Head trauma is one of the most difficult to recover from injuries that a person can suffer. When you suffer a blow or some other kind of injury to the head, the hope is that it’s not severe at all. With luck, you can get up and go right back to your job, through your day, or anything else that you wanted to do. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case. Sometimes, head trauma can cause significant problems that can last with you for a very long time. In this blog, we’ll go over how our attorneys can help with head trauma in Glendale and the surrounding area.
Head Trauma in Glendale Specialists
We know more about head injuries than ever before. In the past, if someone suffered a head injury on the job, in all likelihood they would go back to work right away if there was no visible wound. Today, we know far more about concussions and other sorts of head trauma than ever before. As a culture, we understand that even if it looks like you’re OK, even if you feel like you might be all right, you could still have head trauma issues that need to be evaluated by a medical professional. We recommend doing this as soon as possible.
Head Trauma: What to Do
A question we’re often asked is: “what do I do when I’m injured at work?” As with all injuries, the first order is business is to make sure that you’re OK. If you don’t feel right moving, or if you can’t move, don’t. Report your injury once you make sure that you’re well enough to move around. If we could write this in glowing, bright neon capital letters, we would: report your injury when suffering head trauma in Glendale.
We understand that it may go against your nature to report your injury. After all, we each take pride in our jobs. We want to do our best. We often define ourselves by being hard workers who “tough it out” so as to put food on our table. That’s perfectly understandable. However, head trauma isn’t like a bruise on your arm or leg. It doesn’t necessarily heal the same way. With your brain involved, there are so many other factors that make it different from other parts of your body.
So, that’s why you can’t just “let it go” or “get through it.” You have to let someone know immediately. Each of us has had a “bump on the noggin” in our lives. Maybe you picked your head up too quickly when making coffee in the morning and hit your head on an open cabinet door. Perhaps you were plugging in your computer beneath your desk and bumped your cranium against your desk. For those who work in warehouses and the like, something could’ve been dropped on their head. Get yourself checked even if you feel fine.
Proper Medical Attention
Beyond any consideration of workers compensation law, the other reason that you have to get any kind of head injury checked out as quickly as possible is that it could become much worse. When we say “injury,” most people think of a cut on their arm or a broken leg. When placed in the right context, those can heal in a linear, straightforward manner. Head injuries aren’t like that. You may think you’re perfectly fine; it may seem as if there was no injury to your head, and yet, a brain injury could be roiling underneath. It’s important to take care of your head trauma in Glendale.
To make sure that you don’t have lasting brain trauma (or to head it off) you want to visit your workers’ compensation doctor as quickly as possible. Your company or your personal doctor might recommend a workers’ compensation doctor. However, if it’s the latter, be sure to let them know that this is a workers’ compensation visit. You are there because you suffered an injury at work. That way, all the right paperwork can be taken care of.
Ways to Help Your Case
Here at the ODG Law Group, our workers’ compensation attorneys can help you through every step of the process. It’s hard to deal with head trauma in Glendale. We know workers’ compensation is complex and complicated. We also know how this already difficult process can seem that much harder when you’re dealing with a head or brain injury. At ODG, we do everything in our power to make sure that you get the compensation you need. On top o that, there are certain ways that you can help your own case, as well. We’re not saying that you have to do this necessarily; we’re only saying that it can help to make sure you get the compensation you deserve.
A great way to make things a little bit easier on yourself is documentation. Write down or otherwise note everything that occurs in your life which may be related to your head trauma. For example, if you feel like your memory isn’t as great as it was, or you find yourself forgetting things more often, make a note of it. Maybe your judgment isn’t as good as it was, or harder to concentrate. Write that down, too.
Many of our clients who have been through some kind of head injury trauma mention how they feel their mood change dramatically. One day you’re happy-go-lucky, nothing but blue skies ahead – and then, literally in seconds, you go in the exact opposite direction, seemingly for no reason. Should something like that occur, you’re going to want to mention that, too.
What to Do Now?
Now, as you might imagine, it’s not always easy to be aware when something like the above takes places. You may be in the grips of the repercussions of head trauma – that’s not always the easiest time to look at yourself, your feelings and your behavior objectively. So, we often recommend that you ask someone you trust to make this documentation for you. For many, it’s a spouse or some other close family member who they see daily. However, it works just as well with a close friend, too. All that matters is that it’s someone who sees you day in, day out, and can catalog your behavior accurately.
When you’ve suffered head trauma in Glendale on the job, it’s natural to feel alone. Even if you’re surrounded by people who love you very much, by those who would do literally anything for you, a brain injury is something that an injured person has to deal with all of the time. You deserve to be heard and compensated for it. Here at the ODG Law Group, we’ve been helping people with brain and head injuries for a long period of time to get the compensation they should. That compensation could be for their medical bills, for job retraining, or even just for the wages you lost that you would have earned for the time you missed work.
We know that it’s not easy to reach out to attorneys after you’re injured at work. That’s why we’ve made it as easy as possible. Simply give us a call at (818) 975-3080 to schedule a free consultation. Then, we’ll sit down to talk with you. There, we’ll listen to you and get the entire scope of your situation. Afterward, we’ll figure out the best way that we can help you. You deserve compensation for your injury when you’re hurt at work, even if you caused it. The ODG Law Group is here to help with your head trauma in Glendale.
