When you injure your spinal cord in an accident, almost every life function can be affected. The injury can affect your ability to move your limbs, breathe, use the restroom and a host of other functions. Even your behaviour and cognitive function can change after a spinal cord injury.
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Some people who are involved in a motor vehicle accident might suffer from spinal cord injuries. A spinal cord injury can lead to difficulties in many areas of life. Some of the difficulties might be able to be managed and some improvements might occur if the person with a spinal cord injury is able to do some exercises.
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Suffering from a spinal cord injury is a life-impacting event. When you are diagnosed with a spinal cord injury, you might hear the terms “complete” or “incomplete.” Those terms refer to the severity of the injury to the spinal cord.
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As Ontario residents may know, accidents, falls or other injuries may cause damage to the cervical spine in the form of a herniated disc. While non-surgical treatments and exercise might help in some cases, surgery might be required in others to repair damage to the disc.
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Individuals in the Greater Toronto Area who suffer from back pain may be interested in some new research looking into surgical and non-surgical treatment for herniated discs. According to U.S. researchers at the Dartmouth Medical School in New Hampshire, there is no significant difference in improvement for herniated disc patients who receive surgery compared to patients who are treated with physical therapy.
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People in the Greater Toronto Area who have been involved in an accident may have suffered from some type of spinal cord injury. The spinal cord is a collection of nerves that help to send messages from the brain to other parts of the body. Damage to any part of the spinal cord can result in complete or partial paralysis.
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An injury involving damage to the spinal cord can create significant challenges for an individual. The spine protects the spinal cord, which runs through a tunnel that is formed by the holes in each vertebrae. The soft nerve tissue of the spinal cord carries information from the brain to various portions of the body, but an injury can disrupt the flow of information. Such wounds may result in loss of feeling or loss of ability to move.
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