Herniated Disc and Bulging Disc Injury Lawyer

Treatment of a spinal disc injury will depend on the damage’s severity. Most of these are not permanent injuries and will start to clear up within days of the accident, with symptoms entirely gone by 4 to 6 weeks afterward.

A doctor usually suggests alternating hot and cold compresses on the injured area and some bed rest. Too much bed rest is not wise; however, you should gradually resume some physical activity as you are able. Your health professional may prescribe some pain medication to help.

For longer-lasting spinal disc injury cases, non-surgical options are usually the only recommendation for medical treatment. This treatment can be physical therapy, traction therapy, aerobic, stretching or strengthening exercises, and even acupuncture and chiropractic treatment. In severe cases, you might get nerve-blocking injections or steroid epidurals.

Surgery may finally be the option in severe cases that have seen no positive results and are dramatically affecting your quality of life. Surgeries are costly, and the results can be as impactful through non-invasive measures, so these only occur sometimes. A surgeon may perform a micro-discectomy, a procedure where the doctor removes the herniated parts of the disc.

The treatment of the injury depends on its severity, as does the recovery time from your accident. Time off can take away valuable days, weeks, or months from your income, all while medical expenses are piling up. You can contact one of Mova Law Group – Personal Injury Attorneys’s personal injury lawyers today for free legal advice on your options for getting financial compensation for this lost time.

It is true that as people age, general wear and tear will affect their spinal discs. However, the onset of that pain would not be sudden and as problematic as a spinal cord injury caused by trauma to the discs.

The usual causes of herniated disc injury cases are going to be accidents involving a lot of force, such as the following:

• Car accidents – The leading cause, with t-bone and front-end accidents most likely to rupture discs.
• Motorcycle accidents.
• Truck accidents.
• Slip and fall accidents – The other leading cause of disc herniation.
• Workplace accidents – Including improper lifting of heavy objects.

The damages resulting from a spinal disc injury will vary for each case. At a personal injury law firm like Mova Law Group – Personal Injury Attorneys, attorneys have plenty of experience in injury claims. During a free consultation, we can put together an estimate of what you may be able to seek for a base settlement.

To calculate first will be the economic losses. These are easier to have covered by insurance companies. Economic losses include:

• Medical bills for treatment (including future ones).
• Loss of income (or even earning capacity).
• Physical therapy costs.

Non-economic damages are harder to put a dollar amount on, but our herniated disc lawyers will help estimate this. Non-economic injuries include:

• Emotional distress.
• The strain on relationships.
• Pain and suffering.

If you have evidence that someone else’s negligence resulted in an accident that hurt your back, you can get compensation from their insurance. Our accident lawyers will help you evaluate your options for handling the costs of your back injury.