At dawn on Black Horse Pike, you take your place beside the cones while traffic begins to thicken. By lunch, your heels burn. At quitting time, the ache has climbed through your knees into your lower back, yet no fall, impact, or equipment failure marks its arrival. The next...
A patient starts to fall, but a nurse catches them before they hit the floor. Alarms don’t sound, and the nurse continues as usual. Across hospitals, nursing homes, and home-care visits in Atlantic, Cape May, Camden, and Mercer counties, years of saves, boosts, turns, and transfers can strain muscles...
Some Work-Related Injuries Are Sudden When many New Jersey workers hear the term “work-related injury,” they naturally contemplate a sudden, traumatic incident: falling from a ladder, cutting a finger with a circular saw, or the sudden flare up of pain in the low back from lifting a heavy object....
For many New Jersey masons and tile setters, sore knees and aching hips seem like part of the job. What starts as stiffness after a long day often becomes constant pain that makes climbing stairs, carrying materials, or simply getting out of bed more difficult. If that sounds familiar,...
Highway maintenance is physically demanding in ways that are easy to overlook until the aches stop going away. Years of shoveling asphalt, operating jackhammers, lifting barricades, clearing debris, climbing in and out of heavy equipment, and working long shifts can gradually wear down nearly every part of the body....
Years of laying brick, spreading mortar, lifting stone, and mixing materials can take a serious toll on a mason’s body. If your shoulder aches every morning or your wrist has become too painful to grip a trowel, you may wonder whether workers’ compensation covers your ailments. The answer is...
If you are experiencing neck pain, you may wonder, ‘How do I know if my neck injury is serious?’ The most definitive way to determine whether your neck injury is serious is to have a doctor examine it. If you have pain, stiffness, or any other issues with your...
Any workplace accident can seriously interfere with your life. While some injuries occur in a moment’s notice, others develop over time. These repetitive-use injuries, commonly referred to as WEAR and TEAR injuries, are often incredibly frustrating for workers who want to return to work but can’t get rid of...
Trigger finger occurs when swelling and irritation in the tendon sheath hinder the tendon’s movement. The cause of this irritation is often unknown. Most often, trigger finger affects the thumb or ring finger; however, it can affect any finger. Some may even experience trigger finger injury in both hands....
Medical experts estimate that, by age 35, 30% of people will show some sign of disc degeneration. And by age 60, this figure increases to over 90%. Degenerative disc disease is characterized by chronic, sharp pain or numbness in the back or neck. If you are experiencing pain due...