What are the Causes of knee Injury? Can you claim compensation for your knee injury?

Friday June 11, 2010 at 8:04am

There are many ways you can injure your knees. Common causes of knee injuries are overuse such as in many contact sports, sudden stops or twists, or blows to your knee.

If you suffered knee injury in a contact sport accident such as football, rugby or baseball or as a result of a fall in a workplace accident or a fall in a supermarket or road accident, you may be entitled to claim compensation for your knee injury.

The knees are the most easily injured part of the body because they are the largest and most complicated joints. They are used for standing up, walking, running, squatting, bending, twisting etc.

Your knee is more likely to be injured by twisting or stretching or taking the knee joint through a greater range of motion than it can tolerate. Twisting knee injuries put stress on the cartilage causing tears.

Knee injuries can cause pain and swelling making it difficult for you to bend your knee and to weight bear.

If you have fractured or cracked your knee bone, you may have trouble moving that bone and you are likely to experience a lot of pain. You are unlikely to walk.

If you have suffered a knee injury in a fall at work accident or a fall in a supermarket or a road accident or in a contact sport accident, you need the help of a specialist personal injury lawyer to assist you make a claim for your knee injury. 

Balinda & Co have helped a lot of people who have suffered knee injuries including contact sport injuries get compensation.

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Want help with your knee injury claim? Please contact us or call 0800 321 3287 and let us talk it through.

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