Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Spinal Cord Injuries
    Shriners opened the only spinal cord injury units in North America designed specifically for children and adolescents.

    Helping kids start anew. That's the mission of the three Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Units (SCI Units), housed within the Chicago, Philadelphia and San Francisco Shriners Hospitals. These SCI Units provide long-term rehabilitative care and intensive physical, occupational and recreational therapy, designed to help spinal cord injured children relearn the basic skills of everyday life. Counselling is also provided to patients, helping kids learn to cope with their injury and rediscover the fulfilling life that lies ahead for them.

Updated: March 25, 2005