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Crucial Information Concerning Spinal Cord Injury Exercises

By Raymond Jones


Generally, this refers to a condition whereby a person incurs injuries in the spine or the backbone. The occurrence of these injuries may affect certain areas or parts of the backbone. The effects of these injuries include loss of sensation or paralysis. This will occur when the part affected is connected to these body parts. This, therefore, renders a person dependent since they have to depend on certain things for activities such as moving. Therefore, spinal cord injury exercises plays a very major role in improving body parts functioning and sensations.

Mostly, when the central nervous system suffers an injury, it is very hard to treat. Most of the damages caused become permanent though not all. However, there are certain activities such as physical rehabilitation and exercises are used to restore normal body functioning in non-permanent damages. This brings back personal independence. With this aspect, a SCI person should always take physical exercises with seriousness.

People mostly think that once an injury in the spine is encountered, one has to completely paralyze in the whole body starting from the neck region. On the contrary, this will only occur if the damage has occurred in the neck region and it is very fatal. A person, on the other hand, might be paralyzed on the leg region down from waist. These two incidences mostly happen in connection to the type of damage.

At the same time, some patients will be able to walk either with or without supporting equipment and can live independently, but others might never regain their motor function. In case the severity of an injury is classified as complete, then all motor function and feeling is lost. However, when some function and feeling remain in the affected area, the damage is classified as incomplete. People with incomplete injuries are likely to regain some motor function compared to those with complete injuries.

Motion is a very important activity that can be use to reduce spasticity. This is a term used to define the rigidness and tightness of muscles and joints due to lack of movements. Muscle spasms and pain are the problems associated with spasticity rendering movement of these parts problematic.

This condition can be reduced in the case where flexibility is improved. This is achieved through passive and self-motion exercises. On the passive aspect of motion, physical, rehabilitation and occupational therapies are carried out. With this, a patient is able to move muscles and joints easily. A patient can, however, perform these motion exercises in a self-range. This is however possible where after the injury your arm can be moved fully or partially.

Stretching activities are very important for SCI patients undergoing recovery process. They should carry out these activities daily. This will help in retaining and improvement of motion. The tightness of muscles makes it difficult for a patient to move from wheelchair or to dress. Independence in this case is lost.

A SCI patient is likely to develop secondary complications in case he does not carry out these activities. Pressure sores, respiratory complications, and UTI infections among are others some of the secondary complications. Weight gain, pain, and chronic spasticity are some complications managed by physical exercises.




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