| Spinal cord injury is one of the most devastating of all | | | | adjustment to the new condition of the person |
| traumatic injuries. Spinal injury can lead to partial or | | | | paralyzed is of equal or even more importance. Having |
| even complete paralysis. In partial paralysis, there is at | | | | lost the use of parts of your body is really devastating. |
| least some movement and sensation on the affected | | | | It is a difficult challenge for those paralyzed to adjust |
| areas. It is worse if your injury results in total paralysis | | | | to the new environment and lifestyle. |
| of the injured areas like the loss of use of your legs or | | | | There is however, no step by step process in getting |
| arms. | | | | over disbelief, grief, sadness and anger brought about |
| Regardless of whether you contributed to the accident | | | | by the realization of paralysis. |
| or is totally innocent and purely a victim of being at the | | | | The first step in adjusting to the new condition is |
| wrong place at the wrong time, it doesn't change the | | | | acceptance. Accept the fact that you will never again |
| fact that spinal cord injuries have lasting effect. In other | | | | get to utilized parts of your body. After acceptance |
| cases the effect of spinal cord injury is permanent. | | | | comes understanding of the condition. With |
| If you are unfortunate enough to have figured in an | | | | understanding comes the realization that the person |
| accident and your spinal cord was seriously injured | | | | needs to cope and try to find new ways of doing |
| causing paralysis, you will likely experience not only | | | | things and dealing with the daily challenges of |
| physical pain but also emotional trauma and grief. | | | | everyday life. |
| The problem with the effects of spinal cord injury is | | | | The most important thing however, in order for a |
| double edged. While you need to get treatments and | | | | paralyzed person to adjust, is the help and |
| rehabilitation of the paralyzed areas of your body, you | | | | understanding of the family members. So long as the |
| also need to take care of the emotional and | | | | paralyzed person has a support system as strong as |
| psychological side of the spinal cord injury. | | | | the family, the daily trials of the paralyzed person |
| In complete paralysis, there are experiments to try and | | | | becomes more bearable. If you have a family member |
| treat the injured spinal cord but the reality of the | | | | who has spinal cord injury always remember to |
| moment is that completely paralyzed parts of the | | | | encourage that family member. Positive |
| body due to serious spinal cord injury almost always | | | | reinforcements, especially from love ones, are stronger |
| stays immobile and without sensation. | | | | than any expensive therapy sessions out there. |
| While trying to make do with current rehab techniques, | | | | |