Spinal Cord Injury
A spinal cord injury is damage to any part of the spinal cord or nerves at the end of the spinal canal (cauda equina) — often causes permanent changes in strength, sensation and other body functions below the site of the injury.
In our experience, Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) not only causes physical disruption to your life. SCI can negatively impact your sleep, mood, anxiety, relationships, productivity, finances, self-concept and more. There are many triggers that negatively impact the symptoms associated with SCI such as spasticity. The most common trigger is Stress. Our clinicians are trained to help you evaluate your patterns and identify where and how to reduce the impact of stress on your SCI.
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The clinician's working at Behavioral Medicine evaluate all symptoms as a indicators of quality of life. With 28 years of experience, we have seen the negative effects of SCI on the mind, body, spirit and relationships. Our purpose is to help reduce the negative impact of SCI on your life through psychological and self-regulating therapies that rewire your mind, body, spirit for safety and connection. We believe a person has everything they need inside to heal. We have the experience, training, technology and passion to guide them to it. We are ready and available to help the individual and the intimate partner/family/caregivers around them.
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Depending upon how the the SCI happened, A SCI may cause Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD. To learn more about PTSD click on the word and you will be taken to our PTSD page. If a person experienced any childhood trauma or previous trauma they may develop Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.To learn more about C-PTSD click on the word and you will be taken to our C-PTSD page.
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In our office we find a combination of services are most effective
to help resolve the symptoms associated with SCI​
These services fall under a general term of Health and Behavioral Intervention, which includes
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Eye Movement Desentization Reprocessing (EMDR)
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​Click on the services listed above to be taken to that services page