This finding is not surprising at all. I have been practicing workers’ compensation law for over two decades. In almost every one of my back injury cases, the initial injury report or initial occupational physician note describes the injury as a back strain. The injured person is initially treated as if the condition was just a sprain. Most patients, physicians and insurance carriers are hopeful in their initial report. However, if the injury and key symptoms persist additional testing is performed. Only then, is an accurate diagnosis made.
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This finding is not surprising at all. I have been practicing workers’ compensation law for over two decades. In almost every one of my back injury cases, the initial injury report or initial occupational physician note describes the injury as a back strain. The injured person is initially treated as if the condition was just a sprain. Most patients, physicians and insurance carriers are hopeful in their initial report. However, if the injury and key symptoms persist additional testing is performed. Only then, is an accurate diagnosis made.
The old carpenter adage of measure twice and cut once has now been replaced in medicine as cut first then measure. Better profit that way