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Smart Ear Buds for Hands-free Control

The neural earbuds are equipped with powerful sensors that pick up facial micro-gestures, changes in air pressure, and head position. Described by Naqi's inventor Dave…
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Best Practices Resource Helps Deliver Right Care at Right Time

Implementing evidence-based best practices in SCI clinical care ensures maximum functionality and cord recovery with fewer secondary complications following the injury. This…
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Pressure Research Delivers Life Changing Tech and Clinical Best Practices

Maintaining adequate spinal cord perfusion pressure (SCPP), for the circulation of blood to the spinal cord at the time of injury and…
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Special Issue: AO Spine & Praxis Spinal Cord Institute Guidelines for the Management of Acute Spinal Cord Injury

The Praxis-AO Spine Acute SCI Guidelines make sure that best practices in care are available widely, to standardize SCI care across B.C., Canada, and internationally. Developed in part from Praxis-supported and…
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BC Interior SCI Summit 2023

Our first SCI Health Summit brought together SCI clinicians, people with lived experience of SCI (PLEX), and other SCI community stakeholders to…
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In conversation with Praxis SCI Incubate Cohort Member, Battelle

NovaSense is a sensing technology that combats pressure injuries. Not only is the technology capable of continuous and accurate pressure monitoring over…
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ProACTIVE Toolkit Guidelines Aid Physio Rehab and Peer Support

The ProACTIVE toolkit was developed with support from Praxis with input from more than 300 members of the SCI community in B.C.…
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Praxis Staff Spotlight: Amy Liu

Meet Amy Liu! She’s our Human Resources Manager here at Praxis, and manages all things to do with hiring, onboarding new employees,…
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Support for Indigenous Experience of Spinal Cord Injury in Canada

Indigenous Canadians experience greater challenges living with spinal cord injury (SCI) than the rest of the population. Since our unique Praxis model…
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Spinal Cord Stimulation Brings More Than Just the Ability to Walk Again

Praxis Spinal Cord Institute support and outreach for spinal cord stimulation (SCS) research across Canada is helping to raise awareness for this…
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World SCI Day 2022

The International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS) recognizes September 5th as Spinal Cord Injury Day. In honor of this day, Praxis CEO Bill…
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A Shining Example of Integration, Interdisciplinary Thinking, and Translational Research

Multi-awarded global visionary and frequent Forbes contributor, Stephen Ibaraki cites the work of Praxis as a shining example of integration, interdisciplinary thinking,…
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