Brooklyn Spinal Cord Injury Lawyer

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Injuries to the spinal cord can happen when a person least expects them. They can occur in a car accident, work accident, or other type of injury. If your spine was injured in some sort of accident, you may be entitled to file a New York spinal cord injury lawsuit to compensate you for your pain and suffering.

Serious Injuries Deserve Serious Justice

The spinal cord is a large bundle of nerves that runs through the spinal column and connects with the brain. The brain and the spinal cord make up the central nervous system of the body, and the spinal cord serves as the major conduit between the brain and the rest of the body. The spinal cord is delicate and also extremely important to the proper functioning of the rest of the body. When the spinal cord is damaged in a back or neck injury, the symptoms of the injury could be present in any part of the body because of the spinal cord’s connection throughout the body.

The spinal cord has three major functions. The first function of the spinal cord is to deliver messages from the brain to the rest of the body. The spinal cord acts as a channel for all motor skills: moving hands and fingers, walking, sitting, and all other body movements. The second major function of the spinal cord is to deliver sensory information from the rest of the body back to the brain. The spinal cord is a channel for whether the body is sensing heat or cold, whether the body is feeling pain, and all other sensations.

The third function is to work reflexes throughout the body. These three functions make the spinal cord extremely important to the overall health and function of the body. When the spinal cord is injured, the victim can suffer pain, paralysis, or even death. If you have suffered a spinal cord injury, you need a Brooklyn personal injury law firm that understands the complexities of your spinal cord injury. The Brooklyn spine injury lawyers at Belushin Law Firm have handled complex personal injury claims with serious and debilitating injuries.

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When there is a traumatic impact to the spinal area, one of the serious dangers is a broken bone in the spine. The vertebra in the spine can break from impact directly to them, such as landing on the back or being struck in the back, but they can also break when the weight of the body is forced downwards and the bones are broken under the weight of the body. When a bone in the back is broken, or shattered, it can cause a bone fragment to lodge in the spinal cord. This can cut off the nerves to a certain part of the body, and can permanently cause either partial or complete paralysis.

When a bone in the back is broken, the patient must be moved as little as possible to prevent the shards of bone from lodging in the spinal cord. These injuries are not only extremely painful, but they can also cause irreversible nerve damage that can prevent the accident victim from being able to engage in their everyday activities. The spine is divided into three sections, the cervical spine, which is at the top of the spine and the neck, the thoracic spine, which is in the middle, and the lumbosacral spine, which is the lower back. Of these three areas, the cervical and lumbar spine, at the neck and the lower back, are the areas that are most likely to sustain a spinal cord injury.

Aside from broken bones lodging in the spinal cord, there are additional ways that the spinal cord can be injured. Nerve impingement and nerve compression, also referred to as “pinched nerves,” can affect an accident victim. Even a low-speed accident can cause nerve impingement or other types of nerve damage. The medical term for nerve damage is called radiculopathy, and it can occur when there is some type of neck or back injury in an accident. Radiculopathy causes severe pain, tingling in the legs and arms, and numbness in the legs and arms.

Demand Justice – Hold Insurance Companies Responsible

Although the insurance companies tend to try to downplay the seriousness of neck and back injuries to car accident victims, these injuries can be extremely painful and can affect an accident victim’s quality of life. Numbness and tingling in the arms and legs can negatively affect a person’s gross and fine motor control, and it can require that the person miss time from work. Furthermore, pinched nerves and other nerve damage can be very difficult to diagnose while simultaneously causing the patient severe and persistent pain. If you have suffered nerve damage, you need to speak with an experienced Brooklyn attorney who understands the seriousness of your condition and can convince the insurance companies to compensate you for it.

In very serious motor vehicle crashes or other accidents, damage to the spinal cord can cause death or permanent incapacitation. If your loved one was killed or incapacitated in a serious automobile accident, you may be able to bring a claim on their behalf to compensate your family for their loss or for the cost of caring for your injured family member. The dedicated and compassionate personal injury law attorneys at Belushin Law Firm can help.