European Neuro Convention – The must attend event for Brain and Spinal injuries, speak to experts from around the globe The European Neuro Convention, previously the Neuro Rehab Expo is set to be Europe’s largest trade show for Brain and Spine experts. It has expanded into a new comprehensive event, with three key areas of focus, rehabilitation, diagnostic and surgical. ... Read More »
Freedom Wheelchair Skills provides peer-led teaching of everyday skills and techniques to get the most out of life while using a wheelchair. The aim of Freedom Wheelchair Skills training is to help people become more confident in using a wheelchair, become less dependent on others and to show people how to overcome everyday environmental challenges. This is how it all ... Read More »
A paralysed man has been able to walk again after a pioneering therapy that involved transplanting cells from his nasal cavity into his spinal cord. Darek Fidyka, who was paralysed from the chest down in a knife attack in 2010, can now walk using a frame. The treatment, a world first, was carried out by surgeons in Poland in collaboration ... Read More »
Stratford upon Avon RUFC player regains confidence and lifestyle thanks to chin controlled power chair after sustaining a serious spinal cord injury on the field. A young and active Gareth Rees sustained serious damage to his spinal cord after a fearless ruck on the rugby field in 2011, an injury that would change his life forever. 28 year old ... Read More »
A clinical support worker who has helped transform the lives of 100s of patients at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust’s National Spinal Injuries Centre (NSIC) has earned a top job at Help for Heroes. Georgie Friend, from Aylesbury, has been driving sports participation amongst spinal injury patients in her role at Stoke Mandeville Hospital since 2007. Read More »
A woman is suing the NHS over claims doctors failed to spot a condition in time that has left her disabled. Debbie Thomason was taken to Northampton General Hospital in May 2011 in “excruciating pain” after she had sneezed. Her lawyers say the hospital failed to diagnose cauda equina syndrome, a spine condition, and operate before it was “too late ... Read More »
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