How can back injuries affect your paycheck?

After a car crash, it is not unusual for victims to end up with some sort of physical injury they must then recover from.

Back injuries are among the most common. But how do people with back injuries recover financially if their source of livelihood is potentially at risk?

Loss of money during recovery

The International Association for the Study of Pain discusses the impact of back injuries on a person’s paycheck. Many people have a limited amount of paid leave they can take within a year. This small amount of leave has to cover a number of things like emergencies, vacation, illness, and of course, injury.

However, back injuries – especially severe ones – can take a huge amount of time to properly recover from. Even in mild or moderate back injuries, it is not unusual to see the victim taking multiple weeks to get through the inflammatory stage of healing.

Loss of physical capability

This could leave a back injury victim with weeks or even months of time without pay. On top of that, some types of back injuries leave lasting effects that can permanently alter a person’s ability to do physical labor.

In other words, a person with a back injury might no longer have the abilities needed to do their job at all. They might have to find work elsewhere, which is a trying task when also balancing recovery and other financial matters.

This is why many back injury victims will seek financial compensation. It is one way to offset the financial difficulties that come with having to take a forced break from working.