Each year, the United States records close to 12,000 spinal cord injuries. As of 2009, there are close to 262,000 Americans living with paralysis according to the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.  Of that number, 81 percent are men.
According to Philly Burbs, this leaves an interesting question: Â can men with spinal cord injuries find love, produce offspring, and start a family? Â The answer is “yes” and the numbers might be higher than you would imagine. Read the rest of this entry »
About Michael PinesMichael Pines is a former insurance company attorney who specializes in car accident injury. While he was an insurance attorney, he learned from behind the scenes on how insurance companies work and how they decided to pay injured people. Now that he works against insurance companies, Michael's inside knowledge has resulted in significant benefits to his clients injured in car accidents.
In Forest Lake, Minnesota, one paralyzed veteran is looking to race his rocket-enhanced wheelchair at 100 mph for an event this September, according to the Saint Croix Valley Press.
Robert Gullickson, 44, was paralyzed in a motorcycle accident back in 1986, but his outlook for recovery and life in general remains as positive as ever. Â He is living with paralysis the best way he knows how — by having fun. Read the rest of this entry »
About Michael PinesMichael Pines is a former insurance company attorney who specializes in car accident injury. While he was an insurance attorney, he learned from behind the scenes on how insurance companies work and how they decided to pay injured people. Now that he works against insurance companies, Michael's inside knowledge has resulted in significant benefits to his clients injured in car accidents.
Stem cell research, surgery, physical therapy — all of these are different forms of spinal cord injury treatments, but now science is asking “what about the gecko?”
At the University of Calgary, Anthony Russell and a colleague from the United States have discovered that gecko lizards might be able to aid in finding a cure for paralysis, according to the Edmonton Journal. Read the rest of this entry »
About Michael PinesMichael Pines is a former insurance company attorney who specializes in car accident injury. While he was an insurance attorney, he learned from behind the scenes on how insurance companies work and how they decided to pay injured people. Now that he works against insurance companies, Michael's inside knowledge has resulted in significant benefits to his clients injured in car accidents.
Rodney Rogers played professional basketball for 12 seasons in the NBA. Â He won the Sixth Man of the Year award for Phoenix in 2000. Â Eight years later, however, he was paralyzed in an auto accident involving a dirt bike and a deadly ditch.
Now, according to ESPN, the former NBA star isn’t looking to win any championship titles or specialized awards. Â Rodney Rogers wants to find a cure for his quadriplegia and be able to walk again on his own two feet. Â He is done living with paralysis and wants leave wheelchair for good. Read the rest of this entry »
About Michael PinesMichael Pines is a former insurance company attorney who specializes in car accident injury. While he was an insurance attorney, he learned from behind the scenes on how insurance companies work and how they decided to pay injured people. Now that he works against insurance companies, Michael's inside knowledge has resulted in significant benefits to his clients injured in car accidents.
Bicycle accidents are a top cause of spinal cord injuries, and they usually happen when a bike collides with something else, such as a rock or a car. Â It is rare for a bike to fall apart, but one man is claiming that actually happened to him.
James Osborne of Seattle, Washington is suing the sporting goods company REI for damages related to a spinal cord injury caused by a faulty bike the store sold him, according the Courthouse News Service. Â Osborne’s complaint also names Fairly Bike Manufacturing Co., Gruppo S.p.A., Mavic SAS and Fung Tien Electric Co. for being at-fault. Read the rest of this entry »
About Michael PinesMichael Pines is a former insurance company attorney who specializes in car accident injury. While he was an insurance attorney, he learned from behind the scenes on how insurance companies work and how they decided to pay injured people. Now that he works against insurance companies, Michael's inside knowledge has resulted in significant benefits to his clients injured in car accidents.
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