Determination of Causation of Intervertebral Disc Injuries Following Baltimore Auto Accidents As a Baltimore Chiropractor that routinely treats patients involved in Baltimore auto accidents, I am often called upon to determine causation of injuries. That is, I need to determine do a reasonable degree of medical probability whether or not a patient’s symptoms are causally related to a Baltimore auto accident. In the state of Maryland, the threshold of certainty is 51%. In other words,
Seat Belt Induced Injuries in Baltimore Auto Accidents Believe it or not, wearing a seat belt can actually cause injuries if you are involved in a Baltimore auto accident. Don’t get me wrong- this is not a license to unbuckle and drive without a seat belt harness. Seat belts were invented to prevent catastrophic injury and ejection from a vehicle and should be worn any time an occupant gets behind the wheel. Interestingly, the forces
Neck Exercises Following a Baltimore Auto Accident As a chiropractor that routinely treats patients with neck pain following Baltimore auto accidents, it is not uncommon for me to treat patients with a combination of both joint and muscle pain and dysfunction. Traditionally Chiropractors have been thought of as providers that only engage in only passive therapies- that is treatment where a patient has the therapies done TO them, instead of by them. To some degree
Measuring Activities of Daily Living following Baltimore Auto Accidents As prolific readers of my blog, many of you know that I spend a fair amount of time discussing diagnosis and treatment of patients who have experienced headaches, neck pain, or back pain following Baltimore auto accidents. Appropriate diagnosis and treatment are paramount for the Baltimore auto accident patient since patients want to feel better as fast as possible following an injury. One of the services
More On Disc Herniations Resulting from Baltimore Auto Accidents In the last blog post I mentioned the prevalence of disc herniations in the asymptomatic population. We discussed that despite prevailing thought that approximately 50% of the population has an asymptomatic (painless) herniated discs, we discovered that the true number is probably closer to 20%. The other 80 percent of population that has herniated discs get to be this way due to the gradual breakdown of