Fuel Up
Nutrition researchers and a sport dietician weigh in on how to fuel your body for optimal health and performance.
Fire and Rain
When it comes to the most catastrophic ramifications of climate change, BC is emerging as Canada’s most vulnerable province. With the situation predicted to only worsen in coming years, more and more people will be forced to evacuate. Are you prepared?
Oh, Mommy!
We have big news! Women with SCI are able to become pregnant and give birth to a perfectly healthy baby. What’s more, they’ve been doing just that for decades.
PeerSAY: Top 10 Things I Wish My Doctor Understood About SCI
How much does your doctor know about SCI? If you’re like one of the peers we chatted with, chances are they don’t know enough (and that’s if you have a primary care doctor in the first place). When it comes to your health and wellness, you deserve a doctor who is trustworthy, a good listener, and knows a thing or two (and hopefully more) about SCI.
Ask the Spin Doctor: Managing Menstruation
Natasha Prodan-Bhalla, Nurse Practitioner, from the Access Clinic at BC Women’s Hospital shares what you need to know about managing your menstrual cycle.
Ask the Spin Doctor: Menopause
Have questions about menopause? Dr. Viet Vu gives the lowdown on SCI, menopause and aging well.
Fly Like a Bird!
It’s not every day that you look up and see a wheelchair in the sky. But with modern technology, a supportive community and one man’s bucket list, adaptive paragliding may soon be coming to the sky near you.
Matters of the Heart
A new study is underway to find out if there are differences between the male and female heart after spinal cord injury.
Goal-Getters
Build confidence and achieve your health-related goals with support from SCI BC’s new Peer Health Coaching Program.
Reach the Beach
In the space of just two years, Christian Bagg’s Bowhead Reach electric aMTB has become an international success story.
Ask the Spin Doctor: Weight Loss
Dr. Ian Rigby serves up some weight loss strategies.
Raw Deal
A recently published research report lays bare, province by province, how our country’s universal health care program is failing people with SCI—and how the situation in BC is among the worst in Canada.