Category: Spinal Cord Injury

The Effects of a Spinal Cord Injury A spinal cord injury causes damage to the spinal cord or nerves that control movement and sensation in the body. In addition to paralysis (complete or incomplete), a spinal cord injury can permanently aff ...

The Correlation Between Paralysis and Depression Sustaining a spinal cord injury that caused paralysis has many physical challenges. And, when overwhelming emotional feelings are added, dealing with paralysis as a whole is undoubtedly more challengin ...

Incomplete Spinal Cord Injuries There are two types of spinal cord injuries: complete (loss of all feeling and motor function) and incomplete (partial loss of feeling and motor function). Central cord syndrome (CCS) is the most common form of an inco ...

Medical Malpractice and Spinal Cord Injuries Beasley Firm attorneys Jim Beasley Jr. and Pete Johnsen represented a man who was paralyzed due to medical malpractice. Our client walked into his local hospital with complaints of lower extremity weakness ...

When someone suffers from paralysis, it’s not one set diagnosis that dictates the injury. There are multiple types of paralysis that can occur, specifically paraplegia and quadriplegia. These are the two most common types of paralysis and it’s im ...

Spine injuries can be serious and the injured party may still be able to walk. However, in the most severe circumstances involving a spine injury, paralysis is a real possibility and the party who suffers the injury can find themselves losing complet ...

Spine injuries are some of the most serious, and they can result in long-term damages. Not everyone knows the types of injuries that occur, as well as the locations of the injuries and what they mean. Here is a quick guide on some of the types of spi ...

Imagine this: You’re driving along and all of a sudden, someone rear-ends you. The impact jolts through your body and then, nothing. A spinal cord injury is one of the most serious a person can sustain and often leads to a lifetime of damages and t ...

Injuries can happen in many forms, but few have the impact over a life such as a spinal cord injury. This is mostly due to the fact that a spinal cord injury can cause paralysis. At The Beasley Firm, we recognize that paralysis can happen in numerous ...

Rocky Clarke had it all. He excelled in playing football, baseball, and running track. His bedroom is full of trophies, ribbons, medals, varsity letters, and autographed footballs. One week prior to his life-altering injury, Rocky told his mother tha ...