You might have been struck by a careless driver on Highway 99 or along Panama Lane. Whatever injuries you came away with (e.g., broken bones, tissue damage, back and neck injuries), it’s likely you’ll need some physical therapy to restore your body to normal.
The pain is one thing, but the cost can be another headache you don’t need. You may be waiting on a car insurance settlement check to pay your hospital bills and physical therapy costs.
A lawyer can help you during this wait. An experienced lawyer can help you find physical therapists who don’t mind charging you later. A lawyer can help you speed up insurers who are delaying claims on purpose. A lawyer also demands the maximum in support for your recovery.
Physical Therapy’s Role in a Full Car Accident Recovery
After a scary car accident, patients can heal from emergency surgery and have their casts eventually come off. But they may not be fully ready to jump back into their old lives. They may have lingering pain, a stiff back, or even be in a wheelchair because they are too weak to walk normally.
This is where a physical therapist comes in. The Mayo Clinic defines the career like this… “A physical therapist is a healthcare professional who helps patients improve movement, reduce pain, and restore physical function following injury, illness, or surgery.”
A physical therapist helps with these and other issues that car accident patients may suffer:
- To restore flexibility to a broken limb or joint.
- To restore strength in injured limbs and joints.
- To restore mobility to a stiff neck or back, including helping patients with whiplash.
- Relearning to walk normally after a hip, knee, leg, ankle, or foot injury.
- To manage the pain of an injury.
- Pairing patients with medical equipment and providing training.
- Creating a treatment plan.
The price tag for this critical care can run into the thousands of dollars. The costs should all be laid at the feet of an at-fault driver and the driver’s car insurance company.
But insurance adjusters can pull out all the tactics to avoid the bill. They can try to blame you or downplay your painful injuries, so you’ll give them a discount.
Your Bakersfield Car Accident Lawyer gathers the evidence necessary to block these shady attempts and then demands the maximum for you.
Seeking Help When Waiting on Car Accident Compensation
Doctors may prescribe 2 months of physical therapy sessions for a standard broken ankle. For a more complex fracture, that might be half a year of therapy.
Every hour of therapy is another hundred to two hundred dollars added to the medical totals of an accident. It adds up at a time when patients are stuck between medical bills, no paychecks, and a delayed settlement.
A skilled attorney can provide these benefits and more:
- Finding doctors and physical therapists who will work on a medical lien The therapist agrees to delay billing until the patient can earn compensation from a car insurance company.
- Negotiating medical debt. A lawyer can sometimes negotiate a lower price for victims with hospital and therapy networks as part of a medical lien. This may also work with health insurance companies that will want to be reimbursed for any care they pay for before a settlement is reached.
- Speeding up the claims process. Insurance adjusters can purposely delay a response to an injury claim, simply to gain time to find excuses to reject a claim. A lawyer brings evidence to the table that forces insurers to accept blame and stop stalling.
- Maximizing your settlement. A great lawyer is often able to earn you and your family much more than you could by handling your case yourself. Including full reimbursement for all physical therapy.
Contact a Bakersfield Car Accident Attorney
If your accident only involves very minor injuries, or just a smashed vehicle, you may be fine handling your case yourself. But if your case involves a serious injury, a lot of medical bills, and another driver was to blame, it’s a good idea to talk to a Kern County lawyer.
Maison Law of Bakersfield offers free case reviews to all injured car accident victims and their families. There’s no obligation, but if you need a lawyer, you don’t have to worry about how you’ll pay one. We work on behalf of clients with no upfront costs. We are only paid if your case is won. Then our fee comes out of a settlement check the car insurance company must write.
Related Topics:
Getting my Occupational Therapy Bills Paid
