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Serious injury at work place can affect your physical health and can damage or disturb your financial well-being. If injury causes you a chronic pain than it will make you unable to work and will also force you to get a leave from work for the long period. Work place injuries especially hazardous injuries also give you huge financial loss. Worker compensation doctors understand the importance of your quick returning to work, and try their best to take you through diagnosis, treatment and recovery.

Network of many doctors’ works as worker compensation doctors which may usually includes;

Workers Comp Orthopedists
Workers Comp Physiatrists
Workers Comp Neurologists
Workers Comp Chiropractors
Workers Comp Pain Management Doctors
Workers Comp Physical Therapists
Workers Comp Psychologists

Medical treatments that will be provided by workers compensation doctors;

Most medical services which are necessary to help you feel better or get rid of your work place’s injury are covered by the insurance of worker compensation doctors and these medical services include the following;

Hospital Visits & Procedures
Medical Doctor Visits & Procedures
Chiropractic Treatment
Physical Therapy
Psychology
Psychiatry
Dentistry
Occupational therapy
Hand therapy
Pain management
Podiatry
Diagnostic Resting (X-Ray, MRI, Cat-scan, etc.)
Medical Equipment and Supplies

Condition which workers compensation doctors treated:

Common work injuries that workers compensation doctors treated covers the list below;

Repetitive motion injuries
Overuse traumas
Hearing loss
Psychological stress
Fractures
Bone dislocation
Breathing issues
Painful conditions or pain related to bad postures
Soft tissues injuries
Neck Injuries
Back Injuries
sprains
Musculoskeletal injuries

How to choose best workers compensation doctor?

Here are some of the best ways to help you while finding the right workers compensation doctor for you if you or your loved one recently meets a work related injury.

At first you can chose any medical provider or you may ask your regular physician for recommendations.
Look to your family and friends to refer you to a provider they trust.
Visit the New York Worker’s Compensation Board website to search for providers.
Use Injured Call Today search engine results to find out best Workers compensation doctors.

Keep these things in your mind if you think that doctor can be the best workers compensation doctor for you;

Their ability to document and process worker’s compensation claims
Familiarity and previous history addressing your medical issue
Capability to process the fees associated with worker’s compensation claims
Availability to testify or produce affidavits for your claim
Flexible scheduling appointment availability

You are eligible for medical benefit, treatment and money if you meet a work-related injury. Pain management institute is helping people to cure acute and chronic long term pain of your work injury to resume a normal life style. PMI has provided many treatments like stem cell therapy and many others.

For more details call on 815.412.6166

Repetitive stress injuries

Repetitive stress injuries are more hazardous and painful than normal work related injuries. Repetitive stress injury is not occurred by a single event such as fall from a ladder or a car accident. Carpal Tunnel syndrome is the one of the common reasons behind repetitive stress injury. CTS occur when the size of your wrist tendons get large and start giving stress on other nerves.

Pain sometimes does not appear at first, but it gets more worst over the period of time, if you ignore your pain it may worsen and at last you will come across extreme pain. Keeping your pain untreated will stop you to perform your duties and cause you financial loss. Treatment options are based on every specific condition. Specific repetitive trauma injuries can be treated with surgery, therapy or medication. If you miss work because of getting treatment, you can be entitled to Temporary Total Disability TTD benefits. Many more severe cases can you eligible for permanent benefits.

Repetitive Strain injury

Repetitive strain injury is caused by hazardous working environment and what activities are behind it at workplace. The treatment of Repetitive strain injury depends on your symptoms and any specific condition which has been diagnosed by your doctor. In order to avoid the symptoms of this injury talk to your supervisor or health representative, it will help you to be away from this specific injury.

Treatment options

Focus on your GP, if symptoms remain even though you tried to modify your work activities. There is not any specific treatment for RSI, but there are many treatments which can help people who suffer from RSI. For Finalizing the perfect treatment for RSI, you doctor has to diagnose the reason of RSI accurately. These treatments comprise of self –help measures, medication, or even surgery in some cases. Some treatments can help even your doctor has failed in diagnosing a specific medical condition from your symptoms.

Below are the treatment options for RSI

Medication, which also includes anti-inflammatory painkillers like aspirin or ibuprofen. Muscle relaxants, antidepressants and sleeping tablets but it is to use when your RSI is stopping you to sleep.

Physiotherapy, with advice on posture and stretches or exercises to strengthen or relax your muscles

Steroid injections, it is to reduce inflammation of an affected area, this is recommended if it is caused by specific condition like carpal tunnel syndrome.

Surgery is for correcting specific problems with nerves or tendons, for instance if you have carpal tunnel syndrome or Dupuytren’s contracture then you are the right candidate for the surgery.

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