We have posted several times about the efficacy of cranberry juice against Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) [1] Cranberry juice has been accepted by the nutrition and alternative medicine communities as the first line of defense against UTIs [2,3] UTIs affect particularly women, and people who must use a wheelchair for mobility. How …Read the Rest
Hey, wheelchaired public: It’s out there! Go for it! Parks: visit the wheelchair friendly Louisiana Coast! Texas Parks and Wildlife ;”Wheelchair Accessible Wildlife Viewing Sites in Texas” National Parks and Services ; Trails Wheelchair Accessible California Parks Accessibility US Army Corps Of Engineers (USACE) ; “USACE Recreation Parks Wheelchair …Read the Rest
In addition to not being able to move limb, in severe quadraplegia, motor-disabled patients can become unable to communicate verbally too, since voice is the result of neuromotorial ability. Those disabled individuals are often fully conscious and awake, making their situation prison like. An amazing development of fMRI technology has crossed …Read the Rest
This is June 2012… what new designs are cooking or even available for the wheelchair community? Here is our selection [truly, these are not paid advertisements..] Manual Wheelchairs: Nordigo system Essentially, you row this wheel chair instead of spinning its wheels. Easier? Possibly, but certainly uses a different set …Read the Rest
Here you have it, not science fiction, but a gate to brain understanding and liberation for tetraplegic! There are articles about this breakthrough in man – machine connection all over the press, even the Wall Street Journal about the success of a research organization called BrainGate as well as Leigh …Read the Rest
We are posting about a study on pain and electric-powered indoor/outdoor wheelchairs (EPIOCs) [1] Pain is fairly common for this group: “…Most EPIOC users described experiences of pain with 17% reporting severe pain…Over half felt their pain was influenced by the wheelchair and few (25%) considered their chair eased their symptoms. …Read the Rest
Bladder Infections are common in women. They are even more common in women with medical conditions like Diabetes , Multiple Sclerosis, and/or wheelchair users. It is serious business because of the possibility of recurrences. The antibiotic of choice is Ciproflaxacin (Cipro)as discussed in our previous post Status of treatments for Urinary …Read the Rest
Many Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) are fairly common, particularly for people with conditions or diseases that keep them in a wheelchair such as Spinal cord Injuries or Multiple Sclerosis because individuals may have bladder storage and/or voiding dysfunction [1]. Many times the infections are associated with the use of catheters. …Read the Rest
Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) are a common problem for women, although men can get it too. Since the bladder is protected by flushing it through water drinking, the problem is also more frequent in paraplegics, that have a less efficient flushing. Western Medicine: The University of Of Maryland has an excellent …Read the Rest
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