The human body has the amazing ability to regenerate it’s own cells. This means that sick cells are removed as they die off from the body and healthy cells replace them. Unfortunately this is not true for all forms of nerve repairs.

Nerves are the cells which allows the brain to collect information about what is happening to the other body organs in order to direct them to work well. The nerves are connected to muscles all along the body emanating from the spinal cord. They are surrounded by a membrane known as the myelin sheath.

The myelin sheath also helps to increase the speed of the nerve impulses. The thickness of the myelin sheath also determines if the damaged nerve will be able to repair itself. As long as the membrane surrounding the nerve bunch is intact the nerves will be able to regrow to their original target.

The nerves have the ability to grow at about 2 cm per month, so depending on the extent of nerve damage it could take months before the nerve is fully functional again. Also scientific studies have shown that  if the muscle cells have been disconnected for too long from the nerve cells, the new connection will not be accepted.