spinal injury
Vertebral column damage
Spinal injury is damage to the spinal cord or the vertebrae surrounding it, often resulting from trauma like car accidents, falls, or sports injuries.
Severity ranges from temporary pain to permanent paralysis, depending on which vertebrae are affected: a spinal injury at the neck level can cause quadriplegia.
Also called spinal cord injury.
- paralysisLoss of muscle function
- vertebraeInterlocking bones of spine
- wheelchairSeated conveyance for mobility-impaired
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- cordFlexible twisted strand
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- Emergency MedicineEMT, emergency medicine, EMS, paramedic, paramedics
- injuriesbruise, fracture, sprain, fractures, concussion
- impairmentsimpairment, disability, paralysis, incapacity, blindness
- Sports Injuriesmuscle strain, tendonitis, ligament sprain, hamstring strain, stress fracture
- disabilitydisability rights, disability culture, disability activism, disability services, disability identity
- Disability StoriesHelen Keller, Stephen Hawking, Beethoven, Stevie Wonder, Frida Kahlo
spinal injuryspinal health
Vertebral wellness state
neurological health · able-bodiedness · perfect health · uninjured · able-bodied
spinal injurypulled muscle
Overstretched muscle fibers
paper cut · scratch · stubbed toe · flesh wound · skinned knee
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