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Rayner my parade! The importance of specialist advice.
Jemma Brimblecombe
17 July 2017
Spinal Injuries in Sports
Through the implementation of better health and safety standards in sport, there has been a decrease in the number of spinal cord injuries sustained during sports such as American football, rugby, motor sports and equestrianism.
10 July 2017
Spinal Cord Injury After Car Accident
Road traffic accidents are the second largest cause of spinal cord injury in the UK. Many of you reading this blog may be a victim of spinal cord injury or know somebody who has sustained a spinal injury as a result of a road traffic accident. Kingsley Napley have acted for many clients who have sustained spinal cord injuries as a result of road traffic accidents. Part of our job is to represent the interests of our clients and to help them obtain compensation for the injuries they have sustained. However, more importantly our job is also to ensure that our clients are receiving the treatment and rehabilitation that they need to make as full a recovery as possible to enable them to lead an independent life.
7 July 2017
#IamSuperHuman – Fighting the stigma of “Disability”
I hate the word “disabled”. Just take a moment and really think about what this word means. I bet you would associate it with words such as “unable”, “weak” and “incapable”. It has such a negative meaning and as a society, we use this as a label. However, imagine if we were to change this label to something positive. For example, instead of “disabled”, let’s use “Super Human”. I bet you now think of words such as “strong”, “exceptional” and “heroic”. Disabled people are all these characteristics and much more, and here’s why…..
3 July 2017
Causes of Spinal Cord Injury
This blog follows on from Richard Lodge’s first blog in the series, about the anatomy of the spine.
There are many different causes of spinal injury and this series of blogs will discuss some of the key causes. The purpose of this blog is to focus on the biggest cause of spinal injuries. Hard as it is to believe, it is actually individuals falling that makes up the most common cause of spinal cord injury
22 May 2017
What price for the wind in your hair?
I recently had a conversation with an acquaintance about her choice not to wear a cycle helmet. She explained she liked the feeling of freedom, and of the wind in her hair and on her face.
