The cornerstone of Triumph Foundation is educating people who are newly disabled. We provide resources and referrals to help equip people to achieve greater quality of life.
Triumph Ambassadors give referrals through the distribution of our Resource Handbook that provides information on where to find and receive necessary goods and services.
This online version is an extensive list of excellent products and services available to people in the disabled community. It covers many relevant topics including adapted vehicles, medical supplies, wheelchairs, housing, and support groups.
Explore these pages to locate great people and companies who care about you and enjoy serving the needs of the disability community.
About Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) occurs when a traumatic event, disease, or virus damages the cells within the spinal cord and affects the nerves that relay signals from the brain to the body, resulting in the loss of normal function. SCI often causes people to suffer paralysis of various degrees according to their level of injury and the severity of the damage. In depth look at levels of injury
According to a recent study, there are approximately 5.4 million people dealing with paralysis in America today, with 10,000 – 20,000 Spinal Cord Injuries occurring each year.
Initially after a spinal cord injury, the body suffers spinal shock (and at times neurogenic shock) during which many of the body’s normal functions shut down due to the trauma the body has encountered.
Spinal shock results in the lack of muscle tone and contraction, and loss of tendon reflexes, below the level of injury. These symptoms may last days to weeks to months. As the body comes out of spinal shock, often the individual will regain a significant amount of function.
The first week or two after a spinal cord injury is referred to as the “acute period.” There are conditions that occur during this time that require special attention and treatment.
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This is usually the scariest time for people that have suffered SCI. No one ever plans ahead for such a catastrophic injury, because no one ever thinks it could happen to them. When a devastating injury does occur, most people are not prepared to deal with the way an event like this changes one’s life. This is one of the ways Triumph Foundation is of service, by helping to make the unknown known.
Triumph Foundation believes that people with SCI never stop healing; that recovery is usually not an overnight phenomenon but a lifetime goal; and that people with SCI get better every day if they push themselves to triumph over their injury. We subscribe to the belief that exercise is medicine, that a healthy lifestyle is essential part of recovery, and that living life to its fullest potential is the ultimate goal after suffering SCI.
Follow the links for more info on SCI
Videos on understanding SCI- What you need to know
Videos for families facing SCI
Determined to Heal- Steps to Recovery
Simple website with good information- SCI-Recovery.org
Network with thousands of others with SCI in CareCure’s chat room
Free Disability Publications from United Spinal
List of SCI Support Groups in Southern California
Reeve Cultivating Resilience After Spinal Cord Injury Trauma Video Series
