A woman of Thompson, in Manitoba, Canada is suing the Burntwood Regional Health Authority and four doctors for the brain damage she suffered after a spinal column cyst went undetected for more than a year of medical visits. The Thompson woman is now unable to work as a First Nations…
Professional athletes can perform amazing feats. Not too long ago, NBA star Blake Griffon slam-dunked a basketball as he leapt over a car. While these acts are impressive, doctors know, as well as anyone, that young people will try to emulate them, at least to some extent. Lacking both the…
A man in Washington State was determined to have died from a broken neck after being tasered by sheriff’s deputies. When he fell, he suffered the spinal injuryand died a week later, at the age of 68. The Washington man was shot with the taser only after a stand-off of…
A 130-pound staff sergeant served in Afghanistan, typically carrying armor and gear that weighed between 80 and 90 pounds, inspectors have learned. The sergeant suffered a pinched nerve while carrying his gear during a tour in Iraq. He also sustained a cracked vertebra while in the United States. Then, in…
Research has found that accidents often result in thoracic spine fractures. There are several groups of people at risk for suffering from spinal fractures. The first are athletes they have a higher risk than people who are not involved in sports. Athletes involved in contact sports such as football or…
Many people know the agony of sudden sharp pains in the leg that seem to have no cause. Experts have heard about it from many clients. The pain is sometimes so awful that the client can barely stand or walk. Many of them have no idea what is happening to…
Studies have learned of an 84-year-old man who lived the life of a man decades younger. He didn’t take any medications, played golf, traveled, walked four miles most days, and worked out three times a week. Part of that fitness routine was work on an inflated exercise ball, until the…
A Philadelphia judge on refused on Monday to let the parents of a hospitalized Chichester High School wrestler treat him at home with alternative medicine. The judge did not resolve the battle with the family and the boy’s doctors. The teenager from Boothwyn has been hospitalized since he collided with…
A businessman was fined recently after one of his employees was injured on the job, sustaining a spinal injury after slipping and falling off of a ladder. The employee was climbing a ladder; in an effort to reach a mechanism at the commercial vehicle garage that he worked at, when…
A 12-year-old New Zealand boy was recently airlifted to the Whangarei Hospital, after suffering an accident, which could lead to a possible spinal injury. His mother took the 12-year-old to the Kerkeri Medical Centre when he began complaining of a sore neck, reported a New York Spinal Injury Lawyer. While…