Picture: A person with a complete C4 level of injury is paralyzed from the shoulders down. The University of Alabama at Birmingham Spinal Cord Injury Model System provides this website as an auxiliary ...

Titans fullback Keano Kini was millimetres away from being paralysed by a near catastrophic spinal injury that has grounded the Kiwis sensation.

Kini will undergo delicate neck surgery on Tuesday to remove a herniated disc between his C4-C5 ... spinal cord had been compressed 10mm, leaving only 4mm before a potentially life-changing injury.