Feeling in the legs?

[joshstevens7]

Hello everyone who reads this. I became a member today. I have been injured with a T6 injury for 3 months. i have many questions concerning my injury. the one thing i have been researching about and trying very hard to figure out is the feeling that people have in their legs after sci's. I have alot of feeling that makes me feel that there is definitely something going on down there. My feet constantly burn, I have a weird feeling in parts of my hamstring, calves, and knee areas. I feel like I can still move them and try all the time, and have once been able to see a volentary flinch, but i cant do it all the time. Please relpy back if you know about this topic, or anything else. thank you

Josh Stevens

[Wise Young]

Josh, can you describe your feelings a little more? If the feelings in your legs can be elicited by touch or pressure, this would mean that you have sensory signals coming from the legs. However, if these are just sensations in the legs and you cannot feel touch, pinprick, or pressure in the legs, the feelings that you are feeling in your legs may be neuropathic sensations. These kinds of sensations sometimes can be painful and are called neuropathic pain. The burning sensation that you describe in your feet is probably neuropathic pain.

The occasional voluntary flinch that you describe may be a precursor to more motor control. You are still 3 months after injury and should have a lot of recovery ahead of you. Over the coming months, you should be getting more sensation back below T6. In many people with a T6 injury, sensation may return to as low as T10-11 (around the belly button).

Do you know whether you have any sensation around your anus and whether you can contract your anal sphincter voluntarily? If you don't have either touch/pinprick sensation around the anus and no voluntary anal sphincter contraction, this would suggest that you should be classified ASIA (American Spinal Injury Association) A. Can you feel when your bladder is full or when you go to the bathroom?

You should keep a diary of your sensory and motor function.

Wise.

[waters3]

Hi Josh,

Saw your post on here and to me in the other post. I found this site when Anthony was first injured. You found a good place to ask anything. Hope you are doing good with your brother in your new home.

Cindy Waters
mom
Anthony C4; C6
hospitalized in Jackson Memorial

[cathy j]

Wise,
If you can feel touch,or pressure,or cold sensation below you injury, is that sensory information coming from the brain?
Thank You!
Cathy

[Wise Young]

CathyJ, if you can feel touch, pressure, or cold being applied to your body below the injury, that means that signals are getting through to your brain. Wise.