Spinal Cord Injury

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Spinal Cord Injury

Leading causes of a spinal cord injury include vehicle crashes, violence, falls, and sports. Depending on the location of the spinal cord injury the spinal cord injury patient can become permanently paralyzed. A spinal cord injury causing paraplegia allows just forty percent of the spinal cord injury patients to return to their jobs and about thirty percent of spinal cord injuries causing quadriplegia will return to their jobs eventually. In addition to the pain and suffering a spinal cord injury can create, a spinal cord injury can create large financial problems for the patients.

A spinal cord injury attorney is able to properly investigate the case to find the liable parties for the events causing the spinal cord injury. The spinal cord injury attorney will seek damages that the spinal cord injury patient is entitled to. In addition, a spinal cord injury can drastically alter a person's life and since the majority of spinal cord injury patients suffer the accident at a young age, lives are forever changed.

What Can Cause a Spinal Cord Injury?

Spinal cord injuries typically happen when there is a blow that fractures or dislocates the vertebrae, which are the bone disks along your spine. Most spinal cord injuries don’t actually sever your spinal cord, but instead cause injury when vertebrae press down on nerve parts or tear into the tissue.

The leading causes of a spinal cord injury are vehicle crashes, violence, falls, and sports. Depending on the location and severity of the spinal cord injury, the patient could potentially become paralyzed. Only forty percent of patients suffering from a spinal cord injury that caused them to become paraplegics can typically return to work. An estimated thirty percent of spinal cord injuries causing quadriplegia will return to their jobs eventually. In addition to the pain and suffering a spinal cord injury can induce upon victims, these types of injuries can also create a financial burden for the patients and their families.

Impact on the Body

Spinal cord injuries typically depend on two main factors: the location of the injury and the severity. Injuries that happen higher in your spinal cord can produce full body paralysis, while injuries that occur lower typically only impact the legs and lower part of your body.

The severity of the injury is a huge factor in the condition of the patient and the overall recovery process. Spinal cord injuries are classified as being either partial or complete; depending upon how much of the cord is actually damaged.

Seeking Help for Your Spinal Cord Injury

A spinal cord injury attorney is able to properly investigate the case to find the liable parties for the events causing the spinal cord injury. The spinal cord injury attorney will seek damages that the patient is entitled to. In addition, a spinal cord injury can drastically alter a person's life and since the majority of victims suffer the accident at a young age, lives are forever changed.

For more spinal cord injury information and to confer with a spinal cord injury attorney, please contact us.

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