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Are you looking for the best personal injury clinic in Maryland?

We have a great amount of experience in treating PI patients and working with insurance companies and lawyers.

Dr. Choi has plentiful of knowledge of accident injuries, taking many seminars and educations to make right claims to insurance companies with back up research data.

Many personal injury lawyers refer their clients to our clinics every day.

Our on site orthopedist and neurologist will give you thorough medical evauation to your injury care, which will enhance your case to the insurance company.

What do you have to do after the accident happened?

Ice, ice, ice. 20 minutes on, an hour off for the first three days.

If the pain is bad but bearable, then you don't have to make a visit to emergency room or hospital. Just call Dr. Choi immediately to find out when you can make the appointment at the earliest possible time for consultation and therapy.

This is nothing to do with the severity of your pain. You don't need to have severe pain to check yourself when you have a motor vehicle accident. Serious symptoms can be hidden and delayed to show many days to weeks after injury. 

 Medical Issue

• Symptoms of auto accident injury. Headache, neck, shoulder and back pain and stiffness are the universal symptoms of auto accident injury. Symptoms can appear immediately after the accident or delayed for days and weeks. Many patients complain of additional symptoms throughout the course of the therapies. Those new symptoms can appear when your body structure has changed due to the compensation mechanism of your body to avoid painful position. It is not rare to experience psychological symptoms such as depression and anxiety after the trauma. Sleep disturbance, financial problems, and chronic pain can cause those psychological symptoms.

• Hit from behind(Rear ended)? Most common injuries we see here are by the rear end collision. The rear end collision can cause significant injuries to the victim. Quick jerking movement of your neck (Whiplash) can cause serious damages to the ligaments, discs and muscles around cervical spine and shoulder, which would not be revealed in X-ray since they are soft tissues but not bones. Most rear ended motor vehicle accident happen without any notice, which is why you are so vulnerable to the injury. Earlier intervention is the utmost important factor to manage the injuries, as well as, to slow down the speed of future degenerative arthritis in your spine.

• If there is no fracture or dislocation of the bone, then the injuries are called soft tissue injuries. X-ray results are usually unremarkable but you are still complaining of neck and back pain. Most motor vehicle accident injuries are soft tissue injuries but there are not many expert doctors who understand the nature of these injuries. You should be aware if any doctors, acupuncturists or any health care practitioners who advertise that they treat motor vehicle accident injuries without proper education of motor vehicle accident. Without proper rehabilitation therapy to the injured soft tissues, the injured may develop chronic pain syndrome which may last your lifetime.

• Amount of your car damage can not be related to the severity of your body injury. Most cars today are specailly designed to minimize car damages, increasing bumper resistant that ironically can increase bodily damages to the occupants inside. Reserches show that even 5 mph rear end collision can cause death of occupant.

• Major injuries are those ones with bone fractures and dislocated joints and brain damages. In many cases, patients with these problems stay in hospitals and have surgeries. Rehabilitation therapies are still needed even 2 to 5 months after the patient has been discharged.

• Most X -Rays taken after rear ended accidents show no fractured bones or dislocated joints. Therefore unremarkable results.  X-ray is also harmful to your body and your immune system. If we suspect any fracture after the pertinent initial examination, we will send you to take some X-rays.  Avoid any clinic or doctors that ask every motor vehicle accident patients to take X-rays regardeless of your injury status. Our clinic is equipped with a EMG diagnostic eqpuipment, instead X ray, to give  more practical test to detect soft tissue damages.

 Legal Issue

 ( This opinion is based on common sense and from our clinical experiences.  Always consult your lawyer before you make any final decision.  Lawyers will give you the best legal advices.)

• Do I need a lawyer for my auto accident injury?    If you hire a lawyer then you may experience less headache when dealing with an insurance company's claim expert. You may have to share with your lawyer about 33 % of your recovery which is the result of your lawyer's professional work. We see patients represented by lawyers and also see ones without lawyers. We will send the bills to your lawyer if you have one and wait for the balance payment until the final settlement. But we will also help your paperwork if you decide to do the legal work by yourself.

• Who should I contact first, a lawyer or a doctor ?   Many lawyers advertise that you need to call their offices if you have a accident.  But when you call their offices they will tell you that you need to see a doctor as soon as possible. So it is not a bad idea if you call a clinic that knows motor vehicle injury well like us, before you call a lawyer, to save your time. It also makes more sense in looking for a doctor's help before looking  for a lawyer's help. The insurance company will also feel more comfortable with a person who calls a doctor first then a lawyer. We, as a personal injury specialized clinic, also know who is better lawyer by our plentiful of experience with them. We can recommend you the best local PI lawyers  if you need one.

• My Insurance company wants to settle my case before I hire a lawyer or even before I start the medical care. If you  prematurelly settle your case, then you may have to pay all the future medical bills that may be more than what you may have recieved from the insurance company. I see all the time insurance companies trying to close the case prematurely by offering the patients $300, or $700, even though they deserve much more, into many thousands of dollars. There is no need to close the case too early.

• What is the 'PIP'? PIP stands for personal injury protection. It is a separate health insurance in your automobile insurance and mandated by Maryland State.  Just like your health insurance, you pay the premium and you use it when you get injured in a car accident. There should be no penalty for using it  same as your health insurance does. PIP is your right to use it. If you don't use it, you loose it.  Personal injury lawyers will encourage their clients to use their PIP  because their final financial recovery will significantly increase with the amount of PIP coverage, since the portion of medical bill is already reduced by your PIP payment.