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When Your Work Injury Impacts Your Mental Health

By Mike Helfand on Posted in Injuries
Most Illinois workers’ compensation cases involve physical injuries. You slip on a wet floor and tear your ACL. You do a lot of typing and get carpal tunnel syndrome. Occasionally people have mental injuries like PTSD. That can happen from being robbed at gun point or seeing a co-worker get killed. And at times people … Continue Reading

Ganglion Cysts and Illinois Work Comp

By Mike Helfand on Posted in Injuries
Ganglion cysts are a common medical condition that can develop in people who perform repetitive tasks at work. These fluid-filled lumps are typically found on the wrists, hands, fingers and/or thumbs. They can cause pain and discomfort and prevent an employee from doing their job duties. If you develop a ganglion cyst due to your … Continue Reading

Injuries During Team Building Are Work Comp Claims

By Mike Helfand on Posted in Injuries
Person doing a trust fall at a company team building exerciseI think I did my first trust fall in junior high. Since then I’ve done scavenger hunts, pub crawls, trivia nights, egg tosses, Whirlyball, chicken wing eating contests, two truths and a lie and a bunch of other things designed to foster bonding and a good working environment. I don’t know that any of them … Continue Reading

Suprascapular Nerve Entrapment And Illinois Work Comp

By Mike Helfand on Posted in Injuries
We are experienced lawyers who help people with Illinois work injuries and other injury claims. To speak with a lawyer for free, call us at 312-346-5578. Suprascapular nerve entrapment is a painful condition that affects the shoulder, caused by the suprascapular nerve getting pinched. This can lead to discomfort and weakness in the shoulder area. … Continue Reading

Repetitive Trauma Injuries And Failed Drug Tests

By Mike Helfand on Posted in Injuries
Under Illinois workers’ compensation law, if you are injured on the job (or really any other time for most employees) your employer can drug test you. If you fail that drug test, it creates a “rebuttable presumption” that you were intoxicated when you got hurt. The fancy legal phrase rebuttable presumption means that you still … Continue Reading

Illinois Work Comp – Is Knee Bursitis A Case?

By Mike Helfand on Posted in Injuries
If you are reading this, a popup box has hopefully offered you the chance to chat with a lawyer. During most hours, that chat is actually manned by an experienced Illinois workers compensation attorney. When we are sleeping or otherwise occupied, it’s run by an answering service which will get your questions to us and … Continue Reading

Illinois Work Injuries Due To Understaffing

By Mike Helfand on Posted in Injuries
We are in a weird time. Unemployment at the end of 2024 was near an all time low. At the same time there are so many companies that are having trouble hiring and keeping good workers. A ton of places are simply understaffed. This is causing a lot of problems including a rise in work … Continue Reading

Having Diabetes And Illinois Work Comp

By Mike Helfand on Posted in Injuries
There is an old Illinois workers’ compensation saying that is just as true today. It goes, “An employer takes you as they find you.” In plain English that means that your employer or insurance company can’t argue that something wouldn’t have happened to you if you didn’t already have a problem. If you can’t have … Continue Reading

Frozen Shoulder Illinois Workers Compensation

By Mike Helfand on Posted in Injuries
Adhesive capsulitis, commonly known as frozen shoulder, is a condition whose primary symptoms are stiffness and pain in the shoulder joint. This occurs when the capsule of connective tissue surrounding the shoulder joint becomes tight and thickened, restricting its movement. It feels like your shoulder is frozen stuck, hence the name. The Three Stages of … Continue Reading

Cauda Equina And Illinois Work Injuries

By Mike Helfand on Posted in Injuries
Most Illinois workers’ compensation injuries aren’t catastrophic. You may have a severe injury that requires surgery like carpal tunnel, a rotator cuff tear, etc., but eventually you should make a full recovery. Some injuries are unique or have severe complications. And if those complications aren’t addressed right away it can have life long, tragic results. … Continue Reading

Housekeeper Injuries And Illinois Workers’ Compensation

By Mike Helfand on Posted in Injuries
One really disgusting truth about Illinois workers’ compensation law is that employers and insurance companies often try to take advantage of injured workers who may be less educated or originally from another country. This is especially true with injuries to housekeepers, maids and other cleaning workers in hotels and motels. These workers bust their butts. … Continue Reading
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