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We have a wealth of knowledge to share with you about living with a spinal cord injury (SCI), and have pulled this together in this section to help you access the information you need, when you need it.

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Get To Know Your Body – Rehabilitation and Electrical Stimulation

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Jason from SCIA’s Peer and Family Support Team is here to teach you how to practice arguably one of the most important skills of a wheelchair user: Wheel Stands.

In this video Jason discusses:

How to lift your front castors in a timely manner
Balance
How to go down backward if you’re not quite there yet to go forward

Want more support with your wheelchair? Our Peer & Family Support team are made up of people with lived experience of of varying spinal cord injuries. We operate in New South Wales and Western Australia in the spinal units and in the community.