Allodynia, When Your Own Bedsheet Hurts
This is general information rather than medical advice. Allodynia has many causes, and treatment depends on which one applies, so a clinician needs to assess it. Limited mobility brings…
Can You Get Disability for Anxiety or Depression and What It Actually Takes
Yes. Roughly a quarter of all disability applications cite a mental health condition as the main reason, and plenty of them are approved. But mental health claims are structurally harder…
Neurogenic Bowel and How a Bowel Program Actually Works
This article is general information and not medical advice. A clinician familiar with neurogenic bowel and your specific injury should set up and adjust bowel management. Everybody poops. Almost nobody…
Could Spoon Theory Explain Your Energy to Someone Who Isn’t Disabled?
The problem isn’t usually that people don’t believe you. It’s that they can’t picture it. When you say you’re too tired to come, what they hear is the tired they…
A Suprapubic Catheter Changed My Independence
I stopped drinking water before I stopped going out. That was the order it happened in, and I didn’t notice it happening at all. My disease had progressed to where…
Why Core Strength Matters for Wheelchair Users and Where to Start
Adjusting to life in a wheelchair changes your relationship with your own body, and that adjustment takes real time. Muscles you never gave much thought to matter a great deal…
Pressure Ulcers, the Stages, and What Treatment Actually Involves
This is general information rather than medical advice. Any open pressure wound should be assessed by a clinician or wound care nurse. A pressure ulcer is damage to the skin…
15 Safe and Simple Wheelchair Exercises for Older Adults
Exercise doesn’t stop mattering once standing becomes difficult. In fact, wheelchair exercises for seniors can improve strength, circulation, flexibility, and mood without ever leaving the chair. The Centers for Disease…
How to Prevent Bed Sores Without Overhauling Your Day
As a wheelchair user for over 20 years and the daughter of a nurse, pressure sores are like the Jason Vorhees of my care plan. There’s good reason for it….
Falls Aren’t ‘Just Clumsiness’: The Medical Reasons Balance Breaks Down With Age
Falls in older adults are often incorrectly dismissed as mere clumsiness, but this is a serious matter that can result in injury and accidental death. Losing your balance isn’t a…
