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Spinal cord injury claims require an experienced personal injury lawyer.

Let Dallas law firm Street & Ragsdale fight your spinal cord personal injury case for you. Our lawyers have more than 40 years of combined experience handling cases such as spinal cord injuries. We have handled thousands of personal injury cases, including spinal cord injury cases. A Street & Ragsdale personal injury lawyer will fight to recover the compensation you deserve if you have suffered a spinal cord personal injury. Contact an experienced personal injury lawyer today and we will evaluate your case absolutely free!

Traumatic Spine Injury (Spinal Cord Injury)

Spinal cord injury (SCI) occurs when a traumatic event results in damage to cells within the spinal cord or severs the nerve tracts that relay signals up and down the spinal cord. The most common types of spinal cord injury (SCI) include contusion (bruising of the spinal cord) and compression (caused by pressure on the spinal cord). Other types of injuries include lacerations (severing or tearing of some nerve fibers in the spinal cord, such as damage caused by a gun shot wound), and central cord syndrome (specific damage to the corticospinal tracts of the cervical region of the spinal cord). Severe spinal cord injury often causes paralysis (loss of control over voluntary movement and muscles of the body) and loss of sensation and reflex function below the point of injury, including autonomic activity such as breathing and other activities such as bowel and bladder control. Other symptoms such as pain or sensitivity to stimuli, muscle spasms, and sexual dysfunction may develop over time. Spinal cord injury patients are also prone to develop secondary medical problems, such as bladder infections, lung infections, and bed sores.

Spinal Cord Injury Causes Long Term Disability

While recent advances in emergency care and rehabilitation allow many spinal cord injury patients to survive, methods for reducing the extent of injury and for restoring function are still limited. Immediate treatment for acute spinal cord injury includes techniques to relieve cord compression, prompt (within 8 hours of the injury) drug therapy with corticosteroids such as methylprednisolone to minimize cell damage, and stabilization of the vertebrae of the spine to prevent further injury.

The types of disabilities associated with spinal cord injury vary greatly depending on the severity of the injury, the segment of the spinal cord at which the injury occurs, and which nerve fibers are damaged. Most people with spinal cord injury regain some functions between a week and 6 months after injury, but the likelihood of spontaneous recovery diminishes after 6 months. Rehabilitation strategies can minimize long-term disability.

Contact An Experienced Spinal Cord Injury Lawyer

Recovering from a spinal cord injury is hard emotionally, but the financial costs can be staggering. If you have suffered a spinal cord injury, contact an experienced personal injury lawyer. You may be entitled to compensation to pay for medical expenses, pain and suffering and lost wages. Dallas personal injury lawyer Dan Street and Street & Ragsdale will evaluate your case absolutely free. You pay nothing unless you win!

Brain Injury Information

Brain Injury Association National Help Line: 1-800-444-6443
Brain Injury Association Web site

NIOSH 800-Number (1-800-356-4674)
The NIOSH 800-number provides workers, employers, university researchers, labor organizations, industrial organizations, and government agencies with information specific to their occupational health and safety problems.
NIOSH - The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Web site

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Traumatic Brain Injury Web site

Spinal Cord Injury Links

Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Projects
The Rehabilitation Research Center (RRC) for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) conducts research to better understand and improve outcomes after TBI and SCI.

Kent Waldrep National Paralysis Foundation
16415 Addison Road
Suite 550
Addison, TX 75001
kwaldrep@spinalvictory.org
http://www.spinalvictory.org
Tel: 972-248-7100 877-SCI-CURE (925-2873)
Fax: 972-248-7313

Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation/ Paralysis Resource Center
500 Morris Avenue
Springfield, NJ 07081
info@crpf.org; research@crpf.org
http://www.christopherreeve.org
Tel: 973-379-2690 800-225-0292
Fax: 973-912-9433

National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC)
4200 Forbes Boulevard
Suite 202
Lanham, MD 20706-4829
naricinfo@heitechservices.com
http://www.naric.com
Tel: 301-562-2400 800-346-2742
Fax: 301-562-2401

Miami Project to Cure Paralysis/ Buoniconti Fund
P.O. Box 016960
R-48
Miami, FL 33101-6960
mpinfo@miamiproject.med.miami.edu
http://www.themiamiproject.org
Tel: 305-243-6001 800-STANDUP (782-6387)
Fax: 305-243-6017

National Spinal Cord Injury Association
6701 Democracy Blvd.
#300-9
Bethesda, MD 20817
NSCIA2@aol.com
http://www.spinalcord.org
Tel: 301-588-6959 800-962-9629
Fax: 301-588-9414

Spinal Cord Society
19051 County Highway 1
Fergus Falls, MN 56537
http://users.aol.com/scsweb
Tel: 218-739-5252 or 218-739-5261
Fax: 218-739-5262

Geoffrey Lance Foundation for SCI Research and Support
225 North Presidential Blvd.
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
info@geofflance.com
http://www.geofflance.com
Tel: 877-GLANCE1 (452-6231)
Fax: 610-668-9343

Don't Be A Personal Injury Victim

If you have suffered a spinal cord personal injury, it's important to protect your rights. Contact an experienced personal injury lawyer as soon as possible. The lawyers at Dallas, Texas law firm Street & Ragsdale can evaluate your spinal cord injury case at no cost to you. If we determine you have a personal injury claim, we will handle your case aggressively, and you pay absolutely nothing unless we win your personal injury case.

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