Spinal Cord Injury

A spinal cord injury (SCI) involves damage to the spinal cord that results in loss of function such as mobility or feeling. A spinal cord injury is often caused by a traumatic event that fractures or dislocates vertebrae in the spine—resulting in a bruise, tear of spinal cord tissue or inflammation that compresses the spinal cord tissue. read more

1. The information from this section was excerpted for the National Spinal Cord Injury Association’s website (www.spinalinjury.net/html_spinal_cord_101.html) last accessed 1/15/08.

Spasticity & Spinal Cord Injury

Spasticity is a condition in which certain muscles contract continuously and uncontrollably. This contraction causes stiffness or tightness of the muscles that can affect movement, speech and walking. Spasticity usually occurs as a result of damage to the portion of the brain or spinal cord that controls movement. It may occur in association with spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, damage to the brain because of lack... read more