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Musculoskeletal disorders account for the majority of personal injury claims. Knowing the real mechanism of a back, shoulder or knee injury or what is and is not trauma related is crucial to your success as an advocate. In plain-English, and with a sharp focus on the challenges you face, Sam Hodge will keep you in stitches as he explains the nuances of the spine and upper and lower limbs is an easy to understand manner that will allow you to better evaluate or defend your case.

This entertaining and valuable journey will take you inside the human body through videos, illustrations and animations as you learn the parts of the body that are most susceptible to injury and those that are not. From the perspective of a successful litigator and teacher, Professor Hodge will explain how diagnosis are made and the particulars of medical tests and surgical procedure.

There are injuries to the spine, knee and shoulder.

Learn about the different parts of the body.

There is a difference between a strain and a sprain.

Become comfortable with the structure of the body.

As you read actual films, find out how x-rays, Ct- Scans and MRIs work.

By going into, you can experience what few attorneys have done before. You can see what the body really looks like in the lab and operating room. How operations are performed.

The course agenda.

PART 1

60 Minutes

Medicine and the law have ethics.

There are ethical issues involved with medical records and the doctor/ patient relationship.

30 Minutes

The Musculoskeletal System has bones, joints, and soft tissues.

You will learn the purpose of bone, the function of a joint, and the differences among muscles as you learn the parts of the muscular system.

PART 2

90 Minutes

The Musculoskeletal System includes bones, joints, and soft tissues.

Continue your journey through the human body as you learn the difference between a strain and a sprain and explore the most common diagnostic studies as you discover how to read x-rays.

PART 3

90 Minutes

The soft tissue of the spine.

The spine is the most common area that is injured. The mechanism of injury and what parts of the spine are injured will be discovered when you learn the parts of the spine. You will go into the operating room to learn the real difference between the most common back surgeries after you learn the soft tissues, purpose of the nerve roots and various disk abnormality. This knowledge will allow you to better understand a back surgery case.

PART 4

90 Minutes

The Extremities are Upper and Lower.

Take a look at the shoulder, hand, and knee. Learn how a shoulder injury keeps people out of work the longest and what part of the rotator cuff is most injured. While the hand consists of 27 bones, you will be able to identify the structures and learn the medical jargon a doctor uses to describe an injury to these bones. The program will end with an examination of the knee as you discover that injuries to the ligaments are usually opposite of where the impact takes place.

The program was presented for 6 hours. There is a course manual.