Brain Injury Law Blog : Head Injury : Coma : Personal Injury : Las Vegas Nevada Lawyer & Attorney Tim Titolo

 A common legal defense in cases of traumatic injury is that pain complaints, like low back pain, are the source of brain injury symptoms and reported cognitive impairments.  For instance, depression.  And while it is true that chronic or lasting pain can have symptoms that mimic those found with cognitive impairments, those symptoms are often not caused by pain or are at least exacerbated by pain components.

The Journal of Neuroscience recently published a study that supports relief of chronic pain as a precursor to the relief of brain injury symptoms and cognitive impairments.   Those with chronic pain also experience cognitive impairments and reduced gray matter in parts of the brain associated with pain processing and the emotional components of pain, like depression and anxiety.

Traumatic Brain Injury Attorneys must be able to distinguish cognitive impairments caused by organic brain injury from those associated with chronic pain.  A competent Traumatic Brain Injury Attorney works closely with neuropsychologists, neurodiagnosticians, and neurologists.

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According to Medilexicon's medical dictionary scoliosis is:

Abnormal lateral and rotational curvature of the vertebral column. Depending on the etiology, there may be one curve, or primary and secondary compensatory curves; scoliosis may be "fixed" as a result of muscle and/or bone deformity or "mobile" as a result of unequal muscle contraction.

Scoliosis is a condition in which the spine bends to the side abnormally; either to the right or left. The curvature can be moderate to severe. Any part of the spine can be bent in scoliosis; but the most common regions are the chest area (thoracic scoliosis) or the lower part of the back (lumbar scoliosis).

Scoliosis is thought to be caused by heredity but some other reasons are different leg lengths.  Scoliosis affects 2-3% of the population, or an estimated 6 million people in the United States, and there is no cure.

Signs and symptoms of scoliosis may include:

■Uneven shoulders
■One shoulder blade that appears more prominent than the other
■Uneven waist
■One hip higher than the other

The National Scoliosis Foundation can be contacted at  NSF@scoliosis.org  to help answer questions you may have or seek care.

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Young people who exercise are building not only muscles and strength now, but stronger bones in the future.  Although exercising becomes more of a chore as we age some of us can take some small comfort in knowing we are still benefiting from out younger years.

The positive effects of exercise while growing up seem to last longer than previously believed. New findings suggest that physical activity when young increases bone density and size, which may mean a reduced risk of osteoporosis later in life.  All men and women face the risk and dangers of osteoporosis in their lifetime. These pages help make osteoporosis understandable.
http://www.endocrineweb.com/osteoporosis/index.html.

The researchers also looked at bone density and structure in the lower leg in around 360 19-year-old men who had previously done sports but had now stopped training. They found that men who had stopped training more than six years ago still had larger and thicker bones in the lower leg than those who had never done sports.  Running was also found to benefit middle aged men.

Bones tend to adapt to the muscles around them; puny muscles can mean puny bones.   Scientists in Minnesota, using a new machine that examines bone in three dimensions and measuring the runners’ leg muscles, found that, surprisingly,  injured runners’ bones were as strong, in relation to their muscle size as the bones in the uninjured runners. But the injured runners had significantly smaller calf muscles and therefore also slighter bones.

Thicker bones are good since they are more resistant to fractures.  Since falling becomes more prevalent in older people, so do fracture causing events.  Hence the benefit.  If you are young, be SURE to exercise.  Play a sport, lift weights, and do cardiovascular work outs.   If you are not "young," you are not off the hook.  Exercising at all stages of life is beneficial.  And as we age, the circulatory system depends on cardiovascular exercise.

The researchers have established that there is a positive link between exercise while young and bone density and size. The connection is even stronger if account is taken of the type of sports done.    Running appears to be the sport of choice when it comes to fewer injuries and arthritis. 

 

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