Joint Injury Lawyer

A joint injury from an accident can cause long-term health problems and expenses. Your feet, legs, ankles, shoulders, wrists, elbows, hips, and knees are essential to performing just about every type of job, from typing to heavy lifting, as well as for being able to participate in sports and fitness activities. Such injuries at time cause permanent disfigurement, which deprives you of the financial income. In such situation, it is advisable to hire a California personal injury attorney, who can help you in time of distress.

Joint-related injuries can result from a variety of accidents, including car accidents, falls, work-related accidents, and other accidents that are often caused by someone’s negligence. Joint injuries are painful and can leave you with crippling arthritis long after the original injury has healed. This often necessitates a total joint replacement. Common accident-related joint injuries affect the knees, hips, elbows, and shoulders, ankles, and wrists.

Facet Joint Injuries

The most common type of back injury after an accident is an injury to the facet joints. These small joints stabilize the spinal column from their positions behind and between the vertebrae. Cartilage around each joint allows the facet joints to slide against each other, protecting them from wear and tear in normal daily activities.

Because of their important role in stabilizing the spine, the facet joints are necessary for normal range of movement. If the facet joints are torn, or forced to extend beyond their normal range – as often happens in an accident – the most basic daily activities such as bending over or walking from place to place can become difficult and painful. In San Jose and San Jose, a Joint Injury Lawyer at Abronson Law Offices can help you obtain the compensation you deserve if you have suffered a facet joint injury.

The spine is so important for virtually every type of movement that any injury to the facet joints can have life-changing consequences for the person affected, including loss of income and loss of enjoyment in regular activities such as spending time with family and friends. Treating a facet joint injury can be expensive, especially if long-term rehabilitation is needed as is often the case. That’s why it’s so important to contact a Joint Injury Lawyer who understands and has experience with this type of injury. In San Jose or San Jose, the lawyers at Abronson Law Offices have the expertise and experience to help.

Facet joint injuries are often caused by car accidents, motorcycle accidents, or any other type of motor vehicle accident. They can also be caused by slip and fall accidents, or accidents at a construction site or other workplace. They are not at all uncommon – 50% or more of all whiplash victims also experience an injury to the facet joints.

Unfortunately, facet joint injuries are often not diagnosed right away, because the early symptoms can be similar to any other recurring neck pain or back ache. So many people suffer from occasional back or neck pain that it’s easy to dismiss these symptoms until they start to happen more often and get worse and worse. If you’ve been in an accident that may have caused a facet joint injury, don’t delay – contact Abronson Law Offices in San Jose and San Jose to speak with a Joint Injury Lawyer.

A facet joint injury may be accompanied by headaches, dizziness, sleep apnea, and pain that radiates out through the shoulders to the arms or down to the upper legs. One common characteristic of a facet joint injury is trouble bending over or walking from one place to another. Pain that gets worse when sitting down can also be a sign of a facet joint injury.

If you’ve experienced a facet joint injury as the result of an accident, an experienced Joint Injury Lawyer can help make sure that you get the help you need. Call (408) 687-9155 in San Jose and (408) 444-7700 in San Jose for a free case evaluation from Abronson Law Offices.

Knee Injuries

A knee injury in a car accident happens when the knee bangs against a hard part of the car’s interior: the dashboard, a door, a window or, in rollover accidents, the roof. A knee injury can also happen when the leg is twisted or hyperextended in a fall, or when a person is ejected from a car, motorcycle, or bicycle in a crash. Common knee injuries include

• Medial cruciate ligament injury
• Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury
• Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) injury
• Torn meniscus

Shoulder Injuries

The shoulder joints are extremely complex and have the largest range of motion of any joint in the body. Shoulder injuries are painful and often require surgery. A shoulder joint malfunction from a car accident or fall can severely limit your activities by making it difficult or impossible to lift your arm, even to perform such simple activities as washing or combing your hair. Any physical work is usually out of the question, as are most recreational activities. Shoulder injuries often take over a year to heal, and may leave permanent limitation of motion.

Hip Injuries

Injury to the hip joint can occur in a motor vehicle accident that breaks a bone or knocks the femoral head out of its socket. Hip injuries can cause serious long term problems and often limit mobility. In older people, they can sometimes be fatal. Dislocation of the hip causes intense pain and can also cause nerve damage that affects sensation in the lower part of the leg and feet.

Elbow Injuries

Elbow injuries often happen when drivers grab the steering wheel to brace themselves for an impact in a car accident or when people trip and brace for a fall. Elbow injuries can limit a person’s ability to perform daily activities and can cause long term or permanent damage.

Schedule a Free Consultation

When you’re looking for a California personal injury attorney who can handle your joint injury case effectively, nothing beats the experience you’ll find at the Abronson Law Offices in San Jose. If your joint injury was caused by another person’s negligence, our skilled negotiators and litigators will aggressively pursue a recovery to compensate all your damages, both financial and non-economic damages, such as pain and suffering and the inability to do the things you enjoy.

We offer a free, no-obligation consultation, so call today to schedule an appointment to come in to talk to us about your accident. Our services are available to anyone, regardless of financial situation, who has been seriously hurt as a result of another’s negligence. We accept cases on a contingency fee basis, which means we are only paid if and when we win you a recovery.

The Abronson Law Offices, California personal injury attorney, are located in San Jose, California, and serve Santa Clara County and the entire Bay Area.