Spinal cord injuries usually begin with a blow that fractures or dislocates your vertebrae, the bone disks that make up your spine. Most injuries don’t sever your spinal cord. Instead, they cause damage when pieces of vertebrae tear into cord tissue or press down on the nerve parts that carry signals. In a complete spinal cord injury, the cord can’t relay messages below the level of the injury. As a result, you are paralyzed below the level of injury. In an incomplete injury, you have some movement and sensation below the injury.

Cedar Rapids

UnityPoint Health St. Luke’s Hospital
1026 A Ave NE
5th Floor
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
(319) 369-7331

Dubuque

UnityPoint Health Finley Hospital
350 N Grandview Ave
Third Floor
Dubuque, IA 52001
(563) 557-2894

Anamosa

UnityPoint Health Jones Regional
1795 HWY. 64 E.
Anamosa, IA 52205
(319) 462-6131

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