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Is that time again.  School time that is.  With the school year just beginning, sports related injuries are on the rise. Each year there are more than 25,000 cheerleading injuries, often sprains and bruises. But in 2007, one girl was not so lucky.
Elizabeth Nicks, now 15, was a cheerleader performing a human pyramid when she toppled to the ground. She was rushed to the hospital and found to have a subdural hematoma, observed for five days, and released.
A subdural hematoma is a collection of blood on the surface …

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A home-care nurse was awarded nearly $1.7 million in damages by a Syracuse jury to compensate her for permanent nerve damage caused when she was given an injection following the delivery of her baby. A state Supreme Court jury of four women and two men awarded Tina Holstein $140,000 for past pain and suffering plus $1,550,000 for future pain and suffering according to Syracuse News.
Many of my workers compensation patients suffer from sciatica which is a condition that refers to pain, weakness, numbness, or tingling in the …

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If you or a loved one has suffered from amputation, help is just around the corner.  Arkansas is home to the American Amputee Foundation as well as several support groups.  I highly recommend that you become a member of the Amputee Coalition of America too.  If you still cannot find the help and support you need, contact me directly and I will help you find someone to talk to.  In addition to life care planning services, I also provide care management for those with catastrophic …

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Traditionally vitamin D has been recommended with respect to preventing osteoporosis, reasoning that improving the absorption of calcium improves bone strength making them less likely to fracture, should there be a fall.  Thereafter it was discovered that vitamin D has direct effects on muscle strength.  Severe vitamin D deficiency (as one might see in those nursing home residents who do not eat well and are virtually never in the sun) can present as muscle weakness and pain which resolves with vitamin D supplementation.  
Several early trials examining …