Recovery and Rehabilitation for Spinal Cord Injury Survivors
What is Activity-Based Therapy?
Activity-based therapy (or ABT) is a therapeutic activity used in recovery and rehabilitation to improve strength and regain motor function after a traumatic injury.
How Activity-Based Therapy Centers Improve Life for SCI Survivors
A spinal cord injury (SCI) can have many severe and long-lasting effects on the person who is injured. These effects vary depending on the location of the injury and whether it’s “complete” or “incomplete.”
The recovery and rehabilitation process for SCI survivors can be a long and arduous journey. It takes time to heal, to adapt, and to rebuild one’s sense of self after such a drastic event. Despite the difficulties, thousands of people face the challenges of life after SCI every day without giving up or losing hope.
One of the tools that some SCI survivors use to cope with or even overcome some of their limitations is activity-based therapy—the kind of therapy offered byprograms such as NextStep.
These activity-based therapy centers can improve life for SCI survivors in a number of ways, including...Read More >
