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Skateboards and Spinal Cord Injuries

By: George Fuller | 2012-03-24 | Personal injury
Extreme sports like skateboarding may result in extreme injuries like spinal cord injury (SCI). Despite the fact that skateboarding is one of the identifying elements of the American culture, it does not mean that this sport is free from causing harm. read more

Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

By: Mercede Keyb | 2012-01-10 | Goal Setting
Breaking the neck and the spinal vertebrae is a big problem that must be dealt with tremendous care. To note, traumatic spinal cord injury has a high level of recovery and survival; but it is necessary to every single solution or rehabilitation to the problem. With the aid of rehabilitation, any further complication of the trauma will be prevented, giving the chance for the suffer to integrate bac read more

Understanding Spinal Cord Injury

By: SEOTechi | 2010-10-15 | Disabilities
About 200,000 people worldwide suffer from spinal cord injury. An injury to the spine often causes the victims to suffer from very serious complications, which always leave him helpless. read more

The Economic Impact Of Spinal Cord Injuries

By: Mack Wilson | 2010-10-01 | Health & Fitness
Approximately 262,000 persons are living with spinal cord injuries (2009) in the US and 80% of those suffering a spinal cord injury are males. SCI can have life changing impact and victim may need assistance in the form of financial, social or legal help in order to cope with their economic reality. read more

Sacramento Spinal Cord Injury Lawyers

By: Demas123 | 2011-02-20 | Law
Accidents happen around us all the time. There are those which are unavoidable and then again there are those which had proper measures had been taken would have avoided life changing injuries such as brain damage and spinal cord trauma. read more

Getting Spinal Cord Injury Lawyer

By: Demas123 | 2011-02-03 | Law
Accidents are not just accidents, in as much there are some that are unavoidable some are just due to shear negligence on the part of somebody. read more

Spinal Injury

By: Mack Wilson | 2011-02-17 | Health & Fitness
Any injury to your head or spinal cord is a potentially serious injury. A spinal injury, depending on which part of the cord is injured, could be totally paralyzing, partially paralyzing, and could affect your ability to breathe among other things. read more

Spinal Cord Surgery

By: Richard Hastings | 2010-05-21 | Law
Spinal surgery is quite common in today's world. The higher the spinal cord injury one person gets, the more dysfunctional the person will become. Examples of medical malpractice that result from spinal surgery are many. read more

Complete And Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury

By: Elton Willis | 2010-12-07 | Arts & Entertainment
Patients with incomplete spinal injuries tend to have some limited control of the body parts affected by their injury -- a condition called hemiplegia may exist wherein one side of the body is affected more seriously than the other. Incomplete spinal cord injury law tends to focus on the idea of spinal cord rehabilitation, which is far more successful than the same attempts made on a patient with a complete injury. read more

Spinal Cord Injury And Bowel Problems

By: Elton Willis | 2010-12-07 | Health & Fitness
Any class of spinal cord injury(SCI) can lead to lingering impairment, regardless of whether the spinal column is irreversibly damaged. The majority of injuries on the spine heal with time. Usually, damage to the actual cord itself entails contusion, compression, lacerations, and CCS (also called central cord syndrome). CCS is a progressively severe range of cervical spinal cord injury read more

Fitness Important For Spinal Cord Injury Care

By: Elton Willis | 2010-12-09 | Law
According to the Mayo Clinic, every year about 11,000 Americans experience a spinal cord injury (SCI). Spinal cord injuries are among the most traumatic injuries and typically occur following automobile accidents, construction accidents, falls, or acts of violence. read more

Spinal Cord Injuries During Football Season

By: Benjamin R. Cohen, MD | 2010-10-14 | Medicine
As football season gears up this year, it's a good time to focus on a better understanding of and proper treatment for spinal cord injuries. Traumatic spinal cord injuries are an unfortunate reality of the game "�" and they're not exclusive to the formidable players of the NFL. In high school, college and beyond, this popular sport presents a risk to those who participate. read more

Seat Belt Failure & Spinal Cord Injury

By: Elton Willis | 2010-10-21 | Personal injury
There are many injuries that may occur as a result of a defective seat belt or from seat belt failure including spinal cord injury. read more

An Overview Of Spinal Cord Injury

By: Adriana Noton | 2010-12-23 | Article Marketing
A spinal cord injury usually comes about as a result of a sudden or traumatic blow on the spine that either dislocates or fractures the vertebrae. The damage usually takes effect immediately when the disc material and bone fragments tear or bruise the tissues, but the spine is not severed at this time. read more

Car Accidents Attorney for Spinal Cord Injury

By: lawyer project | 2011-03-26 | Personal injury
An experienced and reputable car accidents attorney can make all the difference in how you manage to take care of yourself for the rest of your life following a spinal cord injury as the result of a car accident. read more