Motorcycle accidents can leave survivors with broken bones and spinal cord injuries, but how these injuries are treated now versus how they were treated twenty years ago has become vastly different.

While taking a test drive with a custom-made motorcycle, a Utah man was seriously injured after an SUV pulled out in front of him. The motorcycle accident left the man with a severely injured leg. After several surgeries, doctors were able to rebuild parts of his leg using a metal rod and screws.

Doctors use this example to show that while some motorcycle accident injuries are not treatable, some are. In the past, doctors would have lacked surgical techniques to repair the man’s leg. Instead of surgery, the man would have likely faced amputation or living with a disfigured leg.

Techniques used to repair broken limbs are very useful for motorcycle accident survivors, but even those with injuries that are more significant have greatly benefited from leaps in modern medicine.

Can Modern Medicine Heal Spinal Cord Injuries?

In the past, we have discussed new techniques doctors are using to treat individuals affected with spinal cord injuries. One experimental treatment we recently wrote about discussed using a robotic exoskeleton to help individuals with paralysis walk again. Other accident survivors with spinal cord injuries have used modified treadmills to retrain their brains how to walk.

The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation has recently thrown in support for epidural stimulators, which can help reprogram damaged nerves so individuals with paralysis can move limbs. With new treatments here or on the horizon, motorcycle accident survivors will continue to have more options for recovery.

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