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Spinal Cord Injury

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Physical Concerns

Autonomic Dysreflexia
Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System
Preservation of Upper Limb Function: What You Should Know: A Guide for People with Spinal Cord Injury
Consortium for Spinal Cord Medicine and Paralyzed Veterans of America
Protecting Your Shoulders and Staying Active After Spinal Cord Injury (video)
Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System
The Manual Wheelchair: What the Spinal Cord Injury Consumer Needs to Know
Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center (US)
Understanding and Managing Respiratory Complications after SCI
University of Alabama
Universal Fitness (video)
Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System

Pain

Activity Modification for Musculoskeletal Pain
Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System
Central Pain Syndrome Information Page
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Managing Chronic Pain after Spinal Cord Injury (video)
Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System
Multidisciplinary Management of Pain in Spinal Cord Injury: An Approach to Improve Pain, Function and Psychological Coping (video)
Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System
Pain after Spinal Cord Injury
Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System

Skin Care

Living with a Spinal Cord Injury: Pressure Injuries
HealthLinkBC
Maintaining Healthy Skin Part 1
Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System
Maintaining Healthy Skin Part 2
Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System
Pressure Ulcers: What You Should Know
Paralyzed Veterans of America
Skin Care and Pressure Sores in Spinal Cord Injury
Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center
Skin Care and Pressure Sores
Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System
Skin Care and Pressure Sores (videos)
National Spinal Cord Injury Association
Taking Care of Pressure Sores
Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System

Injections

Injection technique using a pre-filled innohep safety syringe
LEO Pharma

COVID-19

Muscle Tension / Spasticity

Spacticity: increased muscle tension and strength - "tightness"

Hypotonia: decreased muscle tension and strength - "floppiness"

The Good, The Bad, and The Not-So-Ugly: Medical and Pharmacological Treatments for Spasticity (video)
Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System
Spasticity
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation
Spasticity and Spinal Cord Injury
Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System

Bladder Care

Bladder Management
Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System
Bladder Management Following Spinal Cord Injury: What You Should Know
Paralyzed Veterans of America
H2O to Go! Hydration
Craig Hospital
Management of Urinary Problems Caused by Spinal Cord Injury (video)
Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System
Urinary Tract Infections - Indwelling Catheter
Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System
Urinary Tract Infections - Intermittent Catheterization
Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System
Bladder management after SCI/D (videos)
National Spinal Cord Injury Association

Bowel Care

SCI-U Course: Bowel
Online course on bowel care for patients with SCI. Developed by Canadian healthcare institutions.
Taking Care of Business: Your Bowel Program (video)
Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System
Taking Care of Your Bowels - Ensuring Success
Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System
Taking Care of Your Bowels - The Basics
Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System

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