The SCI Blog Feed

One of our readers was recently diagnosed with Central Pain Syndrome (CPS). This is a diagnosis new to us so we did some research and...

Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) are on everyone’s mind when catheters must be used to empty our bladder. And that’s because most of us...

Here we go again. The weather is changing and with it, the level of discomfort ramps up throughout our body. As evidenced by comments in...

Once again, Roberta and I have been brainstorming and we’ve decided it’s time to tackle Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) head-on. We’ve...

Just when we thought we finally had a handle on everything we needed to know about our Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) we learn there’s yet one...

This is a true story and one The Rollin’ RNs wanted to explore. This event unfolded when a friend of ours with a spinal cord injury (SCI)...

Recently we have witnessed a good deal of discussion related to sepsis and spinal cord injury (SCI). But are we really aware of the...

Urinary tract infections or UTIs. Most of us have been plagued with these obnoxious occurrences because we are using a urinary catheter...

Today, we’re here to chat about the color purple. And no, we’re not talking about the movie starring Oprah. We’re talking about when...

Oh no…..the dreaded reddened skin. You know what I’m talking about. Sitting too long, getting ready for bedtime, undressing, and there...

Mitzie Bower, Illustrator The term “Osteoporosis”……what comes to mind? An elderly person? Post-menopausal woman? But what does bone...

OSTEOMYELITIS…. we hear this term frequently in our spinal cord injury community but do we know what it really means? Osteomyelitis is an...

My name is Roberta and I was injured in an ATV accident on 5/24/14. My level of injury is T3 Complete. I am a Para with full use of my...

Two topics of discussion frequently on spinal cord injury websites are autonomic dysreflexia and urinary tract infections specifically...

It’s important for all of us to have a health care provider to help manage our health care needs. For most people, that means having a...

We present yet another frequently discussed topic in our spinal cord injury (SCI) Facebook groups…“foot drop” or “drop foot.” You will...

Recently, the question came up, “What is flap surgery?” In a nutshell, it’s a surgical procedure where a piece of healthy skin from...

The nurses writing for The Rollin’ RNs decide on topics based on our own findings. This topic is no different. You all know the story of...

September is National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness month and because of that it is our mission to shout awareness of an issue near and...

Cellulitis is defined as an infection of the skin and is something many of us may have already experienced since living with a spinal...