'Understand your spine' to understand your spine injuryRSS Feed

In order to best comprehend how spine injury surgery works, patients should first have an understanding of their spine, it has been suggested.

We Care Health Services explains that the spinal cord is protected by the spinal column, which is made up of 24 vertebrae, as well as the coccyx - or tailbone as it is sometimes known - and sacrum.

"Nerves branch out from your spinal cord and pass through openings in these vertebrae to other parts of your body," the medical facility notes.

It states that each vertebra is separated by a number of shock-absorbing discs, which give the spine the flexibility to bend and move.

The facility, which has serviced treatment for more than 500 patients from countries around the globe, concludes by noting that cervical spine injury surgery aims to offer relief from pain, weakness, tingling and other sensations, as well as restore nerve function where it has been lost.

Serious Law, award winning spinal injury law firm

Youngsters get in the swim for spinal cord injury charity

25 September 2009

A spinal cord injury charity is to set to receive a boost to its coffers thanks to the efforts of three youngsters.Holly Portz, Kate Hodson and Katrin Blears, who are all nine-years-old, are to swim 22...

Read More...

Charity boost for spinal cord injury research

24 September 2009

Scientists researching spinal cord injuries at the Ohio State University (OSU) are set to receive a cash boost.Officials behind a new attraction in the area are to donate the proceeds made from ticket...

Read More...

Removing immune cells 'could be effective spinal cord injury treatment'

23 September 2009

Removing certain immune cells from the body could form part of future spinal cord injury treatments, scientists have speculated.A team at Ohio State University College of Medicine (OSUCM) recently conducted...

Read More...