Spinal Cord Injury Information

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SCI INFORMATION, Injury

This important section is devoted to spinal cord injury, and includes information about the actual spinal cord injury, the changes that take place in the body, the spinal cord and what it does, the spinal column, differences in the type of spinal cord injury, the recovery process and terminology used when discussing SCI.

Recovery

  Right after your injury occurs, your spinal cord stops doing its job during a period of time called "spinal shock." All the reflexes below your level of injury are absent during this period of several weeks or months.

  Usually, the return of reflexes below the level of injury marks the end of spinal shock. At this time, your doctor can determine if you have a complete or an incomplete injury.

  If you have an incomplete injury, some feelings and movement may come back. Will this happen to you? No one can say. If you do regain some feeling and movement, it will likely start in the first few weeks after your injury.

  Rehabilitation begins immediately. You will be instructed in strengthening exercises, new styles of movement, and the use of special equipment to work with what you have. If you do get additional recovery of feeling or movement, your rehabilitation team will develop new goals with you. fact.