Spinal Cord Injury

What Is A Spinal Cord Injury?

A Spinal Cord Injury is defined as damage or trauma to the spinal cord that results in loss or impaired function causing reduced movement or feeling. Common causes of damage to the spinal cord result from trauma, such as a car, motorcycle or road traffic accident, falls, assault, sports injuries and industrial or household accidents.

How can we help?

Compensation can provide a vital lifeline following a spinal injury, allowing victims to improve their lifestyle and independence. As spinal injuries can be life changing and often have a massive impact on day to day living, compensation awards tend to be substantial.Pinto Potts Solicitors have a specialist department that handle spinal injury claims, our lawyers are experienced in dealing with the complexities that come with large claims for compensation and have access to a network of specialists and experts to ensure the process of claiming and rehabilitation are made as easy as possible.

All claims are handled under a Conditional Fee Agreement, this means if the claim is successful the other party pay the legal costs and in the event of the case failing there will be no fee due, this protection gives total peace of mind and ensures claimants always receive 100% of the compensation award on every occasion.

Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, Cure and Treatment

A spinal cord injury will require a long period of rehabilitation, usually at a specialist Spinal Injury Centre or Spinal Injury Unit.

The average hospital stay after a serious spinal injury ranges from 5 to 8 months, followed by a long period of one to one specialist rehabilitation.

Recently, research has made progress in limiting damage in the early stages of acute spinal injuries. This treatment usually has to be applied within the first few weeks after the injury, and comprises of combination therapy to restrict the formation of scar tissue, and to promote the regeneration of new cells within the spinal cord.

A cure for long term paralysis is still some years in the future, but clinical trials are taking place that could see this become a reality.

What next?

If you or a loved one have been effected by a spinal injury and think you may be due compensation please get in touch for free, no obligation legal advice on the best way forward.

We are not a call centre so you will be able to speak directly to a fully qualified Solicitor with experience in dealing with spinal injuries.