My son has a spinal cord injury, but can walk with a cane. Is there any physical therapy that can help him?
He was injured at the age of 15, and he is now 28. He leans on that cane a lot and thus has problems with his right shoulder, elbow, and wrist. We believe that if he was in the right physical therapy program, he could benefit. If there is anyone out there who has had a similar experience or knows something about this, please answer and give me some information. Thanks!!!
Answers:
At this point, rehabilitation due to his original injury is beyond the point of recovery. However, if he is having problems with this shoulder, elbow and wrist, he may benefit from some therapy for that. It may be something as simple as recommending a new assistive device or stragegy of ambulation, or strengthening of the shoulder complex.
i don't know of any myself but, why not contact the chris reeves foundation? they're all about s.c. injury. i'm sure they'd be able to direct you.
ummm, rehab maybe, if not have him lie on the ground and walk on his back so it cracks and goes back into place
Wow...13 years post injury, tell him congrats for me.
I have SCI too and I got injured about 2 years ago, I'm 18 right now. My injury level is at T5 and basically mean that I can't move anything under my chest. So I know what it is to go through living as a SCI.
Now as far as the cane go, it's a pretty good thing. I would talk to your doctor about the shoulder pain and what not and see if you guys can get a PT to work on it, the last thing you need is to have more pain and more problem on top of the SCI.
If you need more information or want to talk about SCI and what not...feel free to email me at paraboy89@aol.com
Have a good day
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