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Understanding & Preventing PIP-IME Abuse & Evolving Insurance Tactics
Insurance companies are very good at advertising: “Like a Good Neighbor,” “You’re in Good Hands,” they are “On Your Side,” with visions of Snoopy, cute geckos and insurance “universities,” all designed to make it look…
New Studies Link Physical Exercise with Neuroplasticity
“They thought that the brain was too sophisticated for its own good. That during evolution it became so complex that it lost the ability to repair itself and to restore lost functions or to preserve…
The Power of Healing Sleep After a Traumatic Injury
People suffering from sudden injury following a traumatic event find themselves dealing with a host of issues from the injury, beyond obvious pain: stress, work problems, anxiety, household concerns, and burdened family obligations. One common…
Insurance Premiums and the Myth of Liability Insurance “Crises”
Imagine an industry that sold a product so important that each and every person and business in America needed it. A product so important that the industry could threaten a state’s economy by pulling it…
Traumatic Brain Injury and Accelerated Bone Healing
Every year, traumatic brain injury (TBI) contributes to a substantial number of deaths and permanent disability. Often, a traumatic brain injury does not occur in isolation to other traumatic injuries to other parts of the…
Intraoperative Monitoring: Improved Surgeries for Patient safety
Patients who have been traumatically and severely injured as a result of another person’s negligence may ultimately need surgery to get long-lasting relief from their pain, symptoms and residuals. One common concern shared by our…
Meditation Helps Your Brain Handle Post-traumatic Injury and Pain
When was the last time you sat still, doing nothing (no phone!) for longer than 30 seconds? If you can’t exactly recall, you are simply part of a smart-phone-wielding modern world that has us constantly…
Must Know Updates to the Healthcare Provider Lien Law
All licensed health care providers in Washington have special legal protections for their treatment bills to enforce payment from an insurer, attorney and/or patient for outstanding services in an underlying personal injury, once that case…
Forced Arbitration and the Vanishing Right to Jury Trial
A recent investigation by the New York Times called into focus the alarming and devastating efforts by corporations, insurance companies, and financial institutions to take away fundamental rights of individual consumers.[1] The right of a…
Trauma Superimposed on the Myasthenia Gravis Patient
Trauma can wreak havoc to any patient well beyond the musculoskeletal system; and in particular can complicate the healing process in patients suffering from pre-existing neuromuscular conditions before a traumatic insult. Trauma that is superimposed…
