Chronic Pain Claims

Chronic pain syndrome (CPS) can be a life-changing condition, not only for sufferers but for friends and family too. Typically lasting for three or more months after an injury, it’s a debilitating experience that can affect you both mentally and physically.

Our lawyers understand that the impact of chronic pain is a very individual experience and that every case needs to be treated differently. We’ve handled many different kinds of chronic pain claim, from road traffic accidents to workplace injuries, so we know how your life can be affected by the condition.

We believe in the importance of helping you to cope with the effects of chronic pain, which is why our serious injury solicitors will put you in touch with rehabilitation specialists like physiotherapists, occupational therapists, pain consultants and nurses. At the same time we’ll fight for the compensation you deserve and make sure you get a fair deal.

The majority of the chronic pain claims we handle are on a No Win No Fee basis. This means that there's nothing for you to pay upfront, and that you won’t have to pay any legal fees if your claim isn’t successful*.

For a free initial consultation about making a claim, call us on 0800 056 4110 or contact us online.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What Is Chronic Pain?

Chronic pain typically lasts more than three months after an injury. It could appear gradually, suddenly or even many weeks after the original trauma. Chronic pain is different from acute, short-term pain in that it persists well after the initial injury has healed and can have a much wider-reaching effect on the life of someone that suffers with it.

Sometimes chronic pain can be managed with painkillers but often this is impossible – chronic pain is caused by a problem within the nervous system rather than a specifically injured body part, making it harder to locate and treat.

Chronic pain doesn’t exist in isolation and can cause a number of health problems, both cognitive and physical. These include:

Depression, anxiety and other psychological conditions
Cognitive impairment
Weakness
Sleeplessness
A weakened immune system

These effects can be mentally and physically exhausting, taking a significant toll on your quality of life. Our solicitors understand this and can put you in touch with pain specialists to help you learn to cope with the condition.

What Causes Chronic Pain?

Most cases of chronic pain diagnosis come about as a result of injuries suffered in an accident. Our personal injury solicitors often help clients who have developed chronic pain after:

An accident in the workplace
A road traffic accident
Whiplash
A slip, trip or fall
A military accident

It’s often difficult to diagnose a chronic pain condition in the immediate aftermath of a traumatic accident, as the symptoms can be mistaken for acute pain. Only after a period of weeks or months does it become clear that someone’s suffering from chronic pain. Anyone can get chronic pain and at any age from children to adults. Nobody knows why some people get chronic pain and others don’t.

We’re in contact with medical experts who understand the causes and triggers associated with chronic pain. With their help we’ll be able to establish who was to blame for your condition and battle to get the compensation you deserve.

What Are The Different Types Of Chronic Pain?

Our experience in chronic pain covers many different kinds and causes of chronic pain, so we’ll know how to fight for your compensation claim. There are lots of different kinds of chronic pain, but the most common are:

Somatic pain – this is caused by an injury to the skin, muscle or soft tissue, and also includes headaches.
Visceral pain – visceral pain comes from internal organs and can sometimes spread to other areas of the body. The nature of the pain receptors on internal organs mean that visceral pain is often difficult to locate.
Neuropathic pain – nerve damage causes neuropathic pain, which is characterised by nerve fibres sending the wrong pain signals to other parts of the body.
Fibromyalgia – this is a chronic pain condition that can be inflamed by injury.

Whatever the nature of your chronic pain condition, we have the dedication and compassion needed to help you seek justice. Call us on 0800 056 4110.

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