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How to Receive Specialized Care After an Injury

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Recovering from an injury might seem as though it will be a long journey. However, you can shorten your recovery time by getting specialized treatment. You’ll need these specialists to get the care you deserve.

1. See a Neuroradiologist

You can help yourself recover by seeing a dedicated Neuroradiologist. This type of specialist can assist with diagnosing brain injuries from a car accident. He or she will use information from X-rays, CAT scans, and MRIs to determine the severity of your injury and point you toward the right care provider.

Seeing this professional is necessary after a car crash or any incident that harms the area above your neck. Traumatic brain injuries are prevalent in car accidents because of quick jolts and impact on the head. Therefore, you must see someone specializing in head injuries to get the necessary care.

2. Speak to a Trauma Therapist

Most accidents and injuries also produce emotional and mental damage. For example, you may have flashbacks from the car accident that caused your injuries. You may be afraid to return to your job if you experience a workplace injury. Even if you weren’t in a car accident or workplace accident, you’d likely need to talk to someone about the mixed emotions that might plague you due to your newly discovered limitations.

Specialists of this nature usually charge by the hour. However, it’s possible to get a discounted rate. Your success depends on your insurance policy and affiliations. Many providers can help you recover after experiencing this type of injury. You will need to research to weed out the mediocre providers and find someone who can provide excellent service to you.

3. See an Orthodontist

You’ll need to visit an orthodontist if you’ve been in a situation that has caused you to lose teeth or have issues with chips and breaks. Orthodontists are masters at creating a beautiful, straight smile in people who have been in accidents. About one in every five orthodontic patients are adults. Thus, plenty of these providers can take care of you and help you restore your smile.

The first step in getting help from an orthodontist is to call and schedule a consultation. The specialist will take x-rays, examine your injuries, and decide the best treatment method. They might use braces, Invisalign, crowns, bridges, or veneers.

4. Visit a Cardiologist

You might also need to see a cardiologist after a severe accident. A cardiologist can monitor your heart and ensure it beats regularly after your traumatic incident. About 805,000 people have a heart attack each year. So, it is not uncommon for someone in an accident to be overly excitable or nervous.

Visit the nearest person in this field and have them examine you thoroughly to avoid future problems with your ticker. Be proud of yourself for caring for your body this way.

5. Schedule Physical Therapy

Many people who experience accidents have mobility problems. They have dislocated shoulders, strained limbs, whiplash, and the like. A physical therapist is a provider who can help you recover using a slow process of helping you get back in shape.

This person will first examine you and determine the appropriate treatment plan. You may have to do certain exercises after you’ve healed enough. Those exercises will help you loosen up the affected part of your body so that you can use it how it’s intended. It may take a few months or years to recover, depending on the severity of the damage. However, you should stick with the program and continue to be hopeful that you will return to normal one day.

Those are just a few specialists you might need to see if you get into an accident. Don’t forget to speak to a personal injury attorney if you think your injury is someone else’s fault. Personal injury attorneys are in business to get accident victims the money they need to survive. Thus, you should include that specialist in your list of necessary providers. Take care of yourself and be well.

Danger Will Robinson! Danger!

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We’ve updated this popular post for 2023. We hope you enjoy looking back on it!

Telling myself no is getting to be old hat. Sure, there are definitely things I would love to have, but I’m becoming more comfortable with the thought that I can’t have everything my heart desires.

I’m even pretty good at limiting myself with purchases for the baby. Correction, I’m pretty good at buying NOTHING for the baby. Hmm. Perhaps I need to at least work on getting a bed for the poor little dude.

But I have a fatal flaw…

I want my husband to have absolutely everything and I’m realizing this could be a problem.

We received notice from his school that he is eligible to participate in the graduation ceremony next month. He’ll have two classes to take in the summer, but since they don’t have a winter ceremony, summer graduates walk early.

Ever since we received the notice, we have been receiving a barrage of e-mails, letters, and phone calls from the school and outside vendors to buy everything under the sun for the graduate.

$200 invitations? Yes! We NEED those. They have the OFFICIAL school seal! He DESERVES it.
$500 lifetime membership to the alumni association? Of course he needs that! How else will we get tickets to games?!?
$299 diploma holder? It’s important!
$175 cap and gown package? Yes! How much more for the tassel?
$400 graduation day photos? Sure!

I set all the information in a neat pile and started to review it with my husband over dinner. After listening to about 10 seconds of my spiel, he grabbed the pile.

‘No. No. Definite no. I don’t need it. That’s ugly. And not on your life’ he said as he looked through each one. He tossed the pile into the recycling bin and started to do the dishes. He looked at me and smiled, ‘How was your day?’

‘A lot better before you rained on my spending parade’ I sighed.

My husband is one of the hardest working men I know. He works a full time job, attends school full time, and somehow finds time to make money on the weekends. It’s hard to get past the ‘deserving’ factor and focus on the ‘lack of money’ factor. Thankfully, he doesn’t take advantage of my flaw.

Can you say ‘no’ to yourself but find yourself saying ‘yes’ to everyone else?