Sci Forum

Support the Northwest Regional SCI System by donating at http://www.acceleratemed.org/SCI. By Rina Reyes, MD, Amy Icarangal, PT, and Geralyn Bertellotti, OT. Originally presented on January 13, 2015 Spasticity in spinal cord injury is often viewed as a cause of dysfunction and pain. But there is more to it than that. This SCI Forum presentation explored the positive effects of spasticity (“the good”), the negative effects (“the bad”), the neutral effects (“the not so ugly”), and a variety of interventions for spasticity. A rehabilitation medicine physician, a physical therapist, and an occupational therapist summarized the causes of spasticity and discussed a variety of conventional and non-conventional treatment options. Watch the video or read the report: http://sci.washington.edu/spasticity/index.asp