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

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