I am also a high-level quad (C4) and I have the same issues. Before my injury I used to like it colder than most people around me and now I am the opposite. It can be 75° out with a wind and I a...

Scott, what type of workout do you undertake twice each week and how long has it been since your injury? I Am Also a C3/C4 Complete, 3 1/2 years post injury. I have range of motion exercises everyda...

3 1/2 years ago I had an SCI from a bicycle accident, and am currently a C-4 complete quadriplegic. About a year after my accident doctors recommended a baclofen pump due to my severe spasms, and fol...

From my experience I would suggest going to the best rehab facility you can afford. From everything I have read I would agree with the previous post -- the facility in Atlanta is one of the best. Th...

The responses have been a real eye opener. I am familiar with the reputation of RIC in Chicago, you just wonder sometimes what they think about when there is such a discrepancy between the daytime an...

There are lots of ratings out there for rehab facilities, including the vaunted ones in the U.S. News & World Report. I am curious what we the customers of these facilities think. What rehab fac...

I am C-4 complete for just over 3 years. My experience is similar to yours, and I have not seen the condition lessen over that time. Before my injury, I liked the room colder than most others. Now,...

As a disabled person it is something you see abused all the time. I wrote a tongue in cheek article about the situation in our foundation's most recent newsletter, see link. The article is at the end of the newsletter entitled "A Day in the Life" http://www.josephgrohfoundation.org/newsletter.html

Wouldn't this be a good time to ask the president to follow up on this proclamation with substantive action? A good start would be showing support for HR 1041 -- the fairness in Medicare bidding ...

One only has to take one glance at her and know you can expect the unexpected. Wouldn't it be great if the Christopher Reeve foundation would invite her to make an appearance on behalf of all tho...

I urge everyone to see if their congressman has signed on as a cosponsor of HR 1041 -- the fairness in Medicare bidding act. The bill was introduced in the House on March 11, and was referred to the ...

As a C-4 Quad, I would definitely vote for the use of arms and hands, essentially living as a para.