Injured Your Back Under Admiralty Law? Avoid Aggravating the Injury

If you suffer an on-the-job injury in an offshore or boating accident, you should avoid returning to work before you're completely healed. If you're pressured to return to work early, you should speak with an injury lawyer in New Orleans with experience handling claims under admiralty law.

3 Ways to Aggravate a Back Injury

When injured employees return to work too soon, they risk worsening their injury and jeopardizing their injury claim 

• Prolonged sitting - Even if you're allowed to take frequent breaks from your job, you should know that more weight per square inch is exerted on your lower back discs while you sit rather than while you stand. When you stand, your legs bear a lot of weight, but when you sit, your lower back gets the lion's share. 
• Bending at the waist - If you bend over without bending your knees, you can easily strain your lower back.  
• Sudden jolts - Stormy weather can cause sudden jolts on a boat, which could aggravate an injured spine.  

It would be beneficial to speak with an injury lawyer in New Orleans after you've suffered a serious maritime injury. A shipping lawyer well-versed in admiralty law can help you prepare a claim to fight for the compensation you deserve. Although we are based in New Orleans, we represent clients throughout the country.

Contact a an Injury Lawyer in New Orleans

Maritime law provides you with certain protections your employer may not want you to know about. A maritime law attorney from The Young Firm in New Orleans, Louisiana, can help you if you have suffered boating accident injuries, an offshore accident or other injuries that fall under maritime law or the Jones Act. Though we are based in Louisiana, we are ready and able to help injured victims throughout the U.S. Order our free Maritime Injury Law guide and/or our guide to what to do when you are injured offshore to learn all about your rights as an injured worker.

When you are ready to get started with your Jones Act injury case, we urge you to contact us today for a FREE case evaluation - call 1-504-680-4100 or toll-free at 1-866-938-6113.