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Incontinence & Sexual Dysfunction

Incontinence & Sexual Dysfunction

Melissa Baudo2020-04-07T12:17:34-04:00June 5th, 2019|Categories: Physical Therapy Articles, General Information, Wellness Articles|Tags: health, Physical Therapy, incontinence, Medicine, Physical exercise, Manual therapy, Urinary incontinence, Fecal incontinence, Pelvic pain, Medical specialties, Shepherd Center, Stroke, spinal cord injury, Functional incontinence, sexual dysfunction|

The Questions No One Is Asking No one dreams of finding themselves here, but every year it happens to thousands more. A catastrophic injury. An unthinkable diagnosis. Your life is turned upside down, and you have to find some way to pick up the pieces and rebuild. Sometimes the initial rehab experience is overwhelmingly devoted to figuring out new ways to move, rebuilding strength or learning how to adapt to normal activities of daily living. This process may take weeks [...]

Spinal Cord Injury: How PTs Can Help

Melissa Baudo2020-04-07T12:17:58-04:00May 1st, 2019|Categories: Physical Therapy Articles, Pain Management Articles, Neuro Rehab Articles|Tags: Spasticity, Laura Glazebrook, Central nervous system, Organ systems, Spinal cord, Tetraplegia, Spinal cord disorders, neuro rehab, Paralysis, SCI, spinal cord injury, Physical Therapy, health, Medicine, Rehabilitation medicine, Medical specialties, Neurotrauma, Shepherd Center|

The Many Faces of Spinal Cord Injury Spinal cord injury, or SCI, is defined as damage to the spinal cord causing temporary or permanent changes in its function. The spinal cord is a wonderfully complex structure, which controls so many things in our bodies, and an injury can vary widely based on where the injury occurred. Cervical spinal cord injuries typically affect a larger proportion of the body, which can include arm function, thoracic typically the trunk muscles and lumbar [...]

Neurological Rehabilitation

Melissa Baudo2019-03-14T19:45:48-04:00March 11th, 2019|Categories: Neuro Rehab Articles, Physical Therapy Articles|Tags: rehab, Physical Therapy, health, Medicine, Rehabilitation medicine, Medical specialties, Neurotrauma, Neurological disorder, Shepherd Center, Brain damage, Neurology, Stroke, Multiple sclerosis, brain injury, spinal cord injury, Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation|

Have you ever heard the story of the kid who needs glasses to see clearly for the very first time? There’s a lightbulb moment, reminiscent of those old cartoons, when a new curiosity and excitement about life is born! The same example can be true for those of us recovering from an injury or disease. We become so used to our current state that it becomes normal to us and we forget what it felt like to ever “see clearly”. [...]