Evaluating Your Injuries To Show Pain, Suffering, And Healing Potential

How much pain you are in, your suffering, and your ability to heal back to where you were before your injury are an important part of a personal injury case. Once you determine who is at fault for your injuries, your personal injury lawyer will suggest that you focus on your recovery and start thinking about what your losses are. Your injuries may be severe, and it will take you a long time to reach a medical end to treatment. Your doctors may not know when you will be able to return to work or what your long term prognosis is. Take each day as it comes, and get to all of your medical appointments.

Honesty with Your Treatment Team

To heal from any injury, you have to tell your treatment team what is going on. If new symptoms come up, don't ignore the issue. You may feel like you are always going to the doctor, but this is the only way to get the treatment you need for your injuries. Tell your provider about progress, setbacks, and how you are feeling both physically and emotionally. Your doctors can't verify your pain and suffering if you don't tell them about what is going on for you.

Keep a Daily Journal

In order to do your own part to evaluate your injuries, keep a daily journal. Write down how you are feeling each day, your medical appointments, and any follow up that needs to be done. Your journal can help trigger your memory if you bring it to medical appointments, and will accurately represent how you are feeling each day. A journal can help show if you have been getting better or if you are starting to plateau with treatment.

Go to All Specialist Appointments

While your primary care doctor will oversee your treatment, you will probably be referred to specialists as you try to recover from your personal injury. Specialists will have a better idea as to the specific treatment you need for your injuries. A specialist will evaluate your condition and determine when you are no longer getting better and have reached your medical end to treatment.

The severity of your injuries is important when compensating a personal injury case. Your lawyer will talk to you about documenting your treatment, taking pictures of your healing if possible, and following through with all treatment as prescribed. To reach your potential for healing, it's important to work closely with all providers.

For more information, talk to a personal injury lawyer.