Working Toward a Solution
By Shane Barry
Many doctors and medical researchers have spent years on their exploration into spinal cord injuries. The encounters in which they have made have been used toward finding a new and innovative solution to these injuries in the hope of helping these patients walk or even move or feel again. Most of the injuries included are quite tragic such as partial or complete paralysis.
Varying spinal cord injuries can come from the slightest impact or fall. They can occur from a failed attempt at a backflip on a trampoline, or even falling when you were jumping up and down on top of the bed. These tragic injuries can happen to anyone if they are not careful, and they truly are devastating.
Paralysis can be either partial or complete paralysis. The most severe spinal cord related injury has to be complete paralysis. Complete paralysis means to not be able to feel or move any body part under your own power. This is a devastating thing because the patient must be aided to every second of the day and throughout the night. Of the two main types of paralysis, complete paralysis is the worst between the two of them.
Partial paralysis is the lesser of the two by far. Partial paralysis is the state of being unable to feel or move some or most parts of the body. Partial paralysis can occur via the …show more content…
Especially once you get home. First of all, you will probably need to live with a family member who will be the most affected by the injury besides the patient. They will need to get up in the middle of the night, every night, to help you with your shifts. Shifts are when you put your body in a different position every few hours. Some of the shifts include having your arms hanging down to the ground while you have your face in your lap. Shifts are extremely important to protect a paralyzed person from bed sores which possibly can lead to
By Shane Barry
Many doctors and medical researchers have spent years on their exploration into spinal cord injuries. The encounters in which they have made have been used toward finding a new and innovative solution to these injuries in the hope of helping these patients walk or even move or feel again. Most of the injuries included are quite tragic such as partial or complete paralysis.
Varying spinal cord injuries can come from the slightest impact or fall. They can occur from a failed attempt at a backflip on a trampoline, or even falling when you were jumping up and down on top of the bed. These tragic injuries can happen to anyone if they are not careful, and they truly are devastating.
Paralysis can be either partial or complete paralysis. The most severe spinal cord related injury has to be complete paralysis. Complete paralysis means to not be able to feel or move any body part under your own power. This is a devastating thing because the patient must be aided to every second of the day and throughout the night. Of the two main types of paralysis, complete paralysis is the worst between the two of them.
Partial paralysis is the lesser of the two by far. Partial paralysis is the state of being unable to feel or move some or most parts of the body. Partial paralysis can occur via the …show more content…
Especially once you get home. First of all, you will probably need to live with a family member who will be the most affected by the injury besides the patient. They will need to get up in the middle of the night, every night, to help you with your shifts. Shifts are when you put your body in a different position every few hours. Some of the shifts include having your arms hanging down to the ground while you have your face in your lap. Shifts are extremely important to protect a paralyzed person from bed sores which possibly can lead to