Spinal Injury

• B.C. man paralyzed a second time, this time from golf swing

  ‘He has been using his eyes and eyebrows to communicate while people guess what he is trying to say.’

  Canada

  Sep 22, 2021
  
• Courage to Come Back 2019: As a teen she was told she’d never walk again. They were wrong

  Harriet Ronaghan was just a teenager when her family's car was T-boned by a dump truck, leaving her with life-threatening injuries. 

  Health

  Apr 19, 2019
  
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• Miami surgery on Sherwood Park man injured in trampoline accident ‘a success’

  A young man from Sherwood Park who broke his neck in a trampoline accident had surgery done in Miami on Tuesday as part of a clinical trial.

  Health

  Feb 5, 2019
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• University of Calgary studying relationships built during spinal cord injury rehab

  The study looks to understand the relationship between those who survive spinal injuries and the people who care for them.

  Health

  Jan 27, 2019
• Paralyzed man takes first steps since his injury with help of electronic device in his spine

  An electronic device is helping a man whose legs were paralyzed walk again, with some assistance.

  Health

  Sep 24, 2018
• Humboldt Bronco Ryan Straschnitzki heads to U.S. for spinal treatment

  Ryan Straschnitzki will be in Philadelphia for six to eight weeks. His life is likely to change once again when he returns to Canada.

  May 31, 2018
• Injured Humboldt Broncos player glad he’s alive, works on recovery

  Ryan Straschnitzki was badly hurt in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash: a spinal injury, broken ribs, a broken collar bone, and a punctured lung.

  Canada

  May 21, 2018
• Australian baby’s head reattached to severed spinal cord in ‘miracle’ surgery

  Jaxon Taylor's family and doctors are calling his survival and recovery a "miracle."

  Health

  Oct 8, 2015
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• Protesters pour into Baltimore streets after death following man’s arrest

  Amid tears and cries for justice, demonstrators poured into the streets of Baltimore carrying signs emblazoned with the name of a man who died from a spinal injury he suffered while in police custody.

  World

  Apr 22, 2015