Spinal cord injury SCI

Find spinal cord injury information and advice. Every year more than 1,000 people receive a spinal cord injury (SCI) it is thought there are 40,000 people living with SCI in the UK at any one time .Spinal cord injury can occur in many ways.
The degree of paralysis received after a spinal cord injury greatly depends on which part of the spinal cord is injured, spinal injury higher up (closer to the head) cause more paralysis than those lower down the spinal cord. Find quadriplegic, tetraplegic and paraplegic information and facts along with rehabilitation details and programmes plus information on conditions, injury levels and related facts.