In certain personal injury, disability, workers’ compensation and other type claims, the defense or the insurance company will request that claimants submit to so-called “independent” medical examinations or “IMEs”. Many of these are performed by health care professionals who try … Continue reading →

Straight Leg Raising Tests – This is a popular and important test for persons who complain of pain running or radiating into one or both of their legs. In the absence of clear diagnostic evidence, some claimants (with “bulging” discs … Continue reading →

Circumference Differential – No, this is not a mathematics exercise. When someone is complaining that they have great pain in an “extremity” (arms being upper extremities and legs being lower extremities), the IME doctor will often measure places on both … Continue reading →