Neil Hastings asked: There are many things we take for granted. The mountains in the west; the tide; the sun coming up; our next breath. All of these are taken for granted either because we’ve seen them or felt them so many times that they’re invisible to us now, or are just the way things [...]
Patricia Woloch asked: l cord is the pathway that processes impulses from the body to the brain and from the brain to the body. The impulses sent by the spinal cord are different signals our brain sends and receives from our bodies.Spinal cord injuries (sometimes referred to as “SCIs”) are usually caused by a sudden, [...]
Claysphere Rivera asked: In an article with the heading “About Spinal Injury”, it related that there are approximately 250,000 to 400,000 individuals in the United States who suffer from spinal cord injuries. It added that every year, approximately 11,000 people sustain new spinal cord injuries. Common events that caused these injuries involved in auto and [...]
Janice Ticar asked: Spinal cord injury occurs when physical damage is inflicted in the spinal making it unable to send signal from the brain. These injuries occur in approximately 12,000 to 15,000 people per year in the U.S. About 10,000 of these people are permanently paralyzed, and many of the rest die because of these [...]
Patricia Woloch asked: Because we’re born moving, we often take motion for granted as much as we do breathing. The fact that we can turn our head, lift our finger, scratch an itch on the back of our leg, or do a myriad of other things doesn’t create much of a stir in our day-to-day [...]
Michael Ehline asked: Unlike a back injury such as a ruptured disk, spinal stenosis or pinched nerves, a Spinal Cord injury can cause a loss of function to other parts of the body. Spinal cord damage can cause the loss of mobility, feelings and the ability to get around on ones own.Los Angeles spinal cord [...]
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