someone. I find most people in wheelchairs have a wicked sense of humor. Post your favorite quotes, short stories and funny pictures relating to disability. I want to hear what cracks you up, even if it ...
Autonomic Dysreflexia – Hyperreflexia
When a strong sensory impulse is sent via the spinal cord to the brain envoking a massive sympathetic reflex and hypertension. Blood pressure rises often resulting in chronic headaches, blurred vision, blotchy skin and sweating.
Also known as hyperreflexia, autonomic dysreflexia is a potentially life threatening condition usually affecting individuals with spinal cord injury from a lesion at or above the T6 neurological level. Common amongst quadriplegics early recognition of symptoms and treament ...
Tim Ward – Light At The End Of The Tunnel
Hello, my name is Timothy Ward. On November 13th of 2008 I was in a serious motor vehicle accident which rendered me a C5 complete tetraplegic. After the accident I spent five weeks in the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney, Australia then flew home to Christchurch, New Zealand and spent seven months in the Burwood Spinal Injuries Unit.
Those eight months will forever remain etched in memory; it's ...
Quadriplegia – A View From The Chair
Caused by disruption or injury to the spinal cord between C1 and C7 quadriplegia, also known as tetraplegia in Europe, is a traumatic life changing event. I'm Graham, founder of the Mad Spaz Club. At 24 I knew little about quadriplegia, that was all about to change. Lying in a hospital bed I remember thinking of all the things I'd never be able do again. Now after living in a wheelchair for ...
Tegan Crick – Every Mothers Day
I was meant to go and see Mum but we decided to go bush bashing first. Me and my boyfriend were in the back of a four wheel drive. It was great fun for a while then things just got out of hand. The last thing I remember was my boyfriend yelling at the driver to slow down. Then I woke up in hospital a C5 ...
Super – Supra Pubic Catheters
A Supra Pubic Catheter or Tube is commonly called Super Pubic Catheter. I've had an SPC for 14 years now without to many problems. There is not a lot of first hand info on the net so I will share my personal experience. An SPC is a method of bladder management. A fairly simple procedure usually performed under a general anesthetic. An incision is made about three inches below ...
Gimp – A Word Not A Condition
Two Certain Things About Being a Gimp:
Each of us wonders how or why it had to happen to us.
If you haven't experienced it, you will probably never fully understand what it's all about.
For me it happened gradually and nobody connected the dots. In my 30's I was on "the rack" to stretch my spine. The symptoms went away and the whole thing was forgotten. In ...
