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Rayner my parade! The importance of specialist advice.
Jemma Brimblecombe
14 August 2017
What next? Life after a spinal injury
Spinal injuries are unpredictable and life changing. The location of the injury is key, and generally speaking the higher up the injury, the more severe the consequences. An injury is classified as complete or incomplete depending on whether strength or sensation is preserved below the level of injury.
11 August 2017
Coping with brain injury: The impact of acquired brain injury on families and caregivers
The impact and consequences of an acquired brain injury (ABI) can reach far beyond the injured survivor. Relationships and family roles can be instantly and dramatically changed and no family unit can ever be truly prepared to deal with an ABI, especially when it occurs through someone else’s fault.
7 August 2017
Central Cord Syndrome
The spinal cord relays information from the brain to the rest of the body, and sends signals about the rest of the body to the brain. If the spinal cord is damaged, messages travelling from the brain to the rest of the body are disrupted and can result in a loss of sensation and movement from below the point of injury.
25 July 2017
Kingsley Napley Clinical Negligence team attends the RDA National Championships
Bridget Hughes, Kirsty Allen, Suzanne Farg and I attended the Riding for the Disabled Charity’s National Championships last weekend, at Hartpury College. Kingsley Napley were one of the proud sponsors of the event and we went along with open minds and a sense of intrigue about what to expect.
24 July 2017
Types of Spinal Cord Injuries
Over the past few weeks our blogs have looked at spinal and back anatomy and the common causes of spinal cord injury. This blog looks at the types of spinal cord injury that can occur and provides a summary of the 6 clinical syndromes all of which present in a slightly different way.
