Spinal Cord Injury and Rehabilitation

The severity of a spinal cord injury depends on its location within the spinal column: lower-level injuries generally preserve more movement, sensation, and control than higher ones. Rehabilitation is essential for helping individuals regain independence and return to daily life.

Rehabilitation Goals & Self-Care
Through a tailored program, patients relearn critical activities and self-care functions, including:

  • Mobility & Locomotion: transferring, walking, or using a wheelchair

  • Sphincter Control: bladder and bowel management

  • Self-Care Skills: feeding, grooming, bathing, and dressing

Activity-Based Therapy (ABT)
ABT focuses on task-specific training to rebuild strength and coordination:

  • Bed-to-Chair Transfers and back again

  • Gait Training with walkers, body-weight-support harnesses, and stair-climbing practice

  • Upper-Extremity Strengthening to improve reach and daily function

  • Bladder Control Exercises to enhance sphincter management

Targeted Functional Skills

  • Self-Care: feeding, grooming, bathing, and dressing

  • Communication & Cognition: improving memory and problem-solving

  • Mobility: transferring, walking, or moving in a wheelchair

  • Social Interaction: engaging confidently with others

By combining activity-based training with comprehensive skill development, our program empowers patients to reclaim both physical abilities and everyday independence.