Brain & Body Things

Re-imagining fitness after spinal cord injury.

February 27, 2023 Dr. Natasha Mehta Season 2 Episode 5
Brain & Body Things
Re-imagining fitness after spinal cord injury.
Show Notes

Aaron Bunnell, M.D., is a board certified physician at the Rehabilitation Clinic at Harborview and a UW assistant professor of Rehabilitation Medicine.
 
Dr. Bunnell specializes in treatment of severe traumatic and neurologic injuries and neuromuscular diseases. He aims to help patients return to the health, activities and interests that give them quality of life by providing individualized, compassionate care.
 
Dr. Bunnell earned his M.D. at UC San Francisco. He is triple board certified in Brain Injury Medicine, Electrodiagnostic Medicine and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. His clinical interests include acute inpatient rehabilitation of stroke, spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury, early mobilization and rehabilitation of critically ill patients, outpatient stroke rehabilitation, diagnosis of neuromuscular diseases including peripheral neuropathies, carpal tunnel syndrome and motor neuron disease. His research interests include critical Illness neuromyopathy, electrodiagnostic testing and neuromuscular ultrasound.

In this episode we discuss:

  • Dr. Bunnell's personal experience with spinal cord injury.
  • The life changing implications of a spinal cord injury.
  • The transition from rehabilitation to fitness.
  • Ableism in fitness.
  • Tips for adapting fitness.


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