Rosenbaum Personal Injury Lawyers | December 6, 2024 | Personal Injury
If you suffer a physical injury, mental factors such as depression, anxiety, stress, and fear can slow down your recovery. By contrast, good mental health can positively affect your recovery. When it comes to your health, the physical and the mental are two sides to the same coin. There is no way to separate them completely.
What Kind of Injuries are Likely to Occur at Yankee Stadium?
There are probably as many ways to suffer an injury at Yankee Stadium as there are seats in the stadium. Following is a list of just a few of them:
- Parking lot accidents
- Slip and fall accidents
- Falling objects, including foul balls and food
- Escalator accidents
- Crowd congestion injuries (pushing, trampling, etc.)
- Food poisoning
- Criminal assaults
- Scalding accidents from hot drinks
- Collapsing chairs or bleachers
There are probably a thousand other ways to suffer an injury at Yankee Stadium; the above are just a few illustrative examples.
Pain and Suffering Damages
Pain and anguish are distinct concepts. Pain is a physical sensation that occurs during and after an injury, triggered by nerve signals sent to the brain. Anguish, however, is the deeply unpleasant emotional response that pain can cause. What people fear most is often not the physical sensation of pain itself but the distressing emotional experience of anguish that accompanies it.
In personal injury cases, proving pain and anguish can vary. For example, whiplash injuries often lack clear, visible evidence of pain and anguish, while injuries like road rash from a motorcycle accident provide obvious physical proof.
Personal injury law addresses this issue by offering compensation for “pain and suffering” as a type of non-economic damages. A more accurate term might be “anguish and suffering,” as pain, in this context, includes its mental and emotional impact. Importantly, the law acknowledges that the mental and emotional dimensions of pain are just as real as the physical aspects. In many cases, compensatory damages for pain and suffering surpass those awarded for medical expenses, reflecting the profound impact these experiences can have on a person’s life.
Using Mental Attitude to Manage Pain
Depending on our mental attitude, the pain of an injury can change from occasional to chronic. If you are suffering pain from an injury, it is critical that you believe you can get better. Don’t just give up. If your doctor recommends physical therapy, it is also important that you believe that your actions make a difference and that you deserve to get better.
It doesn’t matter why your injury occurred. Even if you were the driver in a DUI accident, you deserve to get better, whether you know it or not. Transform yourself into an active agent in your life if you haven’t done so already. Seek out therapy, support groups, or relaxation techniques, for example. If you do that much for the purpose of managing your pain, it can benefit every area of your life, even after you recover.
Stress and Physical Recovery
Stress disrupts the healing process by disrupting your body’s natural repair mechanisms. Under stress, your body will release hormones like cortisol. Long-term exposure to cortisol can prevent tissue regeneration and increase inflammation. Injuries will take longer to heal, and pain will last longer. Stress also interferes with sleep, the time during which your body is busy repairing whatever is wrong with it. Mental stress, in other words, creates a physical environment that’s not conducive to healing, making it more difficult for your body to recover.
Talk to a New York City Personal Injury Lawyer Today
If someone else caused your injuries, and if they are reasonably serious, the value of your personal injury claim might be far more than you think. This might not matter, however, if you don’t hire the right law firm to represent you. Contact Rosenbaum Personal Injury Lawyers today to schedule a free consultation with a New York City personal injury lawyer. We stand ready to help you obtain the justice you deserve.
Contact Our Personal Injury Law Firm in New York City
If you’ve been injured in an accident in Manhattan, NY, and need legal help, contact our NYC personal injury lawyers at Rosenbaum Personal Injury Lawyers to schedule a free consultation. We also serve in Brooklyn and the Bronx.
Rosenbaum Personal Injury Lawyers – New York City Office
100 Wall St 24th Floor
New York, NY 10005
(212) 514-5007
Rosenbaum Personal Injury Lawyers – Bronx Office
1578 Williamsbridge Rd suite 3b
Bronx, NY 10461
(212) 514-5007
(917) 905-2339
Rosenbaum Personal Injury Lawyers – Brooklyn Office
32 Court St #704
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(212) 514-5007
(917) 920-7332
