A doctor's leaftlet outlined the risk of spinal damage if he had an epidural.

He's started making little twitches and movements which indicate there's been no spinal damage.

His walking looks as slow, effortful and exhausting as the walking already achieved by many patients with 'incomplete' spinal damage.

And apologies for breaking news like this so casually, but incontinence often follows spinal damage.

He was given oxygen by the medical staff, who were notably reluctant to move him, fearing spinal damage.

I have treated probably over 1,500 patients with spinal stenosis.

He had severe spinal stenosis and needed surgery.

It can also be caused by the long term pressure brought about with either a severe disc herniation or spinal stenosis.

Common causes of sciatica include the following lower back and hip conditions: spinal disc herniation, degenerative disc disease, lumbar spinal stenosis, spondylolisthesis, and piriformis syndrome.

I've been diagnosed with an ugly case of cervical spinal stenosis and two herniated discs.

His progress belies the received wisdom that you only have a limited window of time after your spinal trauma in which to recover function.

When you wake from the worst of a spinal trauma, it takes a little while to realise that you've been left behind.

The three deaths were reported at schoolboy level, with causes ranging from head and spinal trauma to cardiac arrest.

As happens so often with spinal trauma, his injuries were different from, but not dissimilar to, mine and, like me, he had the possibility of some recovery.

While doctors hope he will wake from his coma, there are fears that his spinal trauma may not have subsided, so the risks are as great as the rewards.