My wife and I were in an auto accident in Feb 08. It was in our 1993 Chevy truck. The other driver ran a red light and hit the driver side. As a result my head broke out the driver side window. I did not go to the ER in the ambulance we drove after the report was filed with the police. I went for neck and low back pain and wife sustained buises to her right arm and right knee. They did a Catscan that ruled I had severe whiplash and for the back pain they told me to folow up with a chiro. I recieved 2 month of treatment from them for my back. I actually stopped going because the visits started hurting. After not going for a week or so. It still hurt a getting out of bed and every now and then it would remind me. I am a police officer and light duty is not an option. Anything can happen at anytime. About a month ago I woke on a day off and I couldn’t walk without have back pain and shooting pain around my ribs, breathing hurt.I thought it was the way I slept. cont.
The pain persisted all day. I decided to sleep on another bed. All night and the next morning PAIN,PAIN,PAIN. So I went to the ER I couldn’t even made it from the car to the door. After 7 hours of getting my pain under control.|The ER doctor advised that I have a herniated disc and gave me a week off work. So in bed on my back for four days pain lets up enough to return to work. I followed up with my doctor who gave me more pain medication and sent me for x-rays. Now at work I have to get out of my patrol car periodically because my legs go numb. |I have stopped wearing my bulletproof vest because it helps a little. BAD IDEA I know but what do I do Find a new career. Still have to go back to see what x-rays showed but I am wondering what to do about the injury settlement. We already settled the vehicle part. The damages were 00 to the vehicle totalling it. Considering the truck was worth 00.
All help from claim personal would be great!!!!!!!!!
MORE INFO medical bill so far are @ 00

I was rear ended and have pain in my back, spine, and half of my right arm. I am going to therapy and am taking a ton of prescriptions for my injuries. I have gotten an attorney to handle the case but am unsure about how much I should be getting for this type of injury? I did not ask my lawyer. What is the average amount of settlement to get from this type of injury?

I am a 22 year old male and I have been suffering with very severe and chronic neck and shoulder pain for a year and 9 months now. I have gone to two doctors, had two CT scans and an MRI (they found nothing but a pinched nerve-no disk herniations or anything)…I do ice and heat therapy every night, have done every stretch imaginable, been to chiropractors, etc…I am in so much pain it is unbearable at this point-the back of my head and my neck and shoulder are so swollen it’s ridiculous and I have weakness in my right arm now. The pain gets worse with every month…it did go away for almost a month about a year ago but has been back full force for the past year…I am at my wits end with this because nothing seems to help. Any suggestions from anyone? Anything will help me at this point…plus I know it is driving my fiancee crazy that I can’t move most of the time at night

Had surgury on june 1st of this year and i’m still in pain. My c5-c6 disc was bulging and laying on my nerve. My right hand and arm is still numb and tingling. I just had an emg done on my right arm and the nerve test came out fine. I’m tired of pain! Still i haven’t been able to work since December of last year and i filed for ssd and was denied and now i appealed it. I can’t survive like this- financially,physically and emotionaly!
Yes, I’m still going to therapy. So far i;ve had almost 20 session since surgery.
My after surgery cat scan showed that my cervical fusion was not fused yet. The doctor says its typical since i’m in my 50′s and i can’t bounce back like a 19 year old.

I pulled a muscle and pinched a nerve in my shoulder. It hurts to do much of anything with my right arm. For the past couple days I couldn’t lift my arm above my head or turn to reach things. Now I can move it, but it hurts terribly. Aside from taking it easy and taking a pain killer (my drug of choice has been aleeve), is there anything else I can do?
I did this three days ago getting out of bed if the time helps decide this.

Long story short I have a herniated disc at C 5-6 and am in a lot of pain. I have had several trials of anti-inflammatories, muscle relaxers, OTC pain relievers and now percocet but am still in a lot of pain. I have recently started physical therapy and have seen a regular orthopedist, a neurologist and a spinal specialist. I had one epidural cortisone shot and they tried a second but they couldn’t get the placement of the needle right because the space was too small and as per the doctor I "moved". I had no relief from the first shot which is why they attempted the second one. There is some nerve impingement which is primarily affecting my right arm/hand/shoulder. As my luck would have it I am right handed. The spinal specialist I saw on Friday suggested that surgery may be a very good option if the PT does not work. I of course am scared but at this point I want to do absolutely anything. I mentioned this to my mother who has now "consulted" with other family members who all say I should not do this, that this would be horribly painful and open me up to many other problems. That the rehab would be absolutely worse than how I feel now. I cannot even make a real decision about this until I switch to an insurance company that would cover the spinal speciatlist I saw on Friday. This insurance will not take effect until January 2009. He is one of the leading MD’s for spinal surgery in NYC and I felt like he gave me some hope that there is an option. I also feel confident in his abilities and that he was not sellilng me some line to open me up. At this point I am having a terrible time coping with the pain and I am feeling very hopeless and depressed. I have been in constant pain for nearly 3 months and I feel like I am losing my mind. Every aspect of my life has been affected and it is only getting worse. How can I deal with this? Do I have other options besides PT and possibly surgery? How long should I try PT before making a decision like this? Would surgery make me worse? At this point I don’t know what to do and I feel like I am at the end of my proverbial rope.

Appears I have a bulging disc in the neck (C4/C7) and I am on 60mg codeine and 1g paracetamol 4xdaily and I also take 1g of naproxen too. Am having physio twice a week and some acupuncture for muscle spasms.The medication is for nerve pain that is in my back,and right arm and hand, anyone know how long it would be safe to carry that on for.Also anyone gone back to playing in the forwards at rugby at 3rds level, wife wants me to stop and I, well…. I’m now 44 but my heart says one more season, because of the pain I endured recently the head says no. I think I need to ask the audience

I have been in alot of pain for over a month now with pain radiating down my right arm. I’m wondering if anyone has had any relief with injections?

i want to raise awareness about this injury at birth my little brother’s nerves were torn off of his spine by this *** of a doctor and has left my little brothers right arm injured for life how can i raise awareness?
thank-you!

Me and my fiance were involved in an auto accident where the other driver was completely at fault. This accident happened over 2 1/2 years ago. I was pregnant at the time and my fiance had to have surgery and 6 months of therapy to rebuild his shoulder. We lost all of our income for 7 months. His medical bills and lost wages exceeded 100 thousand $. Now we are trying to settle and the insurance company offered to pay the medical bills,lost wages plus 5,000 dollars "pain and suffering" We are not trying to be greedy here but it seems like nothing compared to what was messed up by the accident. Our lawyer seems so non chalant about it. My fiance asked about the 3x the medical bills for pain and suffering and our lawyer told him it was a myth and not to expect more than what the ins. com. offered the 1st time. Does this seem fair…I’m seriously considering getting a 2nd opinion from a different lawyer…anybody been through the same kind of thing…what was the end result? Thanks!
We are not trying to make a "profit" off of it…but I had to basically be a caregiver to a grown man for 3 months while I was 7 -9 months pregnant…His doctors say he has permanent disability in his right arm/shoulder that could definitly cause probs later in life (we were only 23 when it happened) Not to mention we were financially set until this happened and when my daughter was born we had to borrow money just to buy the nessicitiys needed for her.
Our attorney isn’t offering any advice and the policy limit is 0,000 per person so ,000 did seem silly to me
No…it doesn’t include lost earning potential

I stayed home today because this morning I got a bad pain in my neck. It’s on the left side and whenever I move my neck to the left it hurts really bad. Whenever I move my left arm or even sometimes my right arm it really hurts, too. I got this at school yesterday and it eventually went away, but it came back this morning. Sometimes even walking just hurts, or this morning I sneezed and I screamed out in pain it was so bad. Could this be a pinched nerve?

I think it is a pinched nerve. My whole right arm is in a lot of pain and it is numb and tingly. My Doctors appointment isn’t for another week. What can I do to help alieviate my pain? What about at night when I’m sleeping and can’t control my body position?

My babygirl was born on the 4th and she got stuck coming out of the birth canal and the doctor had to get her out right away……

They said she has Temporary Paralysis in her right arm…due to the way she came out of the birth canal…she was a big baby and im small..so thats why they think she has it

she cant move her arm…it just lays there..though she grasps with her little hand…does anybody know about this…
Do you know anybody that has it..? ….How long has it lasted for them to feel it or move it? please help…

I have been experiencing back pain (localized to the middle-to-upper right region of my back) all day, especially when I take a deep breath. I’ve also noticed I get the pain when I move my right arm in certain directions, as well as if I twist my back to the right or left. But the pain is the worst when I take a deep breath. Could this just be a muscle strain? I’m not sure if pain from a muscle strain can be felt from taking a deep breath. Any advice and/or information would be appreciated.

Thanks.