Spinal Cord Injuries

• Treatment and Rehabilitation Options for Spinal Cord Injuries

  Megan Roth | June 01, 2008 12:15 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Though there are no treatment options known to reverse the effects of paraplegia or quadriplegia, there are options aimed at improving problems associated with the condition and innovative new programs and devices have been created in order to increase independence and improve function.

• What's Really Behind Spinal Cord Injuries - Causes and Effects

  Megan Roth | May 31, 2008 6:17 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  An overview of the causes and effects of spinal cord injuries; both paraplegia and quadriplegia vary from individual to individual. Though they're often associated with traumatic injuries, these conditions may also be caused by several naturally-occuring, non-traumatic factors.

• Spinal Cord Injuries and Their Effects

  Megan Roth | May 30, 2008 12:15 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Approximately 10,000 individuals suffer spinal cord injuries each year. In such instances, the information traveling along the spinal nerves below the level of injury is either completely or partially cut off from the brain, resulting in one of two conditions: Paraplegia or Quadriplegia.

• Damages in injury lawsuits

  Don Jacobs | May 28, 2008 12:36 PM | 0 CommentsVancouver, WA

  Part of a lawyer’s job is to occasionally meet with a client’s doctor to learn more about the injury and how it may affect their future. This information is important in the evaluation process. If...

• Carnival Ride Collapses; 23 injured

  Sach Oliver | May 23, 2008 1:04 PM | 0 CommentsLittle Rock, AR

  Injuries of this nature usually cause more damage than what is detected at an emergency room screening. Spinal injuries from falling and being dragged may have long lasting effects and require extensive treatment. The seriousness of the spinal injury is something that should be taken seriously and should not be ignored.

• Tackling in Football Can Lead to Injury

  Drew Dixon | May 19, 2008 10:07 AM | 0 CommentsLittle Rock, AR

  It is not often that it is a good thing when someone one is let go from their job; but in the case of Kevin Everett being released might truly be a blessing. The Buffalo Bills released Kevin Everett on Tuesday, clearing the way for the former tight end to receive disability benefits for the spinal cord injury that ended his career.

• How inducing hypothermia treats SCI

  Megan Roth | May 08, 2008 12:25 AM | 1 CommentDes Moines, IA

  Simply knowing the effects an increase in body temperature can have on someone with a spinal cord injury can help determine the effects that injury will have. Persons suffering SCI are prone to hyperthermia; however, many physicians have turned to treatments of induced hyperthermia in order to limit its effects.

• Toni Greetan- Injury, Dreams, and Triumph

  Sach Oliver | May 06, 2008 12:07 PM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  This is a remarkable story. Toni Greetan, an 18 year old student currently attending Bentonville High School, took grievous damage to her spine when she, as the passenger in the back of the car, got in a wreck. Although conscious, she has no recollection of the crash.

• About Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injuries in America

  Rick Shapiro | May 05, 2008 8:22 AM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Note: see also category Head & Brain Injuries. Brain injury is a major cause of death and disability of people under age 45 and a significant medical/legal...

• Heavy Backpacks Causing Back and Spinal Injuries in Children

  Shannon Weidemann | August 15, 2007 3:24 PM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  The American Physical Therapy Association has released a study showing that heavy backpacks worn by school children can cause back and spinal injuries. The study was conducted by Mary Ann Wilmarth of Northwestern University. According to Wilmarth, injury can occur when a child, in trying to adapt to a heavy load, uses faulty postures such as arching the back, bending forward, twisting, or...