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