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The Wichita shoulder injury lawyers at Bull Attorneys are experienced in medical-legal diagnosis of various injuries occurring from a car or motor vehicle accident. Our law firm team has a complete medical library on orthopedic injuries that result from car, truck, and motorcycle accidents. Our Wichita shoulder injury trial lawyers are trained to immediately assess our client independently of the doctors to see what injuries you truly have.
The most common injuries to the body following a car or motor vehicle accident involve neck and back injuries. Most of the ER doctors are busy focusing on these two areas to make sure there is not a spinal cord traumatic injury. In many circumstances, they fail to adequately run diagnostic texts like x-rays and MRI on related body parts like the shoulder and arm.
Shoulder injuries happen from car accidents all the time. Car accidents are a traumatic experience, often causing joint pain that can affect your quality of life. It is well known by Wichita shoulder injury attorneys that the majority of car accident victims going to the emergency room after their car accident are not properly diagnosed with a shoulder injury.
The National Institute of Health (NIH) found that following a motor vehicle crash, neck injury is a common injury treated at the emergency department while shoulder injuries often are overlooked, especially subacromial impingement after whiplash.
Shoulder impingement after a car accident can be mistakenly diagnosed as neck pain rather than shoulder impingement from the accident trauma. The Journal of Orthopaedic surgery and Research did a study on the misdiagnosis of whiplash injury to the cervical spine from rear end car crashes. The study found that the seatbelt in the rear end accident caused direct trauma from the seatbelt in 83% of the shoulder injuries in the ninety-three car accident patients studied.
This means that the driver in a rear end car crash or truck accident may have shoulder impingement to the seatbelt on the left shoulder while the passenger can have seatbelt injury to the right shoulder that is mistaken to be a cervical strain, sprain, or whiplash.
Why does this happen? The main reason is that the ER doctors will primarily focus on the neck and back following a car accident. The injury victim may have a hard time distinguishing pain from the cervical neck to the shoulder because both can cause pain down the shoulder and arm. The conclusion of the study was simple. When a car accident patient presents to the emergency room doctor with neck pain also radiating to the shoulder, the ER doctor should consider shoulder impingement as a secondary injury diagnosis.
Because ER doctors commonly misdiagnose whiplash injuries that are actually shoulder impingement it is very important to get a second opinion form an orthopedic surgeon following a rear end car accident. It is important that you list all symptoms in body parts the first time a medical doctor sees you, so they have information to help diagnose the injury.
Our Wichita personal injury attorneys have had hundreds of car accident victims that went to an emergency room only to be discharged saying it is just whiplash missing their significant shoulder injury. This can affect the amount of financial compensation you get from your car accident or other motor vehicle crash.
Bull Attorneys follows a case development methodology that was learned and taught by our founder who trained our lawyers and case managers to do their own medical-legal diagnosis of the patient’s symptoms the first time we meet. Once we know you have a secondary injury like a shoulder fracture, impingement syndrome to the shoulder, or strains and sprains to the rotator cuff or brachial plexus tear we immediately get you to a qualified medical doctor to medically diagnose your condition.
The Wichita shoulder injury accident attorneys at Bull Attorneys use our team approach to have the trial lawyer, case manager and legal assistant work together on your case as a team. We find doctors who are specialists in your type of shoulder injury. We set up your insurance claims and then investigate fault and liability to prove your right to compensation for your injuries.
We help you get money and financial compensation for pain and suffering, mental anguish, medical bills, wage loss and surgical costs as well as future medical treatment. We are available 24 hours a day. You can get a free consultation by writing on our contact page or calling us in Wichita at 316-684-4400 and in Garden City at 620-943-2855.
Our results for car accident victims with shoulder injuries are impressive. In many shoulder injury claims, we have been able to obtain settlements of $100,000 and more and in one case we were able to obtain over one million dollars to a seriously injured farm truck accident victim that had to have a shoulder replacement and nerve grafting to try and restore function to the arm.
Shoulder injuries are complex injuries caused from trauma like motor vehicle accidents, workplace accidents and severe falls. Shoulder injuries are frequently caused in farming accidents.
The Wichita shoulder trauma injury attorneys at Bull Attorneys have had thousands of motor vehicle accidents and workplace injuries that cause them. Shoulder injuries are severe injuries. Many of our Wichita car accident injury claims have dealt with undiagnosed shoulder injuries.
Shoulder injuries from motor vehicle accidents often are from misdiagnosis by emergency room doctors for the following reasons:
All of these situations are unfair. Bull Attorneys can get you to the right shoulder doctor in Wichita quickly following your motor vehicle accident so that you get appropriate medical treatment.
The main causes of shoulder accidents according to the National Library of Medicine are from traffic accidents involving cars, vans, trucks, bicycles and motorcycles and result from blunt trauma.
No matter what the cause of your shoulder accident was, our Wichita based personal injury shoulder lawyers can help you to get financial compensation for your injuries whenever they result from fault of a person or business. It is always free to call, and you never pay anything unless we win, so call Bull Attorneys today.
Car or truck accidents can cause a range of shoulder injuries. These could include rotator cuff tears, sprains, strains, bone fractures and nerve pain. Each injury can cause discomfort and limit your ability to move your arm, problems sleeping and the inability to perform your normal tasks of living.
At Bull Attorneys® we help understand shoulder injuries and find doctors and specialists to treat shoulder pain. We gather your medical records and police reports. Then we write an offer and when the insurance company won’t pay a fair amount, we bring a lawsuit against the person who is at fault.
Knowing precisely what kind of shoulder injury you’re dealing with is important to your case. Doctors conduct concentrated tests to identify a potential rotator cuff tear or other injuries. Proving it is not just a strain and is a more severe injury like a ligament or tendon tear will increase the amount of money for your case.
Not all shoulder injuries cause rotator cuff tears. It could be a broken bone or nerve damage, a sprain, strain, or another type of significant injury. Each injury, no matter its type, can bring about discomfort and restrict your arm movement. Regardless of your injury type, Bull Attorneys® can help you get the best doctors and the money you deserve.
If you’re feeling shoulder pain after an accident, it’s essential to see a doctor, preferably one knowledgeable in emergency care, right away. This can help prove where your pain came from. At the same time, you’ll want a lawyer who understands your type of shoulder injury. Bull Attorneys® shoulder injury lawyers can help you. All it takes is your free phone call and consultation.
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