If you suffer an injury in a car crash, it is important to understand your prospects for improvement. Some injuries will go away with time and rest, while others can heal with the help of medical treatment. Others won’t ever go away and will continue affecting you for the duration of your life.
Which category does a spinal injury fall into?
A spinal injury is for life
Once you injure your spine, it stays damaged. There is currently no way to reverse the damage. In some cases it can be possible to improve the range of functions the person can perform with the help of rehabilitation and perhaps medical intervention.
How much a spinal injury affects a person depends in part on which area of the spinal cord was damaged. As a rule, the further up the spine the injury is, the worse the effect is likely to be. If it occurs close to your tailbone, you might lose function in your legs, but if it occurs close to your neck, you could potentially lose the ability to control your arms too.
It also depends on the nature of the injury. A partial injury to the spinal cord is less serious than a complete one. Some injuries result in paralysis while other more minor ones just make certain tasks a bit harder for the person to carry out.
As you can see there is no easy answer to the question of how a spinal injury will affect you. It can vary dramatically, as can the financial effect of it on you. It’s one of the reasons you should always seek legal guidance to examine your compensation options if injured due to someone else’s negligence.