Raising children in today’s society can definitely be hard at times. However, if your child suffers from trauma caused by a birth injury, caring for him can become even more difficult. Birth traumas can affect your child’s brain, motor functions, and cognitive reasoning skills. They can even lead to death. However, if your infant was injured as a result of…
Car accidents can cause many types of physically visible and treatable injuries such as cuts, bruises, and broken bones. However, some internal traumas, like whiplash and brain injuries, are harder to see and therefore harder to diagnose and treat. Generally, these types of injuries take time for symptoms to develop, even though the injury has already occurred. Hidden Trauma Can…
When you’re sick, the only thing you want is to feel better. But when your physician isn’t helping—or if his treatments make you feel worse—you become frustrated and a little scared. Why isn’t it working? Does my doctor even know what he’s doing? In some cases these questions are justified. According to the World Health Organization, one in ten Washington…
If you have just been in a car accident, chances are you are filled with adrenaline and might not react in a rational way. Many accident victims do things in the immediate aftermath of a crash that jeopardize a future personal injury claim. This is why we want to provide you with a list of do’s and don’ts so that…
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…