A spinal cord injury occurs when there is damage to the nerves in the spinal cord region. The spinal cord is a bundle of nerves that starts at the base of the brain and runs down the back. The spinal cord is segmented, and it sends signals to the brain that controls movement in the body. In this country, nearly 200,000 people live with a spinal cord injury, with an estimated annual cost of $10 billion dollars for the medical care alone.  You need to contact a lawyer whenever you have a spinal cord injury to insure that if it is someone else’s fault they will cover all of these horrible medical expenses that you are going to have.