Serious Injuries

The human brain is an incredibly powerful organ that is capable of regulating bodily functions without someone's conscious awareness and processing vast amounts of information. The brain controls everything from someone's memory and personality to their muscular...

When people think about “car wreck injuries,” the stereotypical thing that usually comes to mind is a neck injury or back injury from the jolt of the crash itself and a sudden stop. People usually don’t think about facial injuries – like broken jaws, shattered eye...

Traumatic brain injuries, or TBIs, are among the most devastating – and the most common – injuries that someone can suffer. TBIs are most often caused by gunshots, assaults, falls, contact sports and motor vehicle accidents. While some TBIs, like concussions, may...

A car accident can leave you with a variety of injuries. One of these is a traumatic brain injury (TBI). If you sustain a traumatic brain injury following an accident that is not your fault, you may hold the liable party accountable for past and future medical...

A car accident can result in a violent impact on the head, perhaps by hitting the steering wheel or window. This may cause the brain to hit the bones of the skull, which can bruise or tear the nerves and eventually cause a traumatic brain injury (TBI). According to...

The list of potential injuries after a motor vehicle collision is all but endless. You could break a toe or a leg. You could suffer a brain injury or damage your spinal cord. Your neck and back are vulnerable both due to abrupt emotions and blunt force trauma. Some...

A traumatic brain injury (TBI) suffered in a car crash, a fall or some other kind of accident can leave a person with a multitude of symptoms. Some are more serious than others. Some are temporary, while others can be permanent. It depends on what part of the brain...

The human brain is both incredibly powerful and very vulnerable. The tissue that makes up your brain is easy to injure through violent motions and blunt force trauma. Even penetrating injuries and percussive force can cause damage to the brain with lasting...

Spinal cord injuries are among the most feared traumatic injuries that people suffer. The average person struggles with the idea of losing physical sensation and motor control, which occurs even in incomplete spinal cord injuries. If you recently suffered an...

When someone suffers an incomplete spinal cord injury, therapy and surgery might eventually result in a recovery of lost function and sensation. In a complete spinal cord injury, the damage completely cuts through the spinal cord, with far more serious consequences...