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H-Wave Podcast: Movement and Recovery After SCI
Guest host John McAleavey sits down with Matt Rose of H-Wave to discuss pain management, circulation, tissue health, and electrotherapy for people living with spinal cord injury.
The North American Spinal Cord Injury Consortium (NASCIC) has the mission to bring about unified achievements in research, care, cure, and policy by supporting collaborative efforts across the spinal cord injury community.
Patron Membership: For individuals with SCI or directly representing someone with SCI.
Principal Membership: Nonprofit organizations serving the SCI community are welcome to join NASCIC.
Partner Membership: For any person or organization involved with or interested in SCI.
NASCIC seeks input from people with SCI & caregivers for projects (not trials). Start by filling out our application form.
The purpose of the North American SCI Consortium (NASCIC) is to convene organizations in North America that advocate, represent, or communicate with people living with spinal cord injury (SCI).
If you are interested in partnering with NASCIC for a project, trial recruitment or letter of support, please review our requirements, criteria, and various methods of working with us.
Are you looking to engage people with SCI lived experience but don’t know where to start?
The NASCIC Project Review Committee brings together individuals with lived experience of spinal cord injury and research expertise to ensure that all projects align with community needs and priorities.
The formation of relationships and active engagement between the individuals and organizations representing SCI.
The exchange of valid, trustworthy, and useful information, experience, and knowledge.
Promotion of and involvement with ‘best practices of consumer engagement’ in research, care, cure, and policy.
Promotion of collaboration among experts in the fields of research, care, cure, and policy of participating members.
The NASCIC is not a trade association, lobbying entity, or treatment care center. Those providing such services to the spinal cord injury community may be Partner members.
Our Spinal Cord Injury Research Advocacy Course (SCI-RAC) is is designed to empower individuals with SCI, caregivers, researchers, and healthcare providers to become effective partners in SCI research. Through 12 detailed modules, you’ll gain invaluable knowledge about the research process and advocacy strategies.
Your SCI-RAC registration also gives you free NASCIC Membership (Patron), connecting you with a community of advocates and researchers dedicated to improving SCI outcomes.
Watch our webinar by former NASCIC Presidents Kim Anderson-Erisman and Jennifer French about the benefits of joining NASCIC.
The North American SCI Consortium (NASCIC) convenes organizations across the continent that advocate, represent, and communicate with people living with spinal cord injury.
Guest host John McAleavey sits down with Matt Rose of H-Wave to discuss pain management, circulation, tissue health, and electrotherapy for people living with spinal cord injury.
The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation brings together people living with paralysis, caregivers, researchers, clinicians, advocates, and policymakers for three days of conversation, connection, and action in Boston.
NASCIC’s Bare Bones Webinar series tackles bone health after spinal cord injury. This free interactive session covers fracture risk, prevention, and real-world case scenarios.
Bone density drops rapidly after spinal cord injury, especially at the knee. Learn how screening, medication, and rehab strategies can reduce fracture risks.
The American Spinal Injury Association holds its 53rd Annual Scientific Meeting April 23 to 26, 2026 in San Antonio, Texas. The program includes three precourses, podium and poster sessions, hands-on workshops, the SCI Data Challenge v2.0, and the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation Allied Health Professional Research Award presentation.
Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) often causes Detrusor Sphincter Dyssynergia (DSD), a condition where the bladder and sphincter fire at the same time, trapping urine under pressures that can damage kidneys. Learn all about what DSD does to kidney health, how it is diagnosed, and treatment options.