Guidelines and Options for Indwelling Catheter Users
I’m 28, in my fourth year as a C5-6 quad and have had a suprapubic catheter since rehab. It works well, so I thought it enabled me to dodge taking anticholinergic drugs like Ditropan that control...
View ArticleSix Tips For Long Haul Road Trips as a Chair User
Last week, I drove 1,600 miles over three days from my home in Portland, Oregon, to Calgary, Alberta, and back. It was an impromptu decision. There’s a bike there that I wanted to check out, and the...
View Article2022 Consumer Guide
Adaptive products and adaptive lifestyles go hand in hand. Our annual Consumer Guide shows you the tech — and the techniques — for living fully on wheels. To personalize our consumer guide, we broke...
View Article8 Tips for Traveling With Catheters During the Holidays
The fall holidays are meant to be a relaxing time spent with family and friends, but if you have to travel to get together with your loved ones, then you know that this can be a hectic time. On top of...
View ArticleHelping to Support a Healthy, Active Lifestyle
The Cure Ultra® line of ready-to-use, portable, intermittent catheters is a popular solution for men and women. Now, Cure has released a new product designed to help increase ease of use. This new...
View ArticleApple West Offers Dedicated Customer Support for Medical Supplies
Apple West Home Medical Supply was founded more than decade ago by Tom Shankle, but his company has always been more than a medical supply provider. Apple West supports those with spinal cord injuries,...
View ArticleUro Concepts Underwear Offers Easy, Discreet Leg Bag Management
A new line of underwear aims to make managing and concealing a urinary leg bag a little easier. The Uro Urinary Suspensory System by Uro Concepts Inc. is for people looking for an alternative to straps...
View ArticleBuilding a Better Bladder Solution
Having to ask for help draining a leg bag can be one of the most frustrating and embarrassing everyday tasks of life as a higher-level quadriplegic. As soon as I was paralyzed in 1986, I was on a...
View ArticleLimits are a Matter of Perception: Bob’s Journey to his Ideal Catheter
After being paralyzed in a skiing accident, Bob was motivated to learn how to catheterize by himself and become independent again. “Limits are a matter of perception” was Bob’s mantra, and he became...
View Article“When life handed me a catheter, I went for one that made my life easier.”
Lucien, a passionate sports enthusiast who led an active life, experienced a spinal injury due to a bicycle accident. After recovering, his strong desire was to regain his independence and return to an...
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