Every day, more than 2 million Americans struggle with the debilitating effects of spinal cord injury, mobility impairment, stroke and paralysis. And the overall number is expected to keep rising. Spinal cord injuries alone add 11,000 new cases to the total in the United States each year. Accidents, including automobile and sporting accidents and violence account for the majority of cases of spinal cord and mobility injuries and impairment. However, many more are caused by degenerative neurological diseases, and age-related falls. Most spinal cord injured individuals are in their teens and twenties, and 99% all spinal cord injuries (SCI) will result in paralysis. Traumatic brain injury affects approximately 1.4 million people of all ages, severely reducing their ability to live independent, productive lives. The costs of these kinds of injuries place an overwhelming burden on the patients and their families. Individual costs for supportive care can run to $250,000 per year. And in the United States alone, costs for rehabilitative and supportive care exceed $100 billion. Conventional rehabilitation is geared to helping the patient "resign" themselves to never regaining mobility. But more and more, patients are refusing to accept that diagnosis. Inspired by the late actor, Christopher Reeve, an increasing number of patients with disabled mobility are searching for comprehensive neurological facilities that employ a multi-faceted approach to their rehabilitation programs. Unfortunately, these patients are finding few options available to them. And with longer life expectancies and the increased popularity of extreme sports, each year, thousands of newly-disabled people will be desperately seeking ways to optimize their recovery and rehabilitation process. Currently, there is no cure for spinal cord injuries (SCI). However, recent research in neuroscience, and surgical, drug, and rehabilitation therapies has produced very promising results. There are new ways to prevent an injury from becoming worse. Nerve cell transplantation and nerve regeneration therapies have made the repair of an injured or damaged spinal cord a very reachable goal. And among the most exciting developments are new training programs based on repetitive treadmill stepping, gait strengthening and weight bearing. These programs may actually improve function by promoting axon regeneration and by "reminding" the spinal cord below the injury how to activate the muscles needed for standing or walking. It is becoming increasingly apparent, though, that to take advantage of any of these promising new developments, clients should be in excellent physical condition, with good bone density, muscle mass, and good muscle tone. Unfortunately, few facilities prepare individuals with a neurological disability for the possibility of a cure. There is an undeniable gap in services for disabled individuals that is not being addressed by the existing mainstream facilities. NEUROXCEL Corporation is designed to fill that gap.

6ish? roasted chicken, green beans, tomatos, olive tapenade. (soda & water brought to parties later) I came back from the gym down another 2#, despite Friday night. (Which I'm still hoping is just within my range of weekly fluctuation, or "water weight") I decided to allow carbs all night, limited only by often I wanted to take pictures. I didn't manage a 5K on the treadmill, but I suspect this has far more to do with dealing with a new treadmill. I couldn't figure out how watch the gym's movies instead of shows with ads, until I finally gave up and took off the earbuds. Every minute it kept resetting my speed to 4.5 and incline to 0.0, which made sprints impossible (but sure got my heart rate up!) I cracked at the 10 minute mark and stopped, tried to preset the treadmill to manual, and started again. I was finally figuring out how to program it, but... it was a touchscreen and I was running, I can barely use i-phones when I'm standing still. I made it to 2 miles total before I bailed and wandered over to a rowing machine until I got bored of watching the subtitles of what I suspect was The Wedding Crashers. 5 minutes. tops.