Access to an international searchable directory of medical professionals including doctors and therapists. 
Details on brachial plexus injuries, causation, treatments and other frequently asked questions. 
Donate to Camp UBPN 2022!
Richard Looby
It's so difficult to raise money for non-profits. Crowd funding you find people raising 10,000 dollars for something that is innocuous. I don't get it. The non-profit I volunteer for helps kids that receive permanent arm paralysis during birth. Does anyone know what a stinger is? Well, this is a permanent stinger. Limiting mobility, range of motion, pain, and the ability to be bilateral. 12,000 babies a year are injured. One baby an hour every day. Erb's Palsy. Klumpkes palsy. Complete paralysis if all five nerves are ripped from the spine due to improper maneuvers by the ob or attending. Physical and occupational therapy. Surgeries. Rare enough that most kids never meet another kid like them ever. Camp UBPN gives them that opportunity. $5 would be enough to say that this cause is important. This injury also happens from sports, automobile and motorcycle accidents, and a myriad of other traumatic accidents. But a newborn shouldn't have to deal with it. And yet they do. Let them know they are not alone. Send them to Camp. Donate anything. My daughter Kailyn has the injury. Has endured two surgeries, the second because she was experiencing 10/10 pain syndrome. So that's why this is important to me.. Camp lets people learn from each other. Without it, they are alone and on their own without understanding or support. Facebook is a wonderful place to ask for donations! Imagine if all of your friends just gave $5!
President's Blog
Administrator
We're just attended for our annual BOD meeting in for 2019. If you have ever any suggestions for the BOD to review please forward them to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Our Website
The website still gets lot's of hits, over 1900/month and we hope the information contained is still of value to the community. With the growth of social media, our forums are not utilized but contain historical data that we leave them open but archived. For discussions with our community please visit our Facebook Share page or visit our Facebook UBPN page for inspirational stories and news of the day
Other Social Media Websites
Make sure you go follow all of the UBPN social media pages to stay updated!
Twitter: @UBPN
Instagram: @OfficialUBPN
AND add us on snapchat: officialUBPN
Our Store and Amazon
We continue to sell awareness items through our UBPN store. Consider purchasing a magnet or bracelet to help spread awareness! We just received new jewelry awareness pins so order your for next awareness week.
UBPN StoreIf you do shop through Amazon, please consider using this link:
It will not cost you anything extra, and a small portion of sale goes to benefit UBPN
If you have benefited from the resources offered by UBPN, through the magazine, camp, website or message boards, please consider supporting UBPN through a donation of your time or resources. Without the community’s support, UBPN would be just another brachial plexus website, not the home it has been for so many.
Thank you for your support.
Awareness Week 2018 still looking for volunteers!-
"Brachial Plexus Awareness week 2018 is the first full third week of October 2019.
Volunteers
We have asked for volunteers, and we are happy when people come forward. We are always looking for help, whether it be website review-looking for deadlinks, Reviewing drafts of Outreach, Joomla experts, Fundraisers (especially!), or people who have connections who can help get the word out.
Outreach e-blast
Courtney and Amy are always looking for good stories, so if you have something to share like an inspirational story send it to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Rich Looby
Myself Belts! I can do it myself!
Richard Looby
Click on the picture to go to the website to learn more about Myself Belts
to shop or click here
Myomo-Myoelectric Orthotics for BPI
Richard Looby
For information on how the Myomo (my own motion) orthotic device could help BPI patients please click here: Myomo-Myoelectric Orthotics for BPI or click here to go to their website
Suffering a brachial plexus injury (BPI) or other upper limb or spinal neurological damage from vehicle, on-the-job or other accident can be devastating: pain, weakened arm, and in some cases a completely “dead arm”. Some patients have even been recommended amputation as the best alternative.
But for many, there is a better answer. Myomo, a medical robotics company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has developed the MyoPro. It is currently the only marketed device that, sensing a patient’s own EMG signals through non-invasive sensors on the arm, can restore an individual’s ability to perform activities of daily living, including feeding themselves, carrying objects and doing household tasks. Many are able to return to work, live independently and reduce their cost of care. Myomo is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with sales and clinical professionals across the U.S. For more information, please visit www.myomo.com.
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