109 printable resources for Spinal Cord Injury: patient and caregiver education handouts, therapy materials, clinical references and evaluation tools for speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists and physical therapists. Written and reviewed by practicing clinicians, ready to print, and included in a Therapy Insights membership.
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Spasticity and high muscle tone can cause significant discomfort and frustration. This tool is built to help guide a patient through methods to assist in decreasing their spasticity.
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This handout is an introduction to the central nervous system of the brain and spinal cord. It explains the parts of a neuron and how it helps send chemical messages for communicating thoughts, body commands, and interpreting sensory information.
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This handout describes autonomic dysreflexia in lay terms and can be provided to clients, family, caregivers, or used as a guide to help explain the condition. This handout includes an explanation of autonomic dysreflexia as well as the most common symptoms and causes.
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This document provides insights on the descending motor pathways and includes the voluntary motor pathways: the corticospinal tract, the corticobulbar tract, and the rubrospinal tract. Additionally, it includes the involuntary motor tracts: the vestibulospinal tract and the reticulospinal tract.
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This resource is for a patient who is struggling to develop a bowel program, bladder training program, or who needs more information on voiding dysfunction after an injury.
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This handout includes caregiver education regarding the benefits of proper wheelchair positioning. Includes such benefits as fall reduction, improved intake, reduced risk of aspiration, improved skin integrity, pain reduction, and increased ADL independence. Aim is to improve caregiver attention and follow through for use of the proper seating system and timely repositioning.
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Shoulder injury after acquiring a spinal cord injury is very common. This document is a summary of current suggestions for how to avoid painful shoulders after spinal cord injury.
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Many people, including emergency departments and medical personnel, may be unfamiliar with autonomic dysreflexia. This handout provides a template to create an alert card explaining autonomic dysreflexia and an emergency medical information card providing important client information for anyone with a spinal cord injury. This template can be used as an intervention activity to improve health literacy and emergency preparedness.
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This is a resource for individuals after spinal cord injury who would like to be proactive about managing their increased risk for osteoporosis. The document gives recommendations for prevention and management of bone loss through at home activities and appropriate personal behaviors.
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