Medical Cannabis as a Natural Treatment for Spinal Cord Injuries

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According to the research of American Association of Neurological Surgeons; “Up to 450,000 people  live with spinal cord injury (SCI) in the United States."

In the U.S, around 11,000 cases of SCI occur each year.

You might have heard most of the cases are due to vertebral column trauma. It affects how your spinal cord sends and receives information to the whole body system from the brain and controls the sensory and autonomic function below the level of injury.

As per studies; researchers have found that medical marijuana can be used to treat spinal cord injuries and now a day's many patients are even turning to aid spinal cord injury with medical cannabis due to the extreme pain it puts them in.

 “According to the American Academy of Neurology, a new treatment involves lowering the individual’s body temperature (causing hypothermia) for 24 to 48 hours to prevent damaging inflammation. Other promising therapies include cannabinoids for nerve regeneration and preventing cell death. Also, CBD reduces harmful inflammation throughout the body, and cannabis for muscle spasms.”

“A study published in the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation was conducted to evaluate the perceived cannabis effects on SCI spasticity. Forty-three questionnaires of people with SCI allowed researchers to compile data that suggested marijuana for spinal cord injury with spasticity treatment decreases spasticity in SCI patients.”

You can visit medical marijuana dispensaries, Los Angeles and get to know the potential benefits of medical marijuana for spinal cord injuries and begin with medication if required. Since spinal cord injuries can potentially cause you long-term physical damage, you should always go through have a qualified medical check-up.

For centuries, medical marijuana has been used as a pain-alleviator, and to this day, weed and CBD are used as natural analgesics. It has also been discovered from one study that cannabis works to regulate pain perception amongst those suffering from different levels of pain. Another study found that when medical marijuana is combined with massages, you can experience a lot of relief from pain.

The study also reveals that CBD improves many of the symptoms of SCI, including:

• Pain
• Spasticity
• Bladder control
• Insomnia
• Depression
  
  

Medical marijuana has been showing promising results for chronic pain, inflammation, pain due to severe spinal cord injuries, and aiding many other diseases in the field of healthcare.