News Category: Back Injuries
| Back Injuries, Resources for Injured People, Workers' Compensation
Treating Injured Workers: Chiropractic care may be covered
We round up our series of tips for healthcare professionals treating injured workers with some information about chiropractic care and mileage reimbursement. Injured workers who must travel 20 miles or more roundtrip for medical care are entitled to collect $0.55 per mile. Special consideration also is given to employees who are totally disabled. Chiropractic treatment is allowed for workers’ compensation patients, if the employer or the employer’s insurance company grants permission. As many as 20 visits are allowed, if medically nec ...
Read More | One CommentRecovering From Back Surgery May Take Longer Than You Think
After suffering from pain for weeks or months after an injury from a car or a work-related accident, many people look forward to the relief from pain that back surgery will provide. Being able to return to normal, everyday activities, such as lifting a box, driving a car, or sitting or standing for long periods of time, without pain is the goal of most back surgery. However, many people are surprised that post-surgery, the pain doesn’t subside as quickly as they would like and that the return back to normal life doesn’t happen automatica ...
Read More | No CommentsBack Health: More surgeries for treating back pain, back injuries
In our last installment of the Deuterman Law Group's Back Health blog series, we highlighted some of the commonsurgeries for treating back injuries. Those included laminectomy, discectomy and IDET. Today, we take up where we left off with a discussion of other surgical treatments for back pain, namely spinal fusion, artifical disc replacement and radio frequency ablation. Spinal Fusion Spinal fusion is surgery that is performed to prevent movement between vertebrae by fusing the two vertebrae together. The fusion happens through stabilizin ...
Read More | One CommentBack Health: Common Surgeries For Treating Back Pain, Back Injuries
While many back injuries can be treated with rest, physical therapy and/or anti-inflammatory medication, some injuries are best treated with back surgery. The prospect of back surgery can be frightening and confusing, to be sure. Surgery and other treatments may involve risks and complications and require extended recovery time. In this installment of the Deuterman Law Group’s Back Health blog series, we hope to alleviate some of those concerns by explaining what happens in the various back surgery procedures. If you’re wondering wha ...
Read More | No CommentsBack Health: Understanding back sprains, soft-tissue injuries, bulging discs and herniated discs
Oh my aching back! I don’t know a single person who hasn’t uttered that phrase at some point in life. So you know that a back injury can be extremely painful. It can happen – snap your fingers – just like that. And when you injure your back, it can stop you in your tracks – prevent you from working, limit your movements, make sleep difficult, make walking difficult, make surviving daily life difficult. In the first installment of the Deuterman Law Group’s Back Health series, we talked about the anatomy of the spine and the ...
Read More | 2 CommentsYour Guide to Back Health and Back Injuries
Many people throughout their lives will suffer from back pain, resulting from a variety of causes and injuries. Understanding the medical terminology doctors use in diagnosing and treating the causes of back pain can be confusing. While its always your right to ask your doctor for clarification, some patients may not feel comfortable asking a busy physician to take more time to explain things in simpler terms. This series of blogs, entitled Back Health, is designed for injured people seeking more information about common back injurie ...
Read More | No CommentsRecovering from a back injury
Associated Press reporter Andrew Welsh-Huggins writes about his experiences with a back injury and his successful -- though lengthy -- recovery. It's an interesting article that shows just how debilitating back injuries can be. The writer, a distance runner, outlines his long recovery and also highlights some of the realities of back injuries: The most common type of pain reported by adults in the United States, with more than one in four reporting some back pain lasting at least a day in the past three months. Eight of every 10 people in the ...
Read More | No CommentsBack pain at work: Strategies to prevent aches
Found a useful article in the MayoClinic.com site called "Back pain at work: Strategies to prevent aches, pains and injuries". The page also has links to other related back pain topics that may be of use.
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