Spinal cord injury is not just a phenomenon of not being able to walk and getting yourself confined to wheelchair but it’s a complete package of problems. Not only can you not feel and move any part of your body below injury but you also have to cope with a…
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Failure, setbacks and accidents happen in life of every single human being. What makes the difference between successful and unsuccessful people is the response and attitude towards the mishap. Successful people fully understand that whatever bad has happened is now the incident of past. They can’t do anything about it….
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I can’t forget the 28th of May for two reasons. First, my country Pakistan became a nuclear power on the 28th of May in 1998, and second, I became quadriplegic (paralysed chest down) on the 28th of May 2002 following a diving accident at the Pakistan Military Academy at Kakul…
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While doing training at Pakistan Military Academy in the summer of 2002, I dived into swimming pool with out precisely calculating the depth of water. My head collided with the floor of swimming pool, my neck broke and I got paralyzed on the spot because of fracture dislocation of 4th,…
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Standing, walking and running are important functions of human body which are not only essential for moving from one place to another, but for the overall health and fitness. After spinal cord injury, brain gets disconnected with lower body and one is no longer able to stand, walk or run….
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Gone are the days when one size fits all. Wheelchair is a very sophisticated and personalized device these days that can be adjusted to body measurements, level of comfort, type of disability, and level of activities etc. In this article, you will read about what size of different parts of…
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It’s not the case of attaching four wheels to a common chair to turn it to a manual wheelchair. Wheelchair is indeed a sophisticated machine and currently, its various designs available to us, is the result of years of study and engineering. People get confined to wheelchair because of spinal…
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With no ability to feel or voluntary move any part of the body below injury and lack of control over bladder, questions are often raised, “ Are men with spinal cord injury fit for marriage “?. Answer to this question is, absolutely yes ! Today, thousands of men worldwide are…
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