Back and Neck Injuries

Chicago Neck and Back Injury Lawyer

A back injury or neck strain can cause pain and disability for weeks, months and even years. A severe spinal cord injury can cause permanent paralysis and permanent disability.

Personal injury lawyer Robert Smoler has helped many people who have injured their neck, back or spinal cord in all types of accidents and performing different work activities. If your back, neck or spinal cord injury occurred at work or was caused by someone else's carelessness, we are ready to help.

Call 1 (800) 682-9330 or contact Smoler Law Office for a Free Consultation Regarding your Accident- or Work-Related Back, Neck or Spinal Cord Injury.

With over 25 years of experience helping injured people in Chicago, Cook County and throughout Illinois, Robert has the skills and knowledge to provide aggressive, yet caring, representation in injury lawsuits and workers' compensation cases. He will review the facts surrounding your injury and evaluate whether you may be entitled to compensation for your medical expenses, wage loss, pain, suffering, disability, and other damages.

Back and Neck Injuries at Work

Many workers are prone to back, neck and spinal cord injury, including construction workers factory and assembly line workers, stockers, laborers, fabricators, sheet metal workers, warehouse employees, delivery workers, nurses, nursing assistants, and even office workers. Heavy lifting, frequent twisting, falls, on-the-job car accidents, loading cargo, overexertion, bathing and transferring patients, and repetitive work can all cause back, neck and spinal cord injuries.

If you injured your neck or back on the job, or your work activities caused a spinal cord injury, you may be entitled to workers' compensation benefits under Illinois law. For more information about work comp, please visit our Workers' Compensation Information Center.

Types of Neck, Back and Spinal Cord Injury

Some back injuries resolve by themselves with a little rest and over-the-counter medication. Other spinal injuries cause lifelong pain and disability. Orthopedic surgeons and neurosurgeons can be quick to perform back or neck surgery. Unfortunately back surgery doesn't always help, and can sometimes even make the situation worse. Smoler Law Office is prepared to fight for just compensation for losses related to any of the following types of injuries:

• Chronic or acute low back pain
• Whiplash or lumbar strain
• Herniated discs causing back and leg pain
• Bulging cervical discs causing neck and arm pain
• Mid-back pain or thoracic spine injury
• Compressed or fractured vertebra
• Pinched nerves, facet joint injury
• Sciatica, spinal stenosis, nerve impingement
• Paraplegia, quadriplegia, paralysis

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