Filmed in 2010.
Adam kept a journal after his accident in 1999, which became the foundation of the screenplay.
The majority of the movie was shot in metropolitan Detroit (including Quicken Loans' offices) over a 4-week period in the fall of 2010.
Adam Niskar, himself, makes a cameo in the film.
Each section of the spine is numbered separately, for example, you have a T1, C1, and L1 vertebra ranging from the top of the neck to the lower back. Breaking each would create separate issues.