Chiropractic Care and Your Personal Injury Case
The first medical bill you get after an accidental injury that requires an emergency room visit or hospitalization is a shock, but things can get worse from there. Traumatic injuries such as one might suffer in a car accident, like bone fractures or severe muscle sprains, often lead to residual pain that lasts for much longer, especially since the nerves in the injured body part heal more slowly than other tissues such as bone and muscle. It is hard to imagine how disruptive chronic pain is unless you have experienced it, or unless a close family member of yours has. Most of the available treatments only relieve symptoms temporarily; patients must follow up frequently with physical therapy appointments, steroid injections, or whichever other treatments their doctors have recommended for pain management. When you file an insurance claim or lawsuit related to injuries you sustained in a car accident, you can request compensation for the cost of pain management therapies, in addition to other medical expenses. If you are suffering physically and financially because of chronic pain after a preventable accident, contact an auto accident lawyer.
Itemizing Your Medical Expenses After a Car Accident
You can seek compensation for medical expenses arising from a car accident by filing a claim with your own personal injury protection (PIP) insurance or, if applicable, with the at fault driver’s liability insurance policy. The amount you claim includes all the money you have spent on treatment of your injuries and all that you will need to spend on treatment of those same injuries in the future. These are the expenses you should include in the claim:
- Emergency room visits
- Inpatient hospital stays
- Doctors’ office visits
- Surgical procedures
- Prescription drugs
- Medical devices
- Physical therapy and chiropractic care
If the pain is expected to go on for years, these expenses can add up quickly. It is not always possible to tell whether chiropractic will be enough to manage your pain; your doctors may change their minds about whether you will need future surgeries, depending on how you respond to your current treatments.
If the amount of your past and future medical expenses is higher than the insurance policy limits, it makes sense to file a personal injury lawsuit. Of course, it is only practical to do this if the responsible party has the means to pay for all your medical expenses; most individuals cannot afford to pay the medical expenses associated with a serious injury. The decision is not as simple as it seems at first, which is why people often wait until close to the deadline, namely two years after the date of the accident, before they file a personal injury lawsuit.
Contact Monaco Law About Car Accidents
Contact Monaco Law PC in Marlton, New Jersey and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to discuss your car accident case. Joseph Monaco is a New Jersey and Pennsylvania personal injury lawyer serving Atlantic County, Bucks County, Burlington County, Cape May County, Camden County, Chester County, Cumberland County, Delaware County, Gloucester County, Mercer County, Middlesex County, Monroe County, Montgomery County, Philadelphia, Ocean County, Salem County, Susquehanna County and all of New Jersey.
Source:
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