{"id":5257,"date":"2021-03-10T12:17:48","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T16:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joemillerinjurylaw.com\/?p=5257"},"modified":"2021-08-23T17:10:40","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T21:10:40","slug":"types-of-shoulder-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joemillerinjurylaw.com\/types-of-shoulder-injuries\/","title":{"rendered":"Types of Shoulder Injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Workers are constantly using their shoulders in many jobs such as industrial work, construction work, and agricultural work. Nurses, waitresses, and many other employees also regularly use their shoulders at work. Injuries to the shoulders generally happen either through some sort of acute incident such as a fall, tear, a forceful blow to the shoulder, or another immediate event. Shoulders can also be damaged over time through constant wear and tear. That one extra movement at work can affect a weak shoulder by causing a lifetime of chronic pain.\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><b><i>The different kinds of shoulder injuries that are work-related<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The shoulder consists of a ball and socket joint. There are many different types of injuries that can happen according to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/symptoms\/shoulder-pain\/basics\/causes\/sym-20050696\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mayo Clinic<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Some of these types of injuries are the following:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>A broken clavicle or collarbone. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The clavicle bone connects your shoulder blade to the upper part of your breastbone. Fractured collarbones can take months to heal after they are properly set by your physician. In some cases, surgery is required to repair the fracture.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Brachial plexus injury. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A brachial plexus injury. According to the Mayo Clinic, this injury happens when the shoulder nerves are compressed, stretched, or there is a tear from the spinal cord.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>A shoulder dislocation. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This painful injury happens when the \u201cupper arm bone pops out of the cup-shaped socket that&#8217;s part of your shoulder blade.\u201d With prompt medical treatment, many workers do recover from a shoulder dislocation. However, once a shoulder is dislocated it becomes likely that the employee may suffer subsequent dislocations.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Tears of the rotator cuff.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This part of the shoulder is composed of muscles and tendons. Rotator cuff injuries may require surgery. Workers generally need to take a fair amount of time off to work with physical therapists to manage the continual pain. Workers who have a rotator cuff injury will have difficulty lifting objects and using their shoulder in any way until the rotator cuff injury is repaired.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>A separation of the shoulder.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The ligaments effectively hold the shoulder blade and the collarbone together. There are different types of separated shoulder injuries that are graded based on their severity. The least severe separated shoulder injury consists of stretched ligaments. The most severe type of separated shoulder injury is when the ligaments are torn. A common self-help treatment is rest, ice, and the use of pain relievers.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another common type of shoulder injury that may occur through work is called a tear of the labrum, fibrous tissue.\u00a0 Other types of shoulder injuries include impingement syndrome, otherwise known as frozen shoulder and avascular necrosis (death of bone tissue due to limited blood flow), and sprains.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b><i>Treatments for shoulder injuries\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Employees who suffer any type of shoulder injury should save seek medical help. If an accident causes the shoulder injury, then workers should go to their nearest emergency room to obtain a diagnosis and an initial treatment plan. Some of the doctors that employees with shoulder injuries treat with after the initial review at the emergency room are the following:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Orthopedic surgeons.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> These physicians diagnose injuries to bones, muscles, ligaments, and other parts of the shoulder. They repair fractures and tears, treat dislocations and separated shoulders, and provide medical help for the full range of shoulder injuries.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/joemillerinjurylaw.com\/a-glossary-of-pain-management-terms-and-an-explanation-of-neck-pain\/\"><b>Pain management<\/b><\/a><b> doctors.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Workers who suffer shoulder injuries may also seek help from pain management physicians to treat their pain, typically after the surgeon has done everything he or she can do, but there remains residual pain.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/joemillerinjurylaw.com\/the-benefits-of-physical-therapy-after-a-workplace-accident\/\"><b>Physical therapists<\/b><\/a><b>.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Most workers who have a shoulder injury, whether or not they&#8217;ve had surgery, will normally need to spend numerous sessions with a physical therapist. The therapist provides exercises that helped to strengthen the shoulder and the muscles around the area of the injury. Treatments can take weeks or months before the worker is able to return to his\/her job. In some cases, workers may need to trade for a longer period of time.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Workers with any type of shoulder injury will often have difficulty performing routine personal tasks such as eating, sleeping, brushing their hair, driving, or any type of household activity. The same thought applies for their ability to do their work. Most workers who have a shoulder injury need to stop working until their pain and shoulder injury are properly treated. Even when workers do return to work, they may need to work subject to physical restrictions such as not lifting objects that weigh more than 20 pounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some shoulder injuries, particularly in older workers, may not be amenable to repair, or the repairs may not provide sufficient relief or restoration of function, and accordingly may require what is known as a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/rotator-cuff-injury\/multimedia\/reverse-shoulder-replacement-video\/vid-20086567\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reverse shoulder replacement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Workers who suffer shoulder injuries are generally entitled to the following benefits in North Carolina and in Virginia:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Payment for all reasonable and necessary medical bills;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2\/3rds of their average weekly wages until their injury reaches the stage of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/joemillerinjurylaw.com\/what-is-maximum-medical-improvement\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">maximum medical improvement (MMI)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Workers who return to work with restrictions are normally entitled to 2\/3rds of the difference between their average weekly wage before their injury and a lower wage after they return to work \u2013 that they may be paid because of their job restrictions, otherwise known as temporary partial disability payments;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If there is a permanent injury, there may be additional possible benefits the injured work may be entitled to for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=buKVZQ1Aajg\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">permanent partial impairment<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the injured body part, which insofar as the shoulder would be called either the\u00a0 right or left upper extremity.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joemillerinjurylaw.com\/results\/attorney-joe-miller-wins-at-hearing-proving-shoulder-injury-related-to-original-claim\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a recent case shows<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, attorney Miller fights aggressively for his clients. This fight includes efforts by the physicians hired by the employer\u2019s insurance company who may argue your shoulder injury is due to a pre-existing condition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Carolina and Virginia <a href=\"https:\/\/joemillerinjurylaw.com\/practice-areas\/workers-compensation\/\">workers\u2019 compensation<\/a> lawyer Joe Miller has helped thousands of injured workers obtain just recoveries. He understands just how life-altering a serious shoulder injury can be. He works with your physicians to ensure that you get the medical help you need \u2013 and that your employer does not force you back to work before your injuries have been treated and healed. To review your shoulder injury claim or any other work injury claim with a seasoned workers\u2019 compensation lawyer, call lawyer Joe Miller, Esq., at <\/span><b>888-667-8295<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. or use my online <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/joemillerinjurylaw.com\/contact-us\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">contact form<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to schedule an appointment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Employees in North Carolina and Virginia can also now fill out our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/joemillerinjurylaw.com\/free-workers-comp-case-eval\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Electronic Case Review<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The link is a new way of communicating with clients that we\u2019re offering &#8211; to allow workers to contact us remotely during the pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Workers are constantly using their shoulders in many jobs such as industrial work, construction work, and agricultural work. Nurses, waitresses, and many other employees also regularly use their shoulders at work. 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