Some people experience lasting and intense pain in the aftermath of an injury or accident. Though frequently the subject of attack by insurance defense counsel on the basis that the symptoms appear disproportionate to the severity of the cause or the nature of the injuries, such medical conditions as chronic regional pain syndrome (CRPS) or reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) are anything but imaginary or psychosomatic.

Because the intensity of the discomfort suffered by people with CRPS or RSD is hard to explain in terms of the trauma suffered, people who experience the symptoms of a chronic pain syndrome can have trouble getting their complaints taken seriously. For this reason, you may encounter difficulty when you present your compensation claim to an insurer.

Your personal injury team at Murphy Battista knows that chronic pain conditions such as CRPS or RSD can be identified against standard diagnostic criteria, and we ensure that the right tests are administered before ruling out the possibility that these conditions are present. Recognized symptoms include severe and continuing pain with markedly increased skin temperature present in the affected area.

Our ability to present properly documented medical evidence of a chronic pain condition and relate its cause to a particular traumatic accident can help you get the treatment you need. It can also protect the value of a compensation claim before a private insurer, depending on the circumstances of your situation.

To work with lawyers who know how to evaluate and investigate chronic pain conditions such as CRPS or RSD, contact Murphy Battista for a free consultation.

Fibromyalgia is a controversial diagnosis for explaining chronic pain that lasts longer or is more intense than one would typically expect from the nature of the injuries or trauma suffered. Medical science has yet to develop a consensus as to the causes or most effective treatments for fibromyalgia.

In cases involving fibromyalgia or chronic pain syndrome, it is not uncommon for insurers to resist payment for claims related to fibromyalgia without proper documentation and qualified expert testimony that supports the injury claim and relates its cause to the accident in question. The personal injury lawyers at Murphy Battista LLP have extensive experience with the investigation and proof of chronic pain claims as an element of damages in accident compensation cases.

Our law firm works with people throughout British Columbia and Western Canada to help chronic pain sufferers discover the causes of their problems, get access to the most effective treatments available, and recover compensation for any continuing pain problems that we can prove resulted from the negligence of someone else.

In fibromyalgia cases, this sequence of proof is usually difficult and always met with stiff resistance. Nevertheless, our experience with the proof of damages covers the difficult and disputed claims as well as the easy ones. Even more important than the chance to recover compensation, however, is the opportunity to work with an outstanding legal and medical team to find answers to your questions about what to do for chronic and debilitating pain, fatigue and discomfort.