This video discusses the prevalence and types of joint injuries, including sprains, strains, and severe damage requiring surgical intervention. It emphasizes the importance of collaboration between attorneys and orthopedic surgeons to understand the severity and long-term effects of these injuries. The goal is to ensure clients receive appropriate care and compensation for their injuries.
The most common joint injuries include sprains, strains, and severe injuries like torn cartilage or broken bones. These can occur in various joints such as the knee, ankle, and shoulder.
Treatment for joint injuries can vary based on severity. Mild injuries may be treated with physical therapy, while severe injuries often require surgical intervention by an orthopedic surgeon.
Attorneys need to collaborate with orthopedic surgeons to understand the extent of the injuries and their long-term implications. This information is crucial for securing appropriate compensation for clients.
The most common injury we see are joint injuries. You know, joint injuries is a kind of a little bit of misnomer. Think about the human body. The human body essentially is one large joint. Think about it, you have joints in your fingers, joints in your hand, joints in your wrist, your elbows, your shoulder, your neck, your spine, your knees, your feet, your ankle. The human body is comprised of joints, and those joints are easily damaged in trauma. Now, you know, the common injuries that we see are sprains and strains, and those usually can be easily treated through physical therapy or chiropractic care. But the other common injury that we see are when those joints are severely damaged. Be a knee injury where you've torn the cartilage and you have to have, you know, you've torn your meniscus or maybe you've got tendon and ligament damage. Or say the rotator cuff, where you've been in a car wreck and you've suffered a rotator cuff injury. But then again, those damage to those joints can even be much more severe. Where the joint is broken. Where maybe you've suffered a broken finger, or a broke knuckle, or a injury to the ankle, where the ankle has been broken. And those require treatment by an orthopedic surgeon. Now, in representing these people, you as the attorney, Tom and I, have to work very closely with the orthopedic surgeon. Not only to ensure that our clients are receiving the appropriate care, but when it comes time to talk to that doctor and get the doctor to explain the severity of the injury, how the injury was treated, did it necessitate surgery, and even more so, what is the future prognosis for the injury to that joint? What, how is this injury going to affect this person going forward? Just think about this for example. Think about an injury to your ankle, or an injury to your spine. Maybe you crushed a vertebra, maybe you crushed an ankle, maybe you've had to have an ankle fusion or a vertebra fusion. Well, how is that gonna affect that person going forward? Maybe they can't flex their foot, maybe they can't pronate and subate their foot. How is that gonna affect that person being able to walk, being able to run, being able to join life with their children, being able to work? That's why when Tom and I sat down with our doctors who treat our clients, we work with them to explain not only the injury itself, but the long-term effects of how it will affect our clients going forward. So the jury will understand and they can make the award that will help offset and at least alleviate some of the harms going forward.
