The impact of post-accident Chronic Pain Syndrome
Most people feel some sort of temporary pain after being injured in an accident.  After all, pain is the way our body tells us that we are injured, and it serves a useful function by restricting our movement whilst our injuries heal.  Where pain persists after an injury has healed then it loses its usefulness and becomes a problem.  This type of long… read more

If you have been injured in an accident that wasn’t your fault, you may very well need some professional medical treatment to help you to recover more quickly and more fully from your injuries.  In most cases, this rehabilitation will take the form of either physiotherapy (for moderate injuries such as whiplash and other soft tissue damage) or surgical procedures (to help broken bones to heal more cleanly or to… read more

Newspapers and websites have been heavily publicizing the case of a mechanic who received £400,000 after injuring his hand on a knife left in a police vehicle.  The man, Alexander Darg, developed Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in the seven years after his accident, which left him unable to work.  He required stitches for the cut and also had to undergo a HIV test, which fortunately proved negative.When big compensation awards… read more

Chronic pain sufferers are being sought out by researchers at the University of Aberdeen for a large research trial into the condition to take place later this month.  Sufferers in their 60’s are being invited to attend a series of seminars where participants will give their own accounts of living with the condition, which in many cases may develop from a relatively minor injury such as whiplash caused by a… read more

An interesting fibromyalgia compensation claim reported on the Lawtel legal information service recently shows the complications that can arise from even a relatively straightforward road traffic accident.  These complications to injuries that initially appear to be less serious will have a significant impact on both the health and employment prospects of accident victims.  In this particular case fibromyalgia, a chronic pain disorder, limited the victim’s mobility to such an extent… read more