Sensorimotor control issues As we mentioned in The Dark Side of Soft Tissue Injuries and Chronic Pain: Pt 1, many who experience a soft tissue injury to the neck do not fully recover. Various research indicates anywhere from 40%(1) – 89%(2) experience chronic pain. While the process of developing chronic pain after a soft tissue... Read more » The post The Dark Side of Soft Tissue Injuries and Chronic Pain: Pt 2 appeared first on Dr. Martin Schmaltz.| Dr. Martin Schmaltz
How many times have you been told, “It’s just a soft tissue injury?” This is an uninformed tactic to diminish the seriousness of the whiplash type soft tissue injury. Unfortunately, many injury victims progress to a state of chronic pain. Various research articles have demonstrated that 40% (1) to 89% (2) of patients still experience... Read more » The post The Dark Side of Soft Tissue Injury and Chronic Pain – Part 1 appeared first on Dr. Martin Schmaltz.| Dr. Martin Schmaltz
Since graduating in 1984, one of the most common questions I hear from patients is: “Why is it taking longer this time to go away?” While understand the frustration in this question, the answer is not simple, truly it is as complicated as the individual’s life. Let me give a list of reasons that alone... Read more » The post Why Is It Taking Longer For The Pain To Go Away This Time? appeared first on Dr. Martin Schmaltz.| Dr. Martin Schmaltz
You have been involved in an auto accident and suffered a whiplash injury to your neck. The pain is excruciating: your neck hurts, your head is pounding and it’s hard to turn your neck! All you can think of is relief, so you reach for the bottle of ibuprofen – STOP! This is one home... Read more » The post Whiplash: One home treatment you should never do! appeared first on Dr. Martin Schmaltz.| Dr. Martin Schmaltz
www.drmartinschmaltz.com ~ Hazelwood & North County chiropractor, Dr. Martin Schmaltz is a Certified Chiropractic Insurance Consultant and practicing chiropractic physician. In this video and others, he share some of the common mistakes found in medical records that could potentially lower the settlement from accident. In this video he discusses the amount of treatment and how... Read more » The post Errors Affecting The Settlement #4 appeared first on Dr. Martin Schmaltz.| Dr. Martin Schmaltz
It is a common ploy for insurance adjusters to try and associate the severity of an injury to the amount of damage to the car. In essence: little damage, little injury! But what insurance guidelines ACTUALLY say about this? There are guidelines put out by the Reed Group: MDGuidelines Retrun-To-Work Guidelines. Per their documents, the... Read more » The post The Truth: What Insurance Guidelines Actually Say About Low Impact Injury appeared first on Dr. Martin Schmaltz.| Dr. Martin Schmaltz
As a certified chiropractic insurance consultant, I have performed numerous utilization reviews for med-pay claims. The most common reason an adjuster requests a review is due to the poor quality of the medical records. In most cases, the denial of services is due to the lack of proper documentation: in short, the docs fail to... Read more » The post 5 Must Have Details of PI Medical Records appeared first on Dr. Martin Schmaltz.| Dr. Martin Schmaltz
Research indicates that 66% of the global population suffers from headaches. The International Headache Society has classified over 100 different types of headaches! Thankfully, we can narrow it down to about 4 of the most common types. These include Tension Type Headache, Migraine, Cervicogenic Headache and Cluster Headaches. The following is a list of the... Read more » The post What Type Of Headache Is It? appeared first on Dr. Martin Schmaltz.| Dr. Martin Schmaltz
A new study published in June 16, 2022 in the Journal of back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation looked at the long term prognosis of whiplash victims, at least 5 years after the injury they found: * 89.5% of patients still experienced whiplash injury-related neck pain. * 68.4% of patients had pain scores greater than 3 on... Read more » The post New Study Finds 5 Year Prognosis of Whiplash is Poor. appeared first on Dr. Martin Schmaltz.| Dr. Martin Schmaltz
An injury settlement may be negatively affected by common mistakes in the medical records. North County Chiropractor explains.| Dr. Martin Schmaltz