Shoulder Injuries from Auto Accidents in the Tampa Bay, Florida Area

Compared to any other joint in the body, healthy shoulder joints have the greatest range of movement. Capable of rotating your arms almost 360 degrees, shoulder joints are critical to affording you the mobility you need to use your arms and hands. To give you this mobility, your shoulder joints are a complex combination of bones, ligaments, tendons, and muscle. Unfortunately, while shoulder joints are amazing in their construction, their intricate design is prone to injury.

Shoulder injuries are common in Tampa Bay area car accidents. From clavicle (collarbone) fractures to dislocations to rotator cuff tears, shoulder injuries may require expensive scans to diagnose and major surgeries to repair. After reconstructive surgeries on the shoulder joint, physical therapy is needed to help accident victims recover as much range of motion as possible. Oftentimes, even after several surgeries and physical therapy, auto accident victims are left with limited shoulder joint function—a permanent disability affecting both work and recreational activities.

After a Tampa car accident, emergency care physicians are focused on stabilizing life-threatening injuries. This being the case, shoulder injuries may not be diagnosed until days or weeks after the accident during follow up visits. Because of the time lapse between the accident and shoulder injury diagnosis, insurance companies may try to claim the injuries were sustained after the car accident, leaving accident victims lacking the coverage they need for their injuries. Without proper treatment, shoulder injury victims may be forced to deal with “frozen shoulder,” deformities, and permanent disability. Shoulder injuries also are extremely painful.

Due to the expensive scans, surgeries, prescription medications, and physical therapy needed to treat shoulder injuries, it is important to hire a Tampa car accidents lawyer and personal injury attorney who has experience representing clients with these injuries. An experienced lawyer will seek full compensation to treat your shoulder injuries so that you can be made healthy again.

If you have been in a car accident in the Tampa Bay, Florida area and you have injuries to one or both shoulders, please contact Tampa auto accidents lawyer and personal injury attorney Dale Appell, P.A. for a free assessment of your case.