icare Foundation has teamed up with Spinal Cord Injury Australia (SCIA) to help provide people with spinal cord injuries in NSW fair and equitable access to specialised fitness services.
In a statement, icare Foundation revealed that up to 50% of people with spinal cord injuries in NSW live in regional areas, and that the long distance and social disadvantage are restricting them access to world-class rehabilitation equipment and specialised fitness centres once they leave hospital.
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To help tackle the issue, icare’s social venture has funded the start-up costs of the first regional Neuromoves centre in Lismore.
The first specialised service of its type in regional Australia, Neuromoves Lismore offers people recovering from a spinal cord injury with tailored exercise programs, specialist equipment, and expert care.
Through the program, these people can improve their strength and mobility, prevent further or deteriorating injury, reduce social isolation, and achieve greater independence.
Lismore was granted icare’s seed funding in response to the high demand for special spinal and neurological rehab and exercise services SCIA saw in the area, as well as the number of icare Lifetime Care participants and SCIA members in the North Coast region.
“Before the launch of Neuromoves Lismore, there were no suitable gyms for locals with a spinal cord injury in Lismore. They would have had to travel up to two hours away or miss out on the kind of specialised fitness services it provides,” said Amanda Keogh, icare Foundation GM.
“The icare Foundation’s investment in the Lismore Neuromoves centre will ensure that people of the Northern Rivers region living with spinal cord injury have access to the same innovative post-injury treatment as those in metropolitan NSW.”
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