Repetitive Stress Injury / Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Philadelphia Workers' Compensation Lawyers

Recovering Work Comp Benefits for Repetitive Stress Injuries

Many jobs today require an employee to do the same activity over and over again. Whether entering data into a computer, working on an assembly line, or using a nail gun or other power tool, repetitive work activities can cause serious and painful injuries. At the Philadelphia law firm of Brett Tessler and Associates, our attorneys have the legal knowledge and skill needed to represent you in a complicated and difficult workers' compensation claim involving a repetitive stress injury.

If you have carpal tunnel syndrome, or any other repetitive stress injury, contact us for a free consultation with an experienced lawyer about a Pennsylvania workers' compensation claim.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Other Overuse Injuries

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is usually caused by overuse of the wrist and hand. It causes wrist and hand pain and numbness and tingling in the thumb, index finder and middle finger. CTS sufferers often have trouble grasping, frequently drop things and are awakened at night by pain and numbness in the affected hand. Carpal tunnel syndrome is commonly seen in welders, assembly line workers, factory employees, secretaries, typists, clerical and office workers, and others who use their wrists and hands repetitively. If an injured worker does not receive prompt medical attention and appropriate treatment, carpal tunnel injury can result in permanent muscle and nerve damage. Cortisone injections, splinting, rest, and carpal tunnel release surgery are some of treatments which can relieve carpal tunnel syndrome symptoms.

Experienced Legal Help for Workers Disabled by Repetitive Use Injuries

Carpal tunnel syndrome is one of the most well-known repetitive stress injuries (RSIs), but it is far from the only injury caused by overuse of a body part. We professionally handle work comp claims  involving all types of repetitive stress injuries and overuse syndromes, including:

• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Bursitis (inflammation and pain of the bursa)
• Tendonitis (inflammation and pain in the tendon)
• Epicondylitis (also know as tennis elbow or elbow tendonitis)
• De Quervain's syndrome
• Trigger finger
• Rotator cuff and other shoulder injuries
• Thoracic outlet syndrome
• Ulnar nerve compression at the elbow
• Focal dystonia (writer's cramp)
• Other muscle and nerve injuries caused by overuse

Whether you are a painter who injured your shoulder by working overhead, or a machinist with a painful elbow caused by your work activities, you have a right to medical treatment, disability and wage loss, and rehabilitation benefits under Pennsylvania's workers' compensation laws.

Contact our Philadelphia law firm for compassionate representation in your work comp claim related to carpal tunnel syndrome or other repetitive stress injury.