OVERVIEW
Values
First Steps Wellness Centre will:
- Provide integrated services to promote holistic spinal cord injury care that is accessible and affordable.
- Strive to enhance quality of life and independence.
- Provide consistent and client-centered services to SCI individuals in a supportive environment that offers education, hope and motivation.
- Employ staff who are specially trained and certified by Project Walk to implement exercise programs and provide the latest information and SCI research.
- Use a fee structure that will offer the opportunity for overall health benefits to all, and return surplus revenue to our clients by subsidizing fees
Objectives
- Clients will engage in intensive exercise programs utilizing the Dardzinski MethodTM based on nerve regeneration and performance training.
- Facilitate learning and support through education and networking among SCI individuals, community members and professional health care providers.
- Monitor every client's progress by utilizing individual outcome scales, video documentation, and trainer feedback to properly chart progress and optimize individual exercise programs.
Specific measurables include:
Increased:
- central nervous system activity
- muscle and bone mass
- circulation
- sensation
Decreased:
- pressure sores
- use of medication
- hospital visits
- other health problems related to SCI