• The online Community for people with spinal cord injury, their relatives and friends

  • The online Community for people with spinal cord injury, their relatives and friends

  • The online Community for people with spinal cord injury, their relatives and friends

  • The online Community for people with spinal cord injury, their relatives and friends

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In “About the Community” you will find information about this Community: FAQs, legal guidelines, and tips to find your way around the Community. You can also ask questions and contribute your own ideas.

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Our Manifesto
Getting up happens in your head No matter if you roll or walk – life is what you make of your opportunities. You can make your own decisions....
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A Few Things You Should Know
Welcome to our Community! Here, you’ll find open ears, discussions, advice from people like you: people with spinal cord injury as well as their...
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Welcome on the new Community!
Dear Community users, Welcome on the new Community! We are thrilled to welcome you back 😊 As mentioned before in this blog post, here you’ll...
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Hand hygiene tips for people with SCI
“Keep your distance. Wash your hands. Stay at home.” – these are some basic measures recommended for everyone against the current COVID-19 pandemic....
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0 Thursday, 26 March 2020
Swiss Paraplegic Centre as cantonal medical...
Yesterday, Swiss Paraplegic Centre (SPC) in Nottwil announced its support to Switzerland’s fight against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)...
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0 Monday, 23 March 2020
Coronavirus: what helps against fear?
The current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is a special and unusual reality: shut-down of schools and shops, isolating at home, the increasing fear...
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By registering, you can comment on posts, instead of only reading. You can discuss and therefore shape this Community. That’s why this place exists:...
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Click on the grey „Register“ button on the right side of our homepage, type in your name and email address, choose a username and a password. You...
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The Forum offers you the possibility to share your thoughts and discuss your experiences with other Community members or simply ask a question. You...
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claudia.zanini
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Handbiking together in the Geneva area?
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Johannes
797 Johannes
Reminder: Migrating to the new Community interface
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Julia
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Merry Christmas
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Johannes
1255 Johannes
Spinal-cord stimulation allows three paralyzed men to walk with assistance
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odyssita
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Explaining what life with a chronic disability is like
Hi cAro, all the best for your research! I am very curious to hear about the results once they are being published. Thank you for researching this...
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Wheelie
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Scewo
Good news for all who would like to try out the Scewo by themselves: according the Scewo constructors, the feedback on their invention was so...
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marcomonteverdi
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Life after operation
Dear Marco!   If the raising headaches are new and lasting for days despite of the medication you have been taken for months after operation...
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neilvdm_old
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Second opinion
Dear Neil!   There are many reasons that are influencing the choice of a Spinal Injury Rehabilitation Centre. I have seen many of them...
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kitwan
kitwan 2020-03-10 In News
Wheelchair innovation or wheelchair joke?
Anyway, inclusive design is not a joking matter
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Cindy
Cindy 2020-02-27 In Science
Intermittent fasting: saying no to breakfast
Popular diets often address what we should eat, but proponents of this trend believe when we eat is just as important
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kitwan
kitwan 2020-02-11 In Portraits & Stories
Writing children’s literature in wheelchair
Stories of Grandad Wheels and Franz-Joseph Huainigg
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Anatomy and physiology of respiration
Breathing is the most normal thing in the world for us. We hardly think about it, even though we breathe in and out about 20,000 times per day. We breathe more when we are active and exerting ourselves, and we breathe less when we are...
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Contractures
What are contractures and how do they develop? Contractures are shortenings of muscles, tendons or ligaments that have a limiting effect on the movements of the joints. The normal ability to move a joint is lost. Contractures are frequently...
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Suctioning
In some cases, support is needed for cleaning the nasopharyngeal space and keeping it free from secretion. For this purpose, suctioning is performed through the nose and, if necessary, the mouth. This is particularly necessary if the nose cannot be...
About the Community
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2020-04-02 In Latest
Hand hygiene tips for people with SCI
“Keep your distance. Wash your hands. Stay at home.” – these are some basic measures recommended for everyone against the current COVID-19 pandemic. As a person with spinal cord injury (SCI), what...
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2020-03-26 In Latest
Swiss Paraplegic Centre as cantonal medical center for COVID-19 disease
Yesterday, Swiss Paraplegic Centre (SPC) in Nottwil announced its support to Switzerland’s fight against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. It becomes one of the four main medical...
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2020-03-23 In Latest
Coronavirus: what helps against fear?
The current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is a special and unusual reality: shut-down of schools and shops, isolating at home, the increasing fear of loneliness and the worry about the virus in...
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