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[Apparelyzed]

Research with Underwater Treadmill is Breakthrough for Victims of Spinal-Cord Injuries

It is a common assumption that it takes years to realize any measurable benefits from scientific research. It’s a marvel, therefore, to see an almost immediate payoff without wading through complicated tomes or deciphering squiggly creatures through microscopes. The payoff is a dramatic upturn in a person’s quality of life.

More: http://www.newswise....l-cord-injuries

[topperf]

Very, very interesting!

[dangerousdave]

SNAKE OIL ALERT

Jim Harris is incomplete so anythin is possible
We all know any pool exercise has benefit for us all - not just a few

So there you are on dry earth - with a complete injury - unable to move a toe let alone a leg or bend a knee
Suddenly - emersed in water you can move those otherwise dead features
It's not 1 April is it

When I was incomplete, water torture helped to get me walking again, it most certainly did.
Now my chord is literaly dying on me, when I go in the water, they are dead
Won't do a thing, can't do a single exercise I used to do in the old days

This is not a medical report.........This is personal Fact

[Apparelyzed]

Hi Dave,

Sorry, should of added that the above is more applicable to incomplete spinal cord injuries who may have residual function, rather than complete injuries.

Any sort of pool based therapy is good as part of a physiotherapy course, I just thought it'd be of interest as it involved an underwater treadmill.

Regards

Simon

[dangerousdave]

Thanks for the update Simon

[Tetracyclone]

Dave,

Do you have a reasonable hypothesis for why your cord started to die?

All the best,
Pat

[AndrewB]

Yeah, dave.. Why is your chord dying?

[MDK]

Thank you simon for posting that is very interesting and it has so much potential for an incomplete SCI.

[edlee]

Attitude!!!...?????

[rue2you]

This is very encouraging to me!

[dangerousdave]

The question as to "Why my chord is dying"

Back in 95 the surgeon who cut me open to look at the chord was a guy that was retiring, very knowlagable and experianced
They thought they knew where the cist was and attach a drain
Alas what they found was lumps of callus and no cist. The area was cleaned up and it was noted that the chord was "soggy"
Remember the trauma happened in 73 and I had regained the ability to walk but was now using a wheelchair
The old guy said I was now a member of a elite group of 3 (1995)
We had spinal trauma - recovered - then at a later time the chord choses to die for reasons UNKNOWN
3 Other surgeons and 1 proffessor have had a go at trying to discover the problem, to no avail.

I'm not a neurologist but to me the answer lies in the membrane around the inner spinal canall
The membrane for what ever reason has become porous and allowed fluid into the chord and started a rotting process and hence the black areas on my MRI scans

So thats the history and extent of my understanding of my damaged chord
So dodn't you lot go around with the negative thought of my chords gonna die later

I'm just a wierdo doing extreme things for the rest of my time...and lovin it