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Washington’s New Rules Battle Prescription Opioid Abuse
Citing a 395% increase in unintentional poisoning from prescription pain medication between 1995 and 20091, the Washington state legislature passed a law in 2010 (ESHB 2876) requiring five different medical boards to create new rules…
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome and Surgery
By Adler Giersch ps Thoracic Outlet Syndrome carries with it a host of questions. Diagnosis is sometimes difficult due to the similarity of symptoms between TOS and many other conditions related to traumatic injuries, such as…
Bicycles and Traumatic Injuries
Bicycles have become quite popular over the past few years. With increasing gas prices, more and more folks ride to and from work or use bikes to run errands. It is a convenient and inexpensive…
PIP, Liability, Short & Long Term Disability Benefits
When rendered unable to work as a result of injury, whether temporarily or permanently, those with traumatic injuries are faced with the challenges of pain, limitation of activities and the financial hardships of lost income.…
Understanding “General Damages”
By Adler Giersch PS Returning a trauma-patient to pre-injury condition and function is universally recognized by all licensed health care professionals as a core component of their mission and practice. The treatment and healing process a…
Opioid Addiction in the Treatment of Chronic Pain: How Bad Is It?
The use of medication for acute or chronic pain for those with traumatic injuries can be an important element of treatment. Quality of life and functionality for chronic pain sufferers can be improved by the…
Post Traumatic Shoulder Injury: Rotator Cuff and Impingement Syndrome
Three major bones join to form the shoulder joint: the upper arm bone (humerus), the collarbone (clavicle), and the shoulder blade (scapula). Four major muscles and their tendons attach to and wrap the front, back,…
Is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder a Compensable Injury Claim?
The Financial Responsibility Act and the Uninsured Motorist Statute, are both intended to advance the interest of society in providing full compensation for accident victims. However, the Washington Supreme Court in the Daley vs. Allstate…
Study Compares Conventional Physical Therapy and Intensive Exercises
All physical therapists, when treating low back injuries, recommend some form of back exercises or therapy. A recent study published in Spine1 studied two different types of physical therapy modalities. In a randomized, observer-blind trial,…
Long Term Prognosis of Soft Tissue Injuries of the Neck
“Physical findings after whiplash … are seldom commensurate with the severity of symptoms experienced and the findings are gone months before the symptoms abate.” M. Hohl, M.D., Soft Tissues of the Neck, Clinical Orthopedics and…
