“It’s not just a means to an end” thinking about physical activity for people with spinal cord injury

Physical activity (PA) is vital for physical and psychological health and wellbeing. For individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) engagement in PA can alleviate or reduce many of the associated health and well-being complications. For example, PA can reduce the risk of secondary health problems (Buchholz et al., 2009), improve fitness and cardio-vascular health (van der Scheer et al., 2017) and enhance well-being (Williams et al., 2014). However, despite this, disabled people are twice as likely to be inactive as non-disabled people (Sport England, 2018) and individuals with SCI have particularly high levels of inactivity. For these reasons the purpose of this article is to consider how we communicate the need for, and benefits of, PA to the SCI population

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