When you suffer a traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI), not only are your muscles affected but your nerves are as well. Therefore, physical therapy (PT) alone will not cure paralysis, as it cannot regenerate nerves. However there are good reasons why Fairfax doctors prescribe PT and why—although it may be expensive—physical therapy is definitely worth the cost to help reverse…
Depression among Washington D.C. amputee victims is extraordinarily common. When you are involved in an accident, are mangled by malfunctioning machinery, or are victimized in a violent attack, you can undergo serious emotional trauma. However, when you lose a limb as a result of one of these experiences, the trauma is amplified significantly. Not only do you require extra time…
When a person is left paralyzed, people often picture someone in a wheelchair who cannot move their limbs. While this scenario is the most severe type of paralysis a person can suffer, there are other less debilitating types of paralysis that also affect a person’s quality of life. For instance, paralysis that affects just one limb can seriously limit one’s…
All parents worry about their children getting hurt. Accidents are a normal part of life in Fairfax, and occur everyday at schools as a result of bullying, sports, or simple adolescent behavior. This added potential for accidents within schools increases the likelihood that your teenager may suffer a head or brain injury. Although yearly, over half a million emergency room…
No one knows worry and the stress of waiting as much as a pregnant woman. As soon as you find out you’re pregnant, you’re constantly anticipating the next doctor’s visit to make sure everything is okay—as well as counting down the days until you hit that 40 weeks. However, if something goes wrong with your delivery, causing unexpected harm or…
With over 200,000 accidents each year in the state of Virginia, you may be wondering if you really need a lawyer. While some injured victims prefer to settle their accidents with insurance adjusters, others pursue attorneys to help with their cases. With most lawyers offering free consultations, why not have a meeting to discuss your options? And most attorneys will…
When a traumatic brain injury occurs, paralysis to one side of the body may be the result. And if it occurs following surgery, childbirth, or as a result of a misdiagnosis or failure to diagnose, it is possible that medical negligence could be to blame for the resulting hemiplegia. What Is Hemiplegia? The loss of motor function on one side of…
Under federal law, if you receive compensation for injuries you sustained due to the negligence of someone else, then Medicare is entitled to be reimbursed for the medical treatment it paid on your behalf. As you may notice, however, Medicare often does not always pay the full bill submitted by a health care provider due to discounts and co-payments made…
The District of Columbia does not have a law that limits or caps the amount of monetary damages that an injured patient can receive in a medical malpractice case. Virginia, however, does have a law that limits the amount of monetary damages that a person can recover in a medical malpractice case. Virginia law places a limit or cap on…
Virtually every type of medical malpractice case in Virginia and the District of Columbia requires testimony from expert witnesses. The law in both jurisdictions, with only a few minor exceptions, is that a medical malpractice case requires expert witness testimony in order to establish the appropriate standard of care, the violation of that standard of care, and the cause of…