Back on Track

incorporating Community Survival Kit

Back on TrackBack on Track is a resource for you.  It has been designed to provide you with information and contacts you will need to manage the aspects of your life relating to your spinal cord injury.

We have included basic information and contact details for you, but Back on Track is a resource you can build on in your own time and with relevance to your own needs.  It is not intended to be a complete guide of all services; it is designed to answer many of the most frequently asked questions and address the most common concerns facing people who have experienced a spinal cord injury. 

As much as possible, the information included is written from the point of view of the person asking the questions. 

The information we have provided falls into two main areas:

  • fact sheets that provide answers to the most frequently asked questions for our Peer Support Officers and Information team; and
  • contact details and information sources covering support for you and your family members and carers.

We hope that this information will provide you with the foundation you need to manage within the community.  Space has been allocated on each page for individual contact details or notes to be included. Details on other services offered through SCIA are available on the relevant pages on the website.

While every effort has been made to ensure that details included are completely accurate at the time of downloading, we recognise that this information can often change over time.  Please feel free to download any updates or copy the information to pass on to others.  We also keep a regularly updated list of hot topics and helpful hints on our website and through our web forum.

We sincerely hope that the information included in Back on Track offers you support and assistance.  Our aim is to be there when you need us, now and into the future, to assist with individual support or to help in eliminating the barriers within the community that prevent true independence.  We also welcome any feedback or suggestions for additional information, resources or services to be included. Please contact SCInfo on 02 9661 8855, 1800 819 775 or email information@scia.org.au.

CLICK HERE to download Back on Track (updated 02 Jun 2010; 4.2 mb).


Pain can refer from any irritation. It could be on the surface such as a pressure sore, or any problem in the bladder or bowel and other systems. I all these cases it is important that he have it attended to quickly. A person with general neuropathic pain can get relief from various medications that in chronic cases may be an implanted medication release system. Long term pain relief can also be through cognitive therapies. See www.scia.org.au/archive/archived_news/when_the_pain_is_the_problem2. Whatever the cause of the pain the starting point would be to see your family doctor and have a referral to the spinal clinic, neurologist or a pain clinic.

Posted by: admin on 12 Jul 2010 11:26am

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Hi,my son is a t3 parraplegic and has really bad nerve pain has electricity running through his legs all the time, no amount of drugs will get rid of it. He is in bed most of the day only showering and back in again.Wondering if anyone else also gets this or if there is any cure.

Posted by: Susan on 10 Jul 2010 3:50pm

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