New Mobility

Whether you’re fresh out of rehab or you’ve been using a wheelchair for decades, finding your way through life after SCI can be overwhelming. Staying on top of unpredictable health, insurance and access issues can be enough to frustrate even the most organized and competent individual. Researchers at Kessler Foundation created the SCI Navigator Program to lighten that load wi...

Wandercraft’s newest exoskeleton, Eve, received FDA clearance and is now available in the U.S. It is self-balancing personal exoskeleton for everyday life and allows individuals to stand up and walk hands-free. It is designed to complement a wheelchair, not replace it. Eve is intended for adults 18 and older with spinal cord injury at any neurological level.

When life changes, your dreams don’t have to. That’s the message behind the newly released dance drama, Ballroom, that thrusts wheelchair ballroom dancing into the spotlight. Ballroom follows the story of Violet, an aspiring dancer whose dreams are shattered when a car accident leaves her a paraplegic. With the support of her therapists and her love interest, a charismatic da...

Power chair users of smaller stature who have been looking for a wheelchair that offers all the essential power seating features with a frame designed to fit them better have a new option: Permobil’s M4 Nexa. Permobil designed the M4 Nexa to deliver all the maneuverability and essential seating features found in its full-size Corpus line of power chairs in a new, compact buil...

(Editor’s Note: In the July Health Newsletter I wrote about some of the keys I’ve learned to staying healthy and fit as a low quad. For this newsletter, I asked longtime NM contributor Kenny Salvini to tackle the same topic from his perspective as a high quad. – Seth McBride) Well, do yourself a favor, don’t go looking at the pictures on my phone Cause you may see something t...