Spinal Cord Injury
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What is a Spinal Cord Injury?
Spinal cord injury/disease is life-altering, usually resulting in either paraplegia or quadriplegia. Patients face the loss of sensory function, motor strength, bowel and bladder control, sexual function, and more.
UR Medicine's Treatments for Spinal Cord Injury
UR Medicine's spine care team includes orthopaedic surgeons, physical medicine specialists (physiatrists), neurosurgeons, neurologists, physical therapists, rehabilitation experts, and neuro-pain management providers.
We specialize in complex spine surgery.
We also specialize in rehabilitation, working closely with patients and their families to help in regaining the highest level of independence possible. Our care covers the full range of needs, including:
- Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
- Emergency room/trauma bay
- Intensive care (Neuro ICU) and acute trauma and medical care
Rehabilitation management: inpatient and outpatient services:
- Functional needs
- Psychosocial
- Education and training
- Case management
- Resource management
- Transition planning
- Primary and secondary prevention
Follow-Up services:
- Spinal cord injury clinics
- Spasticity management
- Medications
- Botox injections
- ITB (Intrathecal Baclofen Pumps)
- Spinal Cord Injury Male Fertility Program
Community advocacy and education:
- Prevention
- Annual Spinal Cord Injury Health Fair
What Sets Us Apart?
Our spine care team has the longest history of treating conditions of the spine in the Rochester and Finger Lakes region. Our program continues to grow; tens of thousands of patients work with our spine care team every year.
The Rehabilitation Unit at Strong Memorial Hospital is the only one in the region that provides complete rehabilitative care for spinal cord injuries, from pediatric to adult patients. We are the region's only unit accredited for spinal cord injury systems of care by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, the independent accreditor of health and human services.
Strong Memorial Hospital receives the vast majority of spinal cord injuries occurring within the Rochester and Finger Lakes region. For years, we have been receiving referrals from neighboring metropolitan areas including Niagara Falls, Buffalo, Jamestown, Syracuse, Utica and Watertown.
Providers
Locations
View All LocationsWe serve you in the Rochester metropolitan area and surrounding region.
View All Locations13 locations
Clinton Crossings, Building H
2400 South Clinton Avenue, Suite 150
Rochester, NY 14618
2180 South Clinton Avenue
Rochester, NY 14618
Parnall Office Building at Rochester General Hospital
1445 Portland Avenue, Suite 305
Rochester, NY 14621
84 Canal Street, Suite 8
Big Flats, NY 14814
Thompson Professional Building
395 West Street, Suite 007
Canandaigua, NY 14424
Noyes Memorial Hospital
111 Clara Barton Street, Suite 178A
Dansville, NY 14437
St. James Medical Office Building
7309 Seneca Road North, Suite 102
Hornell, NY 14843
Strong Memorial Hospital
601 Elmwood Avenue
Rochester, NY 14642
Geneva General Hospital
200 North Street, Suite 304
Geneva, NY 14456
1340 Washington St, Suite 3
Watertown, NY 13061
Patient Education & Support
- Paralyzed Veterans of America - Guide to Self Care for Persons with Spinal Cord Injury (PDF)
- Rochester Spinal Association
- Spinal Cord Injury Clinical Trials
- Understanding Spinal Cord Injury | Shepherd Center Videos
- Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center
- New Mobility - Wheelchair Culture & Lifestyle
Related Services & Conditions
- Herniated Disc
- Balance Training
- Inpatient Acute Rehabilitation
- Neurological Rehabilitation
- Occupational Therapy (OT)
- Physical Therapy
- Spasticity
- Orthopaedics & Physical Performance
- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Neurosurgery
- Neuromedicine Pain Management
- Neurology
- Emergency Imaging
- Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology
- Neurorehabilitation
- Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program
- Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation