Ensuring A Safe Spine With Best Treatment Possibilities


A spinal cord injury (SCI) or just spinal injury basically is the damage caused to the spinal cord that further causes changes in its functionality. They can be either temporary or permanent and these changes can further transform into loss of muscle function, sensation, or autonomic function in parts of the body served by the spinal cord below.

 A spine specialist says that in major cases the damage caused to the spine are the results of physical trauma such as car accidents, gunshots, falls, or sports injuries, but it can also result from no traumatic causes that include infection, insufficient blood flow, and tumors. Thus, there should be efforts made to prevent SCI which include individual measures such as using safety equipment, as well as societal measures such as safety regulations in sports and traffic, and improvements to equipment.

Some of the major Causes:

The spinal cord injuries are most often resulting from physical trauma. There are forces involved that causes damage to the spine which can be hyperflexion that means the forward movement of the head, hyperextension that is the backward movement, lateral stress that is the sideways movement, rotation which is the twisting of the head, compression made by the force along the axis of the spine downward from the head or upward from the pelvis or distraction caused by pulling apart of the vertebrae.

Prevention of Spinal Cord Injury:

There should be safety measures taken to avoid such kind of spinal problems. The spinal problems caused by vehicles can be prevented with measures including societal and individual efforts to reduce driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, distracted driving, and drowsy driving. The spinal injuries caused by falls can be prevented by making changes to the environment, such as nonslip materials and grab bars in bathtubs and showers, railings for stairs, child and safety gates for windows. Most common injuries are the sports injuries that can be prevented by bringing changes in the sports rules as well as equipment to increase safety.

Diagnostic methods of SCI:

An evaluation using an X-ray, CT scan, or MRI can determine if there is damage to the spinal column and where it is located. X rays are commonly available but when X-ray findings are normal but SCI is still suspected due to pain or SCI symptoms, CT or MRI scans are used.

Treatment

The patients should contact a good spine injury center or spine care clinic that cater a large variety of spine care treatments without surgery including curved spine treatment, DISH spine treatment, cervical spine treatment, and spine arthritis treatment. Their spine physicians then diagnose the problem and offer treatment according to the patient's injuries. The spine specialist doctor tries to avoid surgery but if the injury is very serious then the injured person is treated with surgery which can cause further complications including pulmonary edema, respiratory failure, neurogenic shock, and paralysis, etc.

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