Were you involved in an accident that resulted in a catastrophic personal injury? Were you left with broken bones or intense pain? While many assume that once bones heal, the pain disappears, unfortunately, the truth is that pain can persist for much longer. A recent study found that over 70 percent of people dealing with chronic pain had been involved…
Many different people of all ages need medications to treat their injuries and ailments. While some people need powerful pain medications, others may need blood pressure medication or mild antibiotics. In fact, there are actually thousands of prescription drugs that are designed to treat various health complaints, and many of those medication names sound similar to those of others—just like many…
Suffering a spinal cord injury is not only an overwhelming and traumatic time in one’s life, but it is also a time when financial stresses are high. Because spinal cord injuries are serious injuries that limit function and mobility, many people with spinal cord damage are unable to work or make a financial living again. Even if someone is able…
Anyone who has ever had back pain or nerve pain that radiates from the back down into the leg knows firsthand how debilitating it can be. Because the pain can be so severe, people with this type of pain typically turn to their doctors for treatment. Generally, doctors are people who use great judgment and know how to fix painful…
Brain injuries come in several degrees of seriousness. For instance, not all brain injuries impact someone for life. Some minor brain injuries might heal on their own and not affect a person for more than a few weeks; however, other brain injuries are more serious in nature and can cause permanent brain damage and life-long changes. No matter what, anyone…
Spinal cord injuries are among the most serious types of survivable injuries that an individual can incur. Less than 1 percent of spinal-cord injury victims leave the hospital with a complete neurological recovery.* Spinal cord injuries are currently incurable. As Virginia and Washington D.C. spinal-cord injury attorneys, we know how much you are suffering and how badly you want a cure.…
Following a traumatic brain injury (TBI), one of the hardest parts for survivors and their families to understand and accept is a personality change. Prior to the injury, someone may have been known to be kind, funny, sweet and thoughtful; however, after the brain injury, the person may no longer seem the same. Although many traumatic brain injury survivors display…
One of the first things people do after a car accident is to check their fingers, arms and legs for proper movement response. This might seem like common sense, but what you may not know is that checking yourself for signs of paralysis is actually checking for a...
When someone suffers a traumatic brain injury (TBI) or even multiple concussions, the outcome can be a noticeable change in his or her behavior and emotions. The reason this happens is that there is a part of the brain—the frontal lobe—that can negatively affect a person’s behavior when damaged. There are many ways someone’s behavior can change after a brain…
A spinal cord injury, or SCI, is usually caused by a violent blow to the head, back or spine. When vertebrae are fractured, the shattered bone fragments can tear the spinal cord. The spinal cord is usually not severed completely, but the damage disrupts the nerve cells that carry commands from the brain to the body. Virginia car accidents are a common…