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2008 injury, unidentified. testicular pain, mechanism of injury the key
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culebra79 posted:
my friend had an injury at work, was carry some wood framing and as he lifted it up, he went to take a step with his right leg, and his right leg slipped forward, causing my friend to sort of do the splits, and the pieces of wood he was carrying, landed on his right thigh, and he doesnt remember details, but he thinks that he landed on his hammer , right behind the testicles, and the buttocks ( questionable as to what impacted him ) well my friend has been getting treatment, but no luck on identifying the pain. Its not a hernia, they have conducted mri's and x rays, and nothing. my friend described to me that a couple days after the injury, he would stand up and close his fist and he would feel pain in his leg and groin. now he found out that he has L5-S1 disc bulge ( i think its a bulge or herniated disc) but prior to finding that out, He continued to work full duty for about a year after he injured himself. He has an appt with a urologist, because he keeps complaining of the pain in the testicles. but his acupuncturist mentioned it could be a nerve from the coccyx spacing. I dont know. im pretty sure we should be pushing for an ultrasound to figure this out??? help any one.
2 Replies |Watch This Discussion | Report This| Share this:2008 injury, unidentified. testicular pain, mechanism of injury the keymy friend had an injury at work, was carry some wood framing and as he lifted it up, he went to take a step with his right leg, and his right leg slipped forward, causing my friend to sort of do the splits, and the pieces of wood he was carrying, landed on his right thigh, and he doesnt remember details, but he thinks that he landed on his hammer , right behind the testicles, and the buttocks ( questionable as to what impacted him ) well my friend has been getting treatment, but no luck on identifying the pain. Its not a hernia, they have conducted mri's and x rays, and nothing. my friend described to me that a couple days after the injury, he would stand up and close his fist and he would feel pain in his leg and groin. now he found out that he has L5-S1 disc bulge ( i think its a bulge or herniated disc) but prior to finding that out, He continued to work full duty for about a year after he injured himself. He has an appt with a urologist, because he keeps complaining of the pain in the testicles. but his acupuncturist mentioned it could be a nerve from the coccyx spacing. I dont know. im pretty sure we should be pushing for an ultrasound to figure this out??? help any one.
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culebra79 responded:
  • *** when my friend would go to his dr's appts, they wouldnt provide an interpreter, so his splits, were getting mis-understood as slip and fall, or fall on buttocks.
    • Report This| Share this:2008 injury, unidentified. testicular pain, mechanism of injury the key<li>*** when my friend would go to his dr's appts, they wouldnt provide an interpreter, so his splits, were getting mis-understood as slip and fall, or fall on buttocks.
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    bj1208 replied to culebra79's response:
    hi and welcome to the support group -

    first - has your friend hired a Worker's Comp Attorney? if not then have him do so ASAP. Worker's Comp insurance only protects the employer - it really does not protect the injured employee. And what I mean by that is he is stuck going to the doctors the company has him going to and may limit his treatments etc.

    second - once he has hired the attorney (be sure he gets one that deals strictly with Worker's Comp) then it would be advisable that he see either a Orthopedic Spine Specialist or Neurosurgeon Spine Specialist. The attorney can make sure he sees all the right specialists etc.

    A sonogram may show something more or it may not. He's had an MRI (was this with and without contrast?? - it should be as it shows more) and a X-ray which these are good reports. But it depends on what type of physician is reviewing the film results.

    Hope this helps - please keep us posted what u find out - Take care - Joy
    Report This| Share this:2008 injury, unidentified. testicular pain, mechanism of injury the keyhi and welcome to the support group -<br /><br />first - has your friend hired a Worker's Comp Attorney? if not then have him do so ASAP. Worker's Comp insurance only protects the employer - it really does not protect the injured employee. And what I mean by that is he is stuck going to the doctors the company has him going to and may limit his treatments etc.<br /><br />second - once he has hired the attorney (be sure he gets one that deals strictly with Worker's Comp) then it would be advisable that he see either a Orthopedic Spine Specialist or Neurosurgeon Spine Specialist. The attorney can make sure he sees all the right specialists etc.<br /><br />A sonogram may show something more or it may not. He's had an MRI (was this with and without contrast?? - it should be as it shows more) and a X-ray which these are good reports. But it depends on what type of physician is reviewing the film results.<br /><br />Hope this helps - please keep us posted what u find out - Take care - Joy
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