Spinal disc herniation

Group Description SOL Ultimate Frisbee is the group that I’m apart of. This year I joined Eau Claire’s Women Ultimate Frisbee team (SOL), they are a fun group to be included in. I joined SOL because I’ve played Ultimate Frisbee during high school; it was one of my favorite memories. Being a part of Ultimate Frisbee Everyone on the team has the shared identity; which is Ultimate Frisbee. The reason people join Ultimate Frisbee is to make friends and play a pretty awesome sport. The girls on the…

“Zac, after the throw off, pick up the disc, do a pump fake, and then throw the disc deep to me.” The original intent of my teammate’s statement was for me to throw the disc to him but because of metacommunication, I took it different ways too. The first way that I interpreted his statement was that he believed in my ability to be able to fool the defender with my pump fake, and my ability to throw the disc a far and accurately so he would be able to catch the disc down the field. The…

What type of senses are lost when a person has a spinal cord injury? What does this injure in the peripheral nervous system? In class we have learned many things involving the peripheral nervous system. We have learned about injuries, nerves, and how things flow. I heard someone the other day talking about spinal cord injury, I had assumed it was a specific injury. However, spinal cord injury happens to people for a number of reasons. I want to know what kind of damage it has on the…

2.) A: Although life is often filled with chaos and unpredictable futures, I do agree with the author Steven Johnson. I believe that as unpredictable this world is, that we must do our very best to predict to the best of our ability the effects each new innovation may bring. I would never have recognized some of these connections that have been made in this book between two things that could be so different. My favorite one being the air conditioning. The push for the invention of the air…

Spinal Cord injury is the second leading cause of paralysis in the United States. Persons affected by spinal cord injury lose their independence and have a severely deteriorated quality of life due to the functional impairments in their upper and lower limbs. Various studies have revealed that specific interventions and therapies after a spinal cord injury can lead to the recovery of movement, even after severe paralysis. When the spinal cord, a thin bundle of nervous tissue, is damaged,…

Spinal Cord Injury is a major problem that effects approximately 282,000 people in the U.S. and estimated 17,000 new SCI cases each year (“National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center,” 2016, p.1). The leading cause of spinal cord injury (SCI) are car accidents (29.3%), followed by falls (22%), gunshot wounds (16.9%), and sport injuries (8%) primarily accounting with males (Vallines, 2016). Leading that males have an accounting primarily with car accidents, that what happened to a male name…

Why is spinal cord injury considered an orphan disease? It affects a relatively small amount of people How do functional abilities differ in quadriplegia and paraplegia? Quadriplegia occurs when there is a spinal cord injury in the neck. It affects the sensory and motor information going to all four limbs. If the injury occurs in the thoracic spinal cord, the arms are okay but the patient is paralyzed from that point down. That is called paraplegia. Both quadriplegia and paraplegia can be…

enhancing quality of life in people with spinal cord injuries. A literature review by Barclay McDonald and Lentin (2015) found that participation in meaningful occupations has been correlated more strongly with quality of life than impairment and functional ability (Barclay, McDonald, & Lentin 2015). Quality of life is also related to monitoring the secondary conditions associated with SCI. According to Sweet, Noreau, Leblond and Dumont (2014) the needs of spinal cord injury patients should…

Spinal Compression Fracture CAUSES These kinds of fractures happen when force is applied to a length of the spine. They are often caused by a sudden, wrenching move, injury, or fall. RISK FACTORS SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS The main symptom is pain in the back. This pain may spread to the abdomen, the buttocks, and down the leg into the foot. DIAGNOSIS To diagnose a spinal compression fracture, your health care provider will: Do a physical exam. Ask about your symptoms and what happened…

possible consequences for a spinal cord injury can lead to inability to walk, changes in reflexes, muscle spasms, neurogenic bladder, and paraplegia. The prevalence of this injury happens to about 10,000 people each year. Trauma is the most common cause for spinal cord injury. Males happen to be more affected by SCI in ages between 16 and 30 years old. 9 percent of injuries occur in people that are over the age of 60. Diagnosis for this injury can include full spinal x-ray films, CT scans, and…