Spinal / Head Injuries Caused By Falls What is a spinal cord injury? A spinal cord injury is a severe damage to the spinal cord, most of the times caused by a fall usually from high level heights. The spinal cord is a long structure of bones and nervous tissues, that help support your back and that are connected to your brain and neck which send signals to your brain allowing you to move and walk. ” Vertebrae are the 33 individual bones that interlock with each other to form the spinal column. The vertebrae are numbered and divided into regions: cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum, and coccyx.”
There are different types of spinal cord injuries two of them are, complete and incomplete spinal cord injuries. A complete spinal cord injury is
There are different types of spinal cord injuries two of them are, complete and incomplete spinal cord injuries. A complete spinal cord injury is