Category: Spinal Cord Injuries

Your spinal cord connects your brain to the various parts of your body. This massive central collection of nerve cells passes information to and from your brain and other body parts, which in turn controls them and allows your body to function properly. As you can imagine, this makes your spinal cord...

Researchers into spinal trauma have made great strides forward, and there is now the promise of effective therapy for sufferers of spasticity and other motor control conditions in California and beyond. Their efforts have revealed the precise disruption of neurons that causes spasticity, and this discovery brings with it the hope of...

People involved in car accidents in California often face the risk of suffering a myriad of serious injuries or developing health conditions in the future. A spinal cord infarction is one of the most severe injuries a car accident victim can sustain. The spinal cord infarction may be described as a stroke...

When a California resident becomes injured in a car crash that was caused by another driver, there are a variety of different symptoms that can result. In some cases, the victim can even suffer from cauda equina syndrome. This syndrome causes people to suffer from back pain that becomes so severe that...

Every year 12,000 to 20,000 Americans experience spinal cord injuries, and almost certainly California residents can be found among them. Aside from knowing the basic numbers, though, what are the ways in which these injuries occur?

Common Causes of Spinal Cord Injuries

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Car accidents in California often leave victims with devastating spinal cord injuries that are caused by trauma during the impact. Although spinal cord injuries can be caused by other factors, about 90 percent are the result of trauma. Most people with a spinal cord injury have chronic pain, and between 20 and...

Traumatic spinal cord injury from an auto accident is a tragic and horrifying experience that can change a person's life in extremely challenging ways. The damage from traumatic spinal cord injury can range from moderate back pain to major cases of paralysis. Doctors in California and elsewhere have not yet found a...

Road rage is a term often floated around to describe a driver's, often irrational, response to the actions of other drivers. Caving to road rage is often life-threatening. One California man was recently suffered several severe injuries, including a spinal cord injury, as a result of another driver's alleged road rage....

California readers may be interested to know that advances in stem cell research have been made for those suffering from damage to the spinal cord. An Australian-invented technique has been successfully completed for the first time in the United States. In the procedure, bone marrow stem cells are used to enhance bone...

San Francisco residents who have been the victims of car accidents often suffer from serious injuries. An accident that leaves a victim with a spinal cord injury can be devastating and may even result in paralysis. The road to recovery is often long, as rehabilitation and long-term medical care may be required....