Injuries

The human spinal cord is a delicate structure tasked with transmitting signals between the brain and the body. When an injury occurs to this crucial pathway, the effects can vary greatly depending on the severity and location of the damage. One way to classify spinal...

Motor vehicle collisions are a leading cause of permanent injury and premature death. The possible injuries caused by a car crash could include amputations and spinal cord injuries. Compared with those seemingly devastating health concerns, a broken bone may not seem...

When someone suffers a serious injury, they may miss time at work. This is why one of the major challenges that people tend to focus on in the wake of injurious circumstances is seeking compensation for lost wages. If you can’t work for a month, you’re losing out on...

Any knock to the head can alter your health and life in various ways. Even a relatively mild traumatic brain injury, such as a concussion, can change how you act, feel, think and function in the short term. If you find yourself facing a brain injury after an accident,...

Serious injuries come in all forms and can happen quickly. Sometimes a significant injury can respond well to treatment, and other times the damage has an irreversible, permanent nature. Despite medical advances, the following injuries, even in young people, rarely...

Consumers in California and across the United States are increasingly forgoing buying traditional sedans in favor of purchasing larger, heavier SUVs and trucks. While many people buy larger vehicles because they feel they offer more protection for their loved ones in...

Spinal cord injuries frighten the average person. People don't like to imagine the loss of their sensation or motor function. They question how they could adapt to the mobility limitations and lifestyle changes resulting from such an injury. People think of a...

Suffering from a burn injury requires medical attention, but the type of attention needed differs depending on the severity of the burn. How does a person treat a burn injury properly? How does each degree of burn severity manifest in the first place? First- and...

People generally think of paralysis as the result of a spinal cord injury. It is true damage to your spine can cost you the ability to walk or use your arms and hands. However, an SCI could produce other complications that you will have to deal with for the rest of...