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There are different types of damage to the spinal cord. The higher up in the spinal cord an injury occurs, the greater the impact. In the case of Paraplegia, the legs are affected. In the case of Tetraplegia, both the arms and legs are affected.
Complete spinal cord damage means that the spinal cord has been completely cut off. No signals can travel which means that all feeling and the ability to move is gone below the point of injury.
If the damage is incomplete, a certain loss of the ability to control the muscles is experienced, but some signals will go through.
Your body’s ability to empty the bladder and bowels is controlled by signals from nerve cells in the spinal cord, this is why damage to your spinal cord affects your ability to empty both your bladder and your bowels.
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