People who are born with or develop disfigurement or scarring often have to navigate uncomfortable situations during their daily routines. People can stare and ask awkward questions that leave those with a different set of circumstances feeling anxious and embarrassed. Disfigurements may be the result of genetic conditions or may have been acquired as a...
Injuries that affect the brain, spine, and their connecting nerves have the potential to cause dangerous, lifelong conditions in the injured person. Neurological injuries can cause short and long-term damage to the brain depending on the severity of the injury, potentially turning a person’s world upside down in an instance. There are hundreds of different...
Neck and back injuries that occur in the workplace can involve a sudden onset of pain in the course performing your duties on the job, or maybe a slow build up of pain and tension over a prolonged period of time. While some neck and back injuries are minor and will resolve within a matter...
Over 2.5 million Americans each year require hospitalization or other medical treatment for traumatic brain injuries. Of that figure, an estimated 250,000 are children. In another 50,000 cases, traumatic brain injury was cited as a contributing cause of the victim’s death. Today alone, over 130 people will die from a traumatic brain injury in the...
Many types of injuries can be painful and life-threatening, but some of the worst traumatic injuries are caused by extreme pressure on the body for an extended period of time. Often called crush injuries, these can happen in all types of situations — whether it’s a work-related incident or a car crash. Suffering a severe...
When you’re young or feel fine, it’s hard to imagine being unable to work for any reason. The truth is that more than one in four 20-year-olds can expect to miss at least a year’s work due to a disabling condition before they reach retirement, according to the Council For Disability Awareness1. What makes the...
A concussion is one of the most common head injuries. But, despite its prevalence, a concussion can have serious ramifications that lead to long-term injuries that affect a person and their family forever. Here is how a serious concussion is described by Popular Science: “Picture the brain as a bowl of grey spaghetti that is...