Our 2023 Annual Report is out this month, highlighting the milestones of last year and the ongoing work we continue to do this year. The accomplishments we’ve achieved are largely due to the time, talent and treasure of so many of you: individuals in the SCI and scientific communities who make our work possible. Please take a few minutes to...

Here’s the thing: spinal cord injury robs you of the physical ability to do many things and have more diverse experiences; but it doesn’t rob you of your desire to do those things. My appetite, developed over 40-some years, hasn’t changed. But my body has. It’s the same story, over and over.

If you could drive to a clinic tomorrow, pay $100,000, and permanently get back one thing you lost after your SCI - you’d do it right? I know I would. Even though I don’t have anything close to $100k. I’d figure out a way - extreme financing, kickstarter, panhandling, etc - I’d get the money. Well guess what?

Session three at U2FP's Symposium (September 27-28 in Atlanta) will consider several aspects of spinal cord stimulation, both epidural (eSCS, implanted) and transcutaneous (tSCS, skin surface), including its application to spasticity, women's sexual function, and general sensory and motor improvement. Evan Sandler is a PhD student from the Edelle C. Field-Fote lab at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta. This group participated in the multicenter clinical trial for ONWARD’s tSCS device, which showed meaningful improvement in upper extremity function, both sensory and motor in participants with cervical injuries. Sandler’s emphasis is in tuning and optimizing tSCS to treat...