Spinal Injuries
A spinal cord injury is damage to the spinal cord. It’s an extremely serious type of physical trauma that’s likely to have a lasting and significant impact on most aspects of daily life. A spinal cord injury (SCI) is damage to the spinal cord that results in a loss of function, such as mobility and/or feeling. Frequent causes of spinal cord injuries are trauma (car accident, gunshot, falls, etc.) or disease (polio, spina bifida, Friedreich’s ataxia, etc.).
Types of Spine Disorders
Numerous conditions can affect the spine anywhere from the neck to the lower back. Some of the many spine disorders we treat are :
Degenerative spine and disc conditions :
- Arthritis
- Degenerative disc disease
- Herniated disc
- Spinal stenosis
- Spondylosis
Other spine conditions and disorders :
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Back pain
- Chronic spine and back pain
- Kyphosis
- Myelopathy
- Neck pain
- Osteoporosis and vertebral fractures
- Radiculopathy
- Scheuermann's kyphosis
- Scoliosis
- Spinal cord injury
- Spinal deformities
- Spondylolisthesis
Causes of Spine Disorders
Spine disorders have a wide variety of causes depending on the particular condition. Common causes include :
- Accidents or falls
- Congenital disorders (present since birth)
- Inflammation
- Infection
- Inherited disorders
- Injuries ranging from minor to traumatic
- Degenerative wear and tear that comes with aging
Symptoms of Spine Disorders
Signs and symptoms depend on the specific spine disorder and often affect other parts of the body, depending on the area of the spine or spinal cord that is affected. Common symptoms include :
- Back or neck pain that can be sharp and stabbing, dull and aching, or burning
- Bladder or bowel dysfunction
- Nausea and/or vomiting
- Pain radiating in the arms or legs
- Stiffness or tightness
- Uneven appearance
- Weakness, numbness, or tingling in the arms or legs
When a spinal cord injury occurs, there is usually swelling of the spinal cord. This may cause changes in virtually every system in the body. After days or weeks, the swelling begins to go down, and people may regain some functioning. With many injuries, especially incomplete ones, the individual may recover some function as late as 18 months after the injury. In very rare cases, people with spinal cord injury will regain some functioning years after the injury. However, only a small fraction of individuals sustaining a spinal cord injury recover all function.
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