Spine/Soft Tissue/Disc Injuries

• Author: Dorothy Clay Sims
• Pages: 835-870

SPINE/SOFT TISSUE

/DISC INJURIES

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CHAPTER 17

SPINE/SOFT TISSUE/DISC INJURIES

I. COMMON TYPES OF INJURIES, CONDITIONS

§17:01 Overview

§17:02 Herniated Disc

§17:02.1 What Is a “Herniation”?

§17:02.2 Compare: Disc Degeneration

§17:02.3 Heavy Lif ting

§17:03 Bulging Disc

§17:04 Facet Joint Injury

§17:05 Nerve Injury

§17:06 Muscle Sprain or Strain

§17:07 Fibromyalgia

§17:08 Spinal Stenosis

[§17:09 Reserved]

II. OVERCOMING COMMON DEFENSES

A. Common Defenses

§17:10 Your Client Does Not Have the Condition

§17:11 Condition Pre-Existed Event in Question

§17:12 If Event Caused Condition, It Is Not Permanent

§17:13 Plaintiff Is Exaggerating; Settlement Money Will Cure All

§17:14 Condition Is Mild; Plaintiff Should Be Able to Work

§17:15 Plaintiff’s Other Problems Would Have Led to Him Not Working

§17:16 Event Was Not Severe Enough to Cause Plaintiff’s Condition

§17:17 Most People Have Herniated Discs, So an Abnormal MRI Is Meaningless

§17:18 MRI Must Show Swelling or Herniated Discs, or Injury Is Pre-Existing

B. Proving Diagnosis and Causation

§17:19 Pin Down Diagnosis

§17:20 Pin Down the Science

§17:21 Pin Down Causation

§17:22 Challenge the Cult of the Disc

[§§17:23-17:24 Reserved]

III. SAMPLE QUESTIONS

§17:25 Pre-Existing Condition Asymptomatic

§17:26 Symptomatic Pre-Existing Condition Made Worse by Accident

§17:27 Direct Examination of Plaintiff’s Medical Doctor/Bio-Mechanical Expert

§17:28 Voir Dire of Defense Bio-Mechanical Expert—Physicist

SPINE/SOFT TISSUE

/DISC INJURIES

Exposing Deceptive Defense Doctors 17-2

FORMS

Form 17-1: Plaintif f’s Medication Statistics

Form 17-2: Medication Dosage Char t

SPINE/SOFT TISSUE

/DISC INJURIES

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INTRODUCTION1

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αν υνδερστανδινγ οφ βοτη τηε ανατοµψ ανδ τηε τψπιχαλ δεφενσεσ ισ α ωισε ιδεα.

I. COMMON TYPES OF INJURIES, CONDITIONS

§17:01 Overview

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Φιγυρε 17.01: ∆ισχ Πατηολογψ

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