Spinal Cord Injury Program
The Spinal Cord Injury Program at Children’s Specialized Hospital (CSH) cares for children with:
- Complete and incomplete spinal cord injuries
- Spinal cord tumors
- Spina bifida
- Transverse myelitis
- Nerve damage
- Spinal cord stroke
- Spinal stenosis
- Scoliosis
- Halo traction
- Guillian-barre syndrome (GBS)
- Ventilator management weaning
-
Bowel/bladder management
Our Specialized Care
The Spinal Cord Injury Program at CSH provides intensive and comprehensive rehabilitation services for infants, children, and adolescents with acquired, traumatic, and congenital spinal cord dysfunction.
Our Individualized Approach
Upon admission into our Spinal Cord Injury Program, the medical and rehabilitation
team complete a comprehensive evaluation. Our team plans a treatment program
and meets regularly throughout the child’s stay to monitor progress
and set goals. Rehabilitation may include:
- Family support and training to increase child and caregiver independence
- Customized care plan with technology support to improve mobility and function
- Increased participation and independent self-care
- Assistive technology
- Functional electric stimulation bicycle
- Body weight supported treadmill training
- ZeroG® gait training system
- Virtual reality
Get Involved: True Grit Spinal Cord Program
Growing up and becoming an adult is already tough, but it's even harder when you're dealing with a spinal cord injury. That's why
Activity Connection launched True Grit Spinal Cord Program to help teens and their families
move forward in their personal journey of growth. True Grit Spinal Cord
program provides healing, hope, and inspiration to adolescents and young
adults with spinal cord injuries.
True Grit seeks to fill the gaps in rehabilitation through hosting adaptive activities (sports, leisure) with the support of peer mentors, experienced SCI therapists, and an in-person residential rehabilitation program hosted at Rutgers University with emphasis on transitioning to adulthood with a SCI. The program is for adolescents ages 16-21 with SCI post-discharge from the hospital.
Learn More about The True Grit Spinal Cord Program
Hear from Our Patients
In the summer of 2019, Sam Jarmer was lifeguarding in Ocean Grove when he became paralyzed from the neck down after diving into the ocean and hitting a sandbar, fracturing the sixth cervical vertebra in his spine. Watch below to learn more about his CSH experience.