Sholder injury compensation – personal injury claim
advice from a leading UK personal injury solicitor
If you have suffered a sholder injury in an accident that
was not your fault, you may be entitled to claim compensation
for your personal injury.
The sholder is the most movable joint in the body. However,
it is an unstable joint because of the range of motion allowed.
It is easily subject to injury because the ball of the upper
arm is larger than the sholder socket that holds it. To remain
stable, the sholder must be anchored by its muscles, tendons,
and ligaments. Some sholder problems arise from the disruption
of these soft tissues as a result of injury or from overuse
or underuse of the sholder.
The Claim Solicitors have represented clients who have suffered
a sholder injury in a range of situations including;
The Claim Solicitors are leading personal injury solicitors
in the UK and have won compensation claims for thousands of
people who have been injured in a variety of circumstances.
Our approach is to provide a friendly and efficient service
to make the process of claiming compensation as straightforward
as possible.
We can act under a ‘ no
win, no fee’ agreement which means that you can
pursue your claim knowing that if you lose you will not have
to pay us, or your opponent’s solicitor’s costs.
If your claim is successful we recover our legal costs from
your opponent. In short, there is nothing to lose by pursuing
a compensation claim with The Claim Solicitors personal injury
solicitors.
If you have been sustained an injury in an accident that
was not your fault and would like to make a claim for personal
injury compensation, or if you would like to discuss in confidence
any matter related to a personal injury claim, please call
our claim team on 0800 197 32 32 or complete the claim
assessment opposite.
How are sholder problems diagnosed?
- Medical history (the patient tells the doctor about an
injury or other condition that might be causing the pain)
- Physical examination to feel for injury and discover the
limits of movement, location of pain, and extent of joint
instability
What test can be used to confirm the diagnosis of
certain conditions?
- X ray
- Arthrogram - Diagnostic record that can be seen on an
x ray after injection of a contrast fluid into the sholder
joint to outline structures such as the rotator cuff. In
disease or injury, this contrast fluid may either leak into
an area where it does not belong, indicating a tear or opening,
or be blocked from entering an area where there normally
is an opening
- MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) - A non-invasive procedure
in which a machine produces a series of cross-sectional
images of the sholder
- Other diagnostic tests, such as injection of an anesthetic
into and around the sholder joint, are discussed in specific
sections of this booklet.
- Dislocation
Sholder details
The sholder joint is composed of three bones: the
clavicle (collarbone), the scapula (sholder blade), and the
humerus (upper arm bone) (see diagram). Two joints facilitate
sholder movement. The acromioclavicular (AC) joint is located
between the acromion (part of the scapula that forms the highest
point of the sholder) and the clavicle. The glenohumeral joint,
commonly called the sholder joint, is a ball-and-socket type
joint that helps move the sholder forward and backward and
allows the arm to rotate in a circular fashion or hinge out
and up away from the body. (The "ball" is the top,
rounded portion of the upper arm bone or humerus; the "socket,"
or glenoid, is a dish-shaped part of the outer edge of the
scapula into which the ball fits.) The capsule is a soft tissue
envelope that encircles the glenohumeral joint. It is lined
by a thin, smooth synovial membrane.
The bones of the sholder are held in place by muscles, tendons,
and ligaments. Tendons are tough cords of tissue that attach
the sholder muscles to bone and assist the muscles in moving
the sholder. Ligaments attach sholder bones to each other,
providing stability. For example, the front of the joint capsule
is anchored by three glenohumeral ligaments.
The rotator cuff is a structure composed of tendons that,
with associated muscles, holds the ball at the top of the
humerus in the glenoid socket and provides mobility and strength
to the sholder joint.
Two filmy sac-like structures called bursae permit smooth
gliding between bone, muscle, and tendon. They cushion and
protect the rotator cuff from the bony arch of the acromion.
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How can The Claim Solicitors help?
If the accident that you have had was not your fault
and you have suffered a sholder injury, you should consider
making a claim. Everyone is entitled to choose their own solicitor
to act for them. If your insurance company puts you in touch
with their recommended solicitor, you do not have to use them.
You are free to instruct The Claim Solicitors to help you
claim. With us there is no risk. Give us a call on 0800
197 32 32 or complete the form opposite and we will call
you back to discuss your claim.
If you would like a guide to how much compensation you are
likely to receive for your injury, click
here to go to our compensation calculator page.
