GREENVILLE NECK INJURY ATTORNEY
After an accidental injury, the injured person, his or her family, doctors and co-workers naturally hope and expect that he or she will get better over time. “Time to heal” is what is needed, ideally. This is unfortunately not always that way an injury case plays out. A neck injury, for example, may get worse rather than better over time. It is not uncommon for a car accident victim or a worker injured by lifting heavy objects on the job to go home with ice packs and ibuprofen after a neck injury. Following common sense or doctor’s orders, he or she may rest up for a couple of days and before long, discover that a supposedly minor injury has become very disabling. More often than not people think they have a shoulder injury because the pain is in their shoulder when in fact it was a neck injury.A neck injury that is getting worse rather than better soon affects all areas of life. Soreness, muscle spasms, numbness, tingling in the arms and headaches can leave a person bedridden and unable to engage in otherwise normal activities such as:
- Picking up children or any heavy object
- Cleaning house
- Doing yard work
- Sitting at a desk doing work at a computer for very long
- Engaging in work involving frequent movements
- Turning one’s head as usual while driving
Doctors typically try to help relieve symptoms through noninvasive methods, including:
- Mandatory rest
- Painkilling medications
- Prescribed physical therapy
- Use of a neck brace
