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Category: Workers’ Compensation

If I hurt my back how come I cannot feel my toes?

August 23, 2014
Oxner
You’ve probably heard the phrases “slipped disk” or “pinched nerve” before. What happens is that the main nerves exiting the spinal column get pushed on by swelling tissue or a disk or disk matter. These, and other, nerves are vulnerable when they go through small spaces but have little soft tissue protection. So, if a […]
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I don’t think the doctor is really paying attention to me…he just taps my knees and ankles and a few other things.

September 15, 2014
Oxner
It would be nice if a doctor could stop and explain everything he is doing and examining while he was in the process of doing the examination. Unfortunately in this day and age when a doctor may be seeing dozens of patients a day he may not have time, or take the time, to do […]
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What’s the point of physical therapy?

September 20, 2014
Oxner
The goal of physical therapy, or PT, is to improve your movement, improve your physical functioning, and reduce pain. It is not a stall that a doctor necessarily insists on prior to a surgery – although it may seem like it some times. Why is that? A lot of injuries can be repaired with physical […]
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Who is this nurse going to the doctor with me?

October 3, 2014
Oxner
The insurance company can assign a “nurse case manager” or a “rehabilitation nurse” to be a go-between with you, the doctor, and the adjuster. In theory this is fine. However, many, if not most, of these nurses work almost exclusively for the insurance companies. In fact some of them work in cubicles right next to […]
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What is maximum medical improvement?

October 16, 2014
Oxner
Maximum Medical Improvement, or MMI, is the point where a doctor says you are as good as you’re going to get. In all honesty you’ll probably get a bit better over time, and there’s always a chance you’ll decline some, but it’s when the doctor thinks he’s done what he can do and it’s time […]
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