why can someone who’s a paraplegic or has lost all feeling in their legs due to a spinal injury, still bend over and stretch their back like normal?

Question

why can someone who’s a paraplegic or has lost all feeling in their legs due to a spinal injury, still bend over and stretch their back like normal?

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Answer 1

Because the nerves that control the legs are lower in the spine than where the injury happened.