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Spinal cord injury is regarded as one of the most traumatic and debilitating forms of injury. Victims are usually young active males involved in high velocity accidents, RTA's, Diving accidents, falls etc. However, there is a rise these days in spinal malformations like tumours, arterial malformations around the spinal cord causing spinal bleeds etc. This is all related to diseases of affluence and our lifestyle in this day and age. Similarly there is a distinct rise in diabetes, obesity, CHD and CVA's due to the more sedentary lifestyles we live and poor diet we take due to convenience foods so readily available to us. Paralysis is linked to all the above.
The Split
The Human spine is split up into 4 sections.
- Cervical.. containing 7 vertebrae (commonly referred to as category C injuries. I.e. C2 = The second vertebrae of the cervical region.)
- Thoracic containing 12 vertebrae (T injuries) Also referred to as the dorsal. (D injuries)
- Lumbar...5 vertebrae (L injuries)
- Sacral...5 vertebrae.(S injuries, which are found in the coccyx)
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