Landau Injury Law

Clients and staff at the Herndon law firm ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. have suffered the debilitating effects of migraine headaches, here are some helpful options

With clients and staff sometimes suffering from migraines, Herndon injury lawyer Doug Landau is always on the lookout for cures, solutions and strategies to help.  Seeing others disabled by migraine headaches is frustrating.  However, an article in USA Weekend had some good ideas.  They are set forth below; please let us know if they work for you.  When people describe a migraine as though they have a nail being driven through their skull, (more…)

Virginia injury lawyers Brenda Page and Doug Landau want injured and disabled clients and their families to understand their surgical options and ask questions of doctors and other medical specialists

Free information to help make informed medical decisions is a good thing.  Even if your treating doctors are not at any of the INOVA Hospitals, if you are in the Lorton Virginia area, the upcoming free community seminar may be a wise investment of your and your family’s time. You and your family can ask the joint replacement experts of the INOVA Joint Replacement Center (“IJRC”) about relief from arthritis, repair of damaged bones and painful inactivity. Surgical joint replacement, with minimally invasive techniques may be the solution to your disability, pain and osteoarthritis. Advances in orthopedic hip replacement surgery including anterior hip replacement and minimally invasive techniques, knee replacement options such as mini-incision knee replacement, gender knee, partial knee replacement and customized patient specific (more…)

With back to school comes varsity sports and all the late night practices, close friendships, and sadly injuries.  Concussions occur too often each year and are a potentially dangerous injury.  Concussions occur when a person is stuck on the head and the brain on the opposite side bruises from the impact with the skull. While concussions are rarely a devastating injury after one occurrence, multiple occurrences of this injury can have an accumulative adverse affect.  This is why on July 1, 2011 Virginia passed a law where any student which sustains a concussion is benched until they receive medical clearance from a medical professional or athletic trainer. For more details check out the Student-Athlete Protection Act which focuses on minimizing further damage from a concussion which could effect them later in life.

Fortunately, the community has also identified how devastating concussions can be are are spreading awareness and implementing precautions.  For example, some schools are utilizing a computer program which can identify concussions faster and more accurately.  In addition, Dick’s Sport Goods has created PACE (Protecting Athletes through Concussion Education) a program designed to spread information about concussions with the support of famous athletes like Doug Flutie and Jerome Bettis. The AAN (American Academy of Neurology) has put together a website toolkit for parents and students to prevent and recognize concussions. While concussion are a serious matter it is good to know that both the legal and local communities are taking strong steps to keep student sports fun but also safe.

As the medical profession continues to learn more about the adverse long term effect of concussions, it is important to be safe instead of sorry.  If you or your child has sustained a head trauma please  get it examined by a medical professional. If you think you need legal advice concerning a concussion or other wrongfully acquired injury please contact us at the Herndon Law Shop at 703-796-9555 or email us.

On May 31, 2011 the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that steps were taken toward making it easier to enroll in the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP). In 18 states the premiums could drop up to 40% and eligibility will be less stringent in 23 of the states plus Washington DC.  PCIP is under the  Affordable Care Act and was created to span the gap until 2014. When at that time insurance companies cannot deny coverage due to pre-existing conditions.  This offers relief to those claimants waiting to hear if their Social Security claims are approved or those in the 24 month waiting period for Medicare cash benefits.  Both these groups and others who are pressed by major medical considerations can now consider PCIP a reasonable option for their medical expenses.

Sounds like something you are interested in? This should get you started:
To get started you will need show the administrator the following three items. To enrol you will need a letter from either a Medical Doctor, Physicians Assistant, or a Nurse Practitioner from within the last 12 months.  You must be able to prove you are either an American Citizen or a legal resident.  Lastly, you must have been without insurance for 6 months before you qualify for the program. You should know that the program is not based on income and your premiums should not be higher based solely on your pre-existing condition.

For more information please reference PCIP’s Website, and if you are in a situation where your have sustained injury and would like assistance with a legal claim, please call our Herndon Virginia Law Shop today at 703-796-9555 or e-mail us.

After Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords was wounded in a mass shooting that injured 12 people in January, doctors removed a portion of the left side of her skull to prevent her brain from swelling and to halt tissue damage.  This month the doctors used a hard plastic implant to repair a hole in Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ skull, according to news reports.

This is the latest milestone in her recovery from an assassination attempt.  Experts say the plastic skull implant will improve her quality of life.  The neurological specialists had to remove a portion of her skull to relieve pressure on her brain. The implant means Giffords no longer needs the protective helmets, one decorated with an Arizona flag, that she has used since the initial skull-removal procedure.  According to USA Today, the Memorial Hermann’s neuroscience institute surgeons intended to attach a computer-modeled artificial implant, not the actual piece of skull removed from Giffords head. The missing piece of Giffords’ skull has been described as a little bigger than the palm of one’s hand.

The reason this news story resonated with everyone at the Herndon law firm of Abrams Landau is because we were visited today by a client who had a piece offer skull removed at Fairfax Hospital after the swelling in her head caused by a slip and fall accident caused pressure on her brain.  This health care worker then spent time in the Mount Vernon Bridge Program regaining her ability to speak and perform other activities of daily living.  She wore a bicycle helmet until the neurosurgeon could put the piece of her skull, which had been kept in a special refrigerated, sterile unit, back in her head !  She has had several operations and has returned to work.  We hope that she continues to heal and help others.  If you have been sustained an injury to your head or skull, and would like assistance with a legal claim for Social Security Disability, Workers Compensation or a slip and fall or car crash case, please call our Herndon Law Shop today at 703-796-9555 or e-mail us.

Clients suffering from hip, shoulder, knee and arthritis pain should try to learn as much as possible about their condition in order to get as healthy as possible after an on the job accident or car crash.  You can ask the joint replacement experts of the INOVA Joint Replacement Center (“IJRC”) about relief from arthritis, repair of damaged bones and painful inactivity.  Surgical joint replacement, with minimally invasive techniques may be the solution to your disability, pain and osteoarthritis.  IJRC is the largest joint replacement center in the metro-Washington DC area, performing over 2,000 joint replacements annually.  With the latest techniques and medical equipment, patients are returning to more active lifestyles.  Herndon joint injury lawyer Doug Landau has attended past programs, along with ABRAMS LANDAU staff, and new insights are always gained and tough questions are always answered.  While knee, hip and shoulder joint replacement surgery is not for everyone, workers compensation and disability lawyer Landau has seen friends, family members and clients make wonderful recoveries as the result of such operations.

A FREE Community Seminar on Osteoarthritis and Joint Replacement Advances will be held with Drs. Kevin Fricka and William Hamilton:

• Date:     Wednesday, April 13, 2011
• Time:     7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
• Address: Workhouse Arts Center, 9601 Ox Road, Lorton, VA 22079
• Contact Phone:     (855) 694-6682
• Free parking available in the rear of the building.

Inova Health System is pleased to present our “Ask the Expert” community lecture series. All lectures are free, but advance registration is requested.  Register online or call 855-MY-INOVA (855-694-6682).

We all know how hard it is to get “face time” with a qualified Orthopedic specialist.  Making injured workers and disabled accident victims aware of free programs and medical information that may help them make informed decisions as to treatment, surgery and rehabilitation has been one of the goals of this site.  The Bon Secours Richmond Health System, together with the Tuckahoe Orthopaedic Associates and St. Mary’s Hospital are teaming up on several interesting presentations.  On Tuesday, March 15th, 2011, from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at St, mary’s Hospital Auditorium, there will be two doctors speaking on behalf of the Bon Secours Orthopaedic Institute’s FREE Seminar Series.

The first topic is Shoulder Pain – Rotator Cuff Tears to Replacement: “What is right for me?” Featuring Dr. Shannon Wolfe, Tuckahoe Orthopaedic Associates
The topics covered include:

• Rotator cuff replacement
• Total shoulder replacement
• Newest surgical & non-surgical treatment options

Next will be Crooked Toes & Flat Feet: Is There Any Hope for Relief? Featuring Dr. Truitt Cooper, Tuckahoe Orthopaedic Associates.  The topics covered are to include:

* Surgical & non-surgical options for treatment of bunions, hammertoes and other common foot deformities

The St. Mary’s Hospital Auditorium is located at 5801 Bremo Road, Richmond, VA 23226
For more information, go to the Bon Secours site or call (804-359-9355) and register today !

If you enjoyed and learned from the free lectures open to the public this winter, the INOVA hospitals of Northern Virginia invite you more of their “Ask the Experts” programs. These sessions make top doctors available for questions and their audio-visual demonstrations help make clear complicated medical procedures and advances.  These sessions are an excellent way to learn from the surgeons who perform operations and incorporate the latest technologies in helping many clients from the Herndon law firm ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. Northern Virginia injury lawyer Doug Landau has enjoyed having this “Free Face Time” with orthopedic, neurological, chronic pain and other medical specialists at past programs.  It does not matter if you are a workers compensation claimant, the victim of a car accident or whether you suffer form an occupational disease, arthritis or other degenerative condition, you will leanr valuable information at these programs.  The following are some of the free presentations you and your family may want to attend to learn more about your health condition, future surgery and/or treatment of long term injuries.

• Options for Treating Back and Neck Pain – Westin Arlington Gateway     Wed, Mar 2, 2011     07:00pm
• Ankle Pain and Reconstruction – Inova Fair Oaks Hospital     Tue, Mar 8, 2011     07:00pm
• Minimally Invasive Joint Replacement – Inova Alexandria Hospital     Mon, Mar 14, 2011     07:00pm
• The Latest Options in Hip Replacement – Inova Fair Oaks Hospital     Mon, Mar 14, 2011     07:00pm
• Pelvic Floor Disorders – Inova Alexandria Hospital     Tue, Mar 15, 2011     07:00pm
• Leg Pain and the Plumbing of Your Legs – Inova Loudoun Hospital     Mon, Mar 21, 2011     06:30pm
• Robotic Assisted Knee Replacement: A New Solution – Inova Fair Oaks Hospital     Tue, Mar 22, 2011     07:00pm
• Surgical Management of Spine Disorders – Inova Loudoun Hospital     Thu, Mar 31, 2011     06:30pm
• Osteoarthritis and the Latest Advances in Joint Replacement     Wed, Apr 13, 2011     07:00pm
• Treatment Options for Joint Pain – Inova Loudoun Hospital     Thu, Apr 14, 2011     06:30pm

For more information, directions call 855-My-Inova (694-6682) or visit the INOVA Website to register for these FREE community programs.

Ever wonder what was in the “weight loss” “muscle builder” or “super energy supplement” advertised in in many popular health, bodybuilding and sports magazines ? The Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) warned the dietary supplement industry not to spike its products with steroids, prescription drugs or other prohibited substances

According to news reports since 2007 nearly 300 products marketed as supplements have been found to contain potentially dangerous or illegal ingredients.  Many of these consumer health products were sold as diet, bodybuilding or sexual enhancement supplements.  Unlike drugs, dietary supplements do not have to be proven safe by scientific or medical testing before being sold to consumers.  Manufacturers can make general claims about health benefits.

Herndon defective product injury lawyer Doug Landau warns consumers should be wary of supplements sold as (more…)

Spinal cord trauma and spine injury lawyer Doug Landau proudly sports the green and orange of "The U" at his 25th reunion at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida

The University of Miami is frequently at the cutting edge of advances in medical research, especially accidental spinal cord injury and paralysis. As an alum of “the U” and a lifelong follower of spinal cord research, Doug Landau returns to Miami this week for Continuing Legal Education and to learn of the latest in advances in medicine that might help his injured and disabled clients from all over the country. The Virginia spine injury lawyer’s first real job was in fact at the Columbia Presbyterian Neurological Institute in New York City in the 1970s.

Lawyer Landau, of the ABRAMS LANDAU Herndon law firm, noted the recent peer-reviewed publication of research findings by his alma mater in Coral Gables, Florida. A team led by Allan Levi, professor of neurological surgery, clinical researcher at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, and chief of Jackson Memorial Hospital’s neurospine service, published findings in the journal NEUROSURGERY supporting the use of mild hypothermia in acute spinal cord injury. (more…)