Spinal cord injuries may result from trauma sustained in falls from height car accidents, motorcycle accidents, and slip and fall accidents. Spinal cord injury is classified as "complete" when the nerve damage obstructs every signal coming from the brain to body parts below the injury; it is considered "incomplete" when only some of the signals are obstructed. In an incomplete injury, the amount and type of message that can pass between the brain and parts of the body will depend on the severity of the nerve damage
A person is said to have paraplegia when he or she has lost feeling and is not able to move the lower extremities. Someone with tetraplegia, (formally called quadriplegia) has lost movement and feeling in both the upper and lower extremities.
Lawyer Andrew Iacobelli has experience with cases involving serious injuries, including spinal cord injury claims. For a complimentary consultation contact Toronto personal injury lawyer Andrew A. Iacobelli.
A person is said to have paraplegia when he or she has lost feeling and is not able to move the lower extremities. Someone with tetraplegia, (formally called quadriplegia) has lost movement and feeling in both the upper and lower extremities.
Lawyer Andrew Iacobelli has experience with cases involving serious injuries, including spinal cord injury claims. For a complimentary consultation contact Toronto personal injury lawyer Andrew A. Iacobelli.
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