Can you sue workman's compensation?
I’ve been told and read on a blog somewhere that if workman’s compensation is negligent with your case, you can sue them. What exactly constitutes neglect? My experience with workman’s comp has been horrible to say the least. They kept me from seeing a doctor on an accepted/closed claim for over a year. The reason that they closed my claim was I forgot to go to my final doctor’s appointment (I was insanely busy with a double major in college and still continuing to work..I eventually left my job because I could no longer do the lifting required because of my injury). No one followed up with me and they closed it…problem was, I was still in pain. I thought after they closed it I was screwed so I sought treatment on my own until I was told that workman’s comp should be paying for it. When I finally had permission after a year of asking, they switched adjusters on me twice. And I had to get new approval each time they changed adjusters. Once I finally saw a specialist (who said it was the same work injury), workman’s comp then said I was lying about my pain and denied any medical EVEN after I went on my own and saw a second specialist who said that the pain is related to my work injury. So that’s two doctors saying yes, it’s from the work injury and workman’s comp saying there is not enough medical evidence. Not only this, but when the claim was at first accepted, they kept me from receiving benefits after I had been approved for receiving benefits for over 30 days (so I basically had no money for food, rent, etc). I was in college, broke, so it’s not like I had any savings. My adjuster kept saying he mailed out check after check, but nothing ever came. He said they could not do direct deposit until I went around him to a supervisor and found out they could. They also failed to pay doctor bills that went to collections and on my credit report (took me a while to clear that up). So do I just get the short end of the stick here, or can I sue them?
Excessive Sock-wearing Caused Ankle Hair Loss. Workman's Comp Time?
Depends. Did you also suffer excessive toe jam from wearing the alleged socks? You might have a case then.
How long does it take for a sprained ankle to heal?
The truth is it depends on what you do to heal it? If you just use rest and ice and wait for it to heal itself, it could take a very long time. The average healing time using rest and ice is about 4 - 8 weeks for the most minor of sprains. However, up to 30% of people who use rest and ice still have pain 1 year later.The problem is that the ankle will still be weak and unstable after it "heals". I put that in quotes, because even though you can get back to normal activities, your ankle won't really be healed up. It will still be tender and at a high risk for another sprain. That's why so many people keep re-injuring the same ankle time and time again. It's weak, unstable and has a poor range of motion. Not only does this negatively affect the ankle, but also the areas above it (the knees, hips and low back).I have found that in order to heal a sprained ankle quickly and fully, you need to do a good rehab or healing program for the ankle. Then, it usually takes about 3 - 7 days (for grade 1-2 sprains... for grade 3 sprains- the most serious kind, it takes about 1-3 weeks vs. 2-6 months or longer with rest and ice). In order to do a good ankle rehab program, you can either go see a Physical Therapist or try a good at home ankle rehab program (I recommend the H.E.M. Ankle Rehab System), which is designed to help you heal a sprained ankle fast (about a week for most sprains) and protect you from future sprains without the need for ankle braces, wraps, and tape. It is simple to follow 3 step system backed by the latest scientific studies and does not require any equipment.If you do a good ankle rehab program, your ankle will heal fully and that means pain-free, strong, stable ankles that improve overall movement and reduce the risk of future injury.Thanks!
What is the fastest and least painful way to break your ankle?
Realize this: Even if you could break your leg "painlessly", unless you are willing to spend the next 6-8 weeks in a drug induced stupor, risking addiction to highly addictive opiates (which no doctor is going to allow, btw), you recovery will be long and painful. Some insurance policies will not cover self-inflicted injuries, so be ready to shell out some serious bucks, upwards of tens of thousands of dollars. Now, if you're still hell bent on doing this stupid thing:Find an equally stupid friendGet really, really, drunk, and I mean BLIND drunk. The easiest leg bone to break (and "easiest" is a ridiculously relative term!) will be the tibia; that's the large bone that extends from the knee to the ankle at the front of your leg: the shin bone. It is virtually unprotected, but by a thin layer of skin and muscle, but that doesn't mean it will be "easy" to break, just that you won't have to bother smashing through a mass of muscle tissue like with the fibula or the femur. FYI, the tibia is about as big as the femur, it's just a bit less unprotected, so be prepared for some serious trauma.Place your stupid leg between two sturdy supports, one under the knee, one under the heel/ankle/lower leg. Better make sure your "friend" is drunk, too. This is going to be really gross. Have your stupid friend take an aluminum baseball bat and whack the very center of the tibia with it. As hard as he can. Mind you, this bone is extremely hard, so you may have to do it more than once. This will not only cause trauma to your leg, but to your now very inebriated friend. But hey, you asked. He may well want to hit you in the face with said aluminum baseball bat by the time you're done.Have your drunk friend call an ambulance or a cab (don't want that idiot driving), to take you to the hospital where you can tell them your stupid made up story of how you broke your leg. ; >)There are, perhaps, more complicated ways to do this: garage doors, cars, shotguns, bowling balls, etc., but they all pose sort of "Rube Goldberg" type scenarios that are just too complicated to set up for an idiot who wants to break his own leg. Now that that's out of the way, WHAT IN GOD'S NAME ARE YOU ASKING THIS IDIOTIC QUESTION FOR?
I have Carpal Tunnel and my hand turns blue.?
I have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and my physical therapy and doctors visits are on hold right now because my claim through workers comp got messed up by the company the claim is going through. The last time I went to physical therapy, my hand was blue and she said that its a good thing im going to the doctors in a few days because its not a good sign. Well, I couldnt go because of the workers comp and my hand keeps going blue. Any suggestions on what I should do or if it is serious enough to go to the ER?
Can and mri miss a pinched nerve?
I had a back injury at work. the mri shows bulging disks, stenosis, and something with bone hardening. I have numbness and tingling in both toes with outer side tingling on the right foot. The right calf also (on the outer part) and nerve pain and muscle weakness in the first and second toe of the right foot. It"s workers comp claim and i have asked for a mylogram to rule out and damage to the nerve but they say its not related. the neurologist stated the abnomalalities are more sensory and would have anything to do with the injury. I disagree. and now after a year am still trying to just figure out whats wrong with my foot.
My left calf muscle is about 1 inch bigger than the right. Is this normal?
A small amount of asymmetry is ‘normal’, meaning that it is common among most people…but it is not good.Look at these calves-When one side of your body is more developed and stronger than the other, the weaker side is going to fail first when you’re doing any kind of exertion. When a muscle fails, other muscles have to compensate for it and your position has to shift to accommodate for the compensation.If you’re doing a squat and your right leg is stronger than the left, you end up using more of your right side to perform the lift, and use less of your left side. This has a snowball effect and makes your strong side even stronger while your weak side gets less of a workout.When you’re imbalanced, your risk of injury increases exponentially. This is bad. Get even! Give your weak side an extra few reps or an extra workout once a week. Your body will thank you later!
I need to do cardio but my legs are sore for days after really heavy squatting. What is the best thing to do in this case?
I ran a marathon 8 days ago. It was the hardest race I’ve ever run, extremely hilly. My legs were utterly destroyed. My calves, hammies, quads, and glutes…. Every single muscle in my legs. I had significant trouble walking up and down stairs.I still ran 5 miles the next day. And then I ran the following day, and the following day. I’ve run every single day since my marathon. On Saturday I did 6 sets of deadlifts. Then I ran 10 miles. Yesterday my glutes were totally fried. I still ran 7 miles and biked 12.Soreness is irrelevant. Unless you’re actually injured, just ignore the pain and exercise anyway.A few months ago I did a personal 80 day deadlift challenge. I did deadlifts every single morning, 6 days a week. And I still ran 6 or 7 days a week, about 50 miles a week.Your body is amazing. It’s capable of handling pretty much anything you throw at it. It will complain (via soreness, pain, and exhaustion). But when you start lifting, or start running, that energy will be there. You just have to trust your body to give you what you need, when you need it.