Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a complex injury with a number of complications and consequences that are difficult to treat and rehabilitate. Spinal cord injury (SCI) shows an incidence of 10.4-83 cases/million/year globally and remains a significant source of morbidity and cost to society. The primary cause of spinal cord injury is automobile collisions, followed by violence, falls, and injuries in sporting events. The patient is most frequently a young male. Whether complete or incomplete SCI lead to disability that affects the patient, family, community and can leave catastrophic consequences, not only medically but also emotionally, socially, economically and psychologically. With special rehabilitation programme in which an interdisciplinary team participates those effects can be alleviated. The team is led by physiatrist and consists of the patient´s family , physiotherapist, occupational therapist, nurses, dietician, psychologist, social worker and other consultant specialists as necessary. The treatment and rehabilitation period is long, expensive and exhausing in SCI, it may last 3-6 months, depending of the level and completeness injury as well as complications. Early rehabilitation is important to prevent joint contractures and the loss of muscle strength, conservation of bone density, and to ensure normal functioning of the digestive and respiratoy system. In chronic rehabilitation period the most important goal is realization of the independent mobilization and to ensure the maximum independence related to the level of the patient`s injury , integration of the patient to society and restore the patient`s psychological and emotional state.