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What is Spinal Cord Injury? Spinal Cord Injury is damage to
the spinal cord that results in a loss of function such as
mobility or feeling. Frequent causes of damage are trauma (car
accident, falls, etc.) or disease. The spinal cord does
not have to be severed in order for a loss of functioning to
occur. In fact, in most people with spinal cord injury the
spinal cord is intact, but the damage to it results in loss of
functioning. Spinal cord injury is very different from back
injuries such as ruptured disks, spinal stenosis or pinched
nerves. A person can "break their back or neck" yet not sustain
a spinal cord injury if only the bones around the spinal cord
(the vertebrae) are damaged, but the spinal cord is not
affected. In these situations, the individual may not experience
paralysis after the bones are stabilized In the course of the personal injury trial it is tremendously important to focus the juries attention on our client not only as a person the jury can identify with and like but also just as importantly how this injury has impacted their lives. As we all know life does not stop simply because of injury. Shopping still must be done, cleaning, bathing, feeding, everyday normal activates must be preformed everyday. And when you can't because someone else did not take the time to be careful and reasonable and prudent that is when you need an attorney to fight for your rights.
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What is the spinal cord and the vertebra? The spinal cord is the major bundle of nerves that carry nerve impulses to and from the brain to the rest of the body. The brain and the spinal cord constitute the Central Nervous System. Motor and sensory nerves outside the central nervous system constitute the Peripheral Nervous System, and another diffuse system of nerves that control involuntary functions such as blood pressure and temperature regulation are the Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nervous Systems. The spinal cord is surrounded by rings of bone called vertebra. These bones constitute the spinal column (back bones). In general, the higher in the spinal column the injury occurs, the more dysfunction a person will experience. The vertebra are named according to their location. The eight vertebra in the neck are called the Cervical Vertebra. The top vertebra is called C-1, the next is C-2, etc. Cervical SCIs usually cause loss of function in the arms and legs, resulting in quadriplegia. The twelve vertebra in the chest are called the Thoracic Vertebra. The first thoracic vertebra, T-1, is the vertebra where the top rib attaches. Injuries in the thoracic region usually affect the chest and the legs and result in paraplegia. The vertebra in the lower back - between the thoracic vertebra, where the ribs attach, and the pelvis (hip bone), are the Lumbar Vertebra. The sacral vertebra run from the pelvis to the end of the spinal column. Injuries to the five Lumbar vertebra (L-1 thru L-5) and similarly to the five Sacral Vertebra (S-1 thru S-5) generally result in some loss of functioning in the hips and legs.
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