Spinal Cord Injury

Serving Hartford, Waterbury, New Haven and Surrounding Areas

Serving Hartford, New Haven and surrounding areas, the law firm of Trantolo & Trantolo, LLC has years of experience representing those who have suffered a spinal cord injury as a result of someone else’s negligence.

A spinal cord injury is damage to the spinal cord that results in loss of function such as mobility or feeling. Spinal cord injuries are usually caused by a sudden, traumatic blow to the spine that dislocates or fractures vertebrae. The most common causes of spinal cord injuries are trauma such as car accidents, falls or even gunshot wounds. Certain diseases can also result in spinal cord injury.

Treatment
People with spinal cord injuries need immediate emergency care and aggressive treatment to minimize damage to the nervous system. Rehabilitation is needed to restore limited abilities. Many people with severe spinal cord injuries will suffer from respiratory complications. In addition, those with injury to the neck area will need help to breathe and will require respiratory support. Regardless of the severity of the spinal cord injury, rehabilitation programs that combine physical therapies with skill-building activities and counseling are helpful to provide social and emotional support for spinal cord injury victims.

Prognosis
While some spinal cord injury victims will recover almost completely, others may suffer complete paralysis. The severity of the injury depends upon whether the spinal cord injury is classified as complete or incomplete. An incomplete injury means that the ability of the spinal cord to convey messages to or from the brain is not completely lost. Those people suffering from incomplete spinal cord injuries may retain some motor or sensory function below the area of the injury. Those suffering from a complete spinal cord injury, however, will lose all sensory and motor function below the area of the injury. Spinal cord injury victims will also most likely have lifetime medical complications such as chronic pain and bladder and bowel dysfunction, along with an increased likelihood of developing respiratory and heart problems.

If you or a loved one has suffered a spinal cord injury as a result of someone else’s negligence, please contact an experienced personal injury attorney at your earliest opportunity. The law firm of Trantolo & Trantolo, LLC represents spinal cord injury victims in New Haven and Hartford, and throughout the State of Connecticut. Contact them today for an initial consultation.