Spinal Cord Injury

Dignity Health Rehabilitation Hospital helps patients with spinal cord injuries set goals, learn new skills, modify their lifestyles to fit their needs, and achieve the very best outcome.

Recovery from a spinal cord injury (SCI) involves significant challenges for patients and families. At Dignity Health, we understand the challenges you face, and together, we will help you set goals, learn new skills, modify your lifestyle to fit your needs, and help you achieve the very best outcome. We provide the earliest possible start to rehabilitation and work to optimize the abilities and independence of our patients so that they may return home.

This goal-directed approach enables patients to:

• Improve physical function and mobility
• Develop the skills and strategies to perform daily activities
• Utilize adaptive technologies that facilitate activities at home, at work, and/or in the community
• Overcome the social problems that often interfere with adjustment to life ahead