Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Program in Minnesota

Services

Mayo Clinic offers a complete range of services to help individuals recover from spinal cord injuries, beginning in the intensive care unit at the time of injury and continuing throughout the patient's lifetime.

Inpatient care

Patients may enter the inpatient rehabilitation unit:

• After consultation with spinal cord injury specialists during hospital-based care.
• After an outpatient evaluation at the Spinal Cord Injury Clinic.
• As a direct admission from another medical center following evaluation by a Mayo Clinic admissions coordinator.

Outpatient care

Outpatient Rehabilitation Program and Spinal Cord Injury Clinic

Specialty services

• Spasticity Management Program
• Upper Extremity Functional Restoration Program
• Wheelchair and Seating Clinic
• Locomotor training, including Lokomat
• Assistive technology/adaptive equipment
• Aging with spinal cord injury
• Neurogenic bladder and bowel management

Other services

• Pain management
• Wound care management
• Sexuality and fertility counseling
• Brain Rehabilitation Program
• Comprehensive patient/family education
• Patient/family support group
• Peer mentors who have faced similar disabilities
• Community re-entry/recreation therapy
• Discharge planning