5 Tips to Make the Most of your Medical Consultation | Ontario Lawyer
If you have been injured in an Ontario car accident or other accident and plan to seek compensation from the person who caused the accident, it is very important that you obtain quality medical care. This article addresses an important issue our injured clients face. This article is based [...]
What You Should Know About Whiplash | Ottawa Lawyer
Car accidents are the most common cause of whiplash, with nearly 10% of all whiplash incidents resulting in long-term disabilities. Whiplash is also know as WAD. Whiplash can become a serious issue Whiplash victims often do not get the respect and sympathy they deserve. Many people believe whiplash cases are [...]
What is a Physiatrist? | Ottawa Lawyer
If you have suffered an injury in an accident in Ontario, you may be referred to a rehabilitation doctor, or a physiatrist. How Does A Rehabilitation Physician Help An Ontario Accident Victim? Rehabilitation physicians (physiatrists) are doctors who: • Are experts at diagnosing and treating pain; • Treat the [...]
Ottawa Car Accident Neck Injuries | Ottawa Lawyer
Ottawa car accident neck injuries can result in symptoms such as: pain in your neck headaches pain in your shoulders, arms or hands reduced range of motion in your neck numbness, weakness, and slower reflexes in your arms and hands muscle spasms in your neck Most Common Types of Ottawa [...]
Knee Injuries in a Toronto Accident
Many of our clients have suffered knee injuries as a result of a fall, a motor vehicle collision or an incident on public transit. In fact, knee injuries are among the most common injury we see in our practice. In incidents involving slip and falls, our client may have [...]
Knee Injuries in a Traumatic Ottawa Accident
Serious injuries to the knee may be a result of a fall or a motor vehicle accident. Many of our Ottawa personal injury clients suffer knee injuries in their accidents. In slip and fall accidents, the fall could have occurred because of a wet floor, uneven surface in an office [...]
Ottawa Car Accident Lawyers – Spinal Cord Injuries
Car accidents are the cause of almost 50% of serious spinal cord injuries. When an accident leads to spinal cord injuries, it is usually one of the following: Excessive spinal pressure (compression) Spinal bruising (contusion) Lacerations Some of the symptoms of a serious spinal cord injury are: severe back [...]
Ontario Accident Lawyer: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder – An Overview
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to one or two terrifying events that threatened or caused grave physical harm. Background An Egyptian physician in 1900 BCE was the earliest to deal with some aspects of hysterical reactions to trauma. Much later, Sigmund [...]
Ottawa Spinal Cord Injury Lawyers- Useful Links
Resources for Spinal Cord Injury Patients If you have suffered a spinal cord injury in Ottawa, you should be aware of the resources* available to you in Ottawa and Eastern Ontario. Ottawa Hospitals Serving Accident Victims: The Ottawa Rehabilitation Centre: Located next to the Ottawa General Hospital on Smyth [...]
Ottawa Spinal Cord Injury Lawyer, Paraplegia and Quadriplegia Lawyer, Traumatic Brain Injury Lawyer in Ottawa
If you have suffered a catastrophic injury in Ontario as a result of a car accident, motor vehicle accident, slip and fall or defective product, you should hire an experienced personal injury lawyer. Although there are some accident claims that can be handled without a lawyer, injuries causing significant [...]
