Protect Your Precious Hands
Every winter our hands take a beating. It only takes a of couple weeks of exposure to chilly temperatures and wheeling through salty, sandy slush for our hands and nails to become dry, cracked and brittle. Sometimes even the warmest, water-proof gloves/mittens and deeply intensifying moisturizers aren’t enough to protect our precious appendages from the harsh elements. To help keep your skin and nails strong from the inside make sure to include plenty of the following nutrien
Foods for the Winter Blues
Many people slip into the mid-winter blues this time of year and it can be a faster slide into this state for people with SCI. When you combine the increase in difficulty getting out and about and time spent indoors with the fact that people with SCI are 5x's more likely to experience depression than the general population, it’s no wonder that we can sometimes feel a little down when the snow starts falling. Deficiencies in B-vitamins, essential fats, complex carbohydrates a