The band, Elbow, reportedly got their name because of evidence that it is “the loveliest word in the English language”. The Singing Detective by Dennis Potter was a BBC television drama, which first aired in 1986. Mystery writer, Philip E. Marlow, is the main character. Through the pain of his skin condition, psoriatic arthropathy, and the associated fever, Marlow’s imagination runs riot while he is hospitalised with lesions and sores over his whole body – and he comes up with this escapist adventure about a detective. According to Marlow, in a scene from The Singing Detective, “E-L-B-O-W” is the loveliest word not only because of the sound it makes in the mouth but also because of the shape it makes on the page. The elbow joint is something which adds to the distinctive shape of the human body. A reasonable amount of twisting of the lower arm is made possible by the design of the elbow joint. Also, our ability to move the forearm and hand towards and away from the body Continue Reading
Collar Bone Injuries and Personal Injury Claims
According to Guinness World Records, some of the records broken most often include: Most apples dooked in one minute; Longest DJ Marathon; and Heaviest item lifted on the strength of glue alone. They mention that another frequently-broken record is that of Oldest living person – though the oldest recorded person ever remains French supercentenarian, Jeanne Louise Calment, who was 122 years and 164 days old when she died in 1997. If you look for discussion about the issue of “world records which are broken most often” on internet forums, “world’s youngest person” comes up a lot – that’s one we all held at one point, however briefly. The question “what gets broken most frequently?” comes up in relation to bony injuries when we’re looking at personal injury claims. Which bone in the human body is most likely to get broken? One serious contender for most-commonly-broken-bone is the collar bone or clavicle. In this article, we will take three angles on the collar Continue Reading
Ankle Injury Claims
A well-worn piece of writing advice says that everything reads better – and more memorably – if it is presented in groups of 3. Following the “Rule of 3” could mean: having three brief sentences in succession; using three friendly, joyful (but mysterious) adjectives to describe something; or limiting your lists to three bullet points (!) The ankle should be off to a good start in this context, given that there are 3 main bones in the ankle region. These are the talus – in the foot – and the tibia and fibula (in the leg). In this article, we are going to have a look at ankle injuries. Going back to first principles, we’ll start by defining what we mean by the ankle. Secondly, we’ll consider what are the most common types of ankle injury and their consequences. Finally, we will discuss the factors which affect the valuation of ankle injuries and the levels of compensation awards which tend to apply. 1. What do we mean by the ankle? It may seem an obvious question with Continue Reading
When not wearing a seatbelt will not reduce your personal injury compensation at all
The modern car seatbelt was invented by a former aviation engineer, whose experience included working on ejector seats. By 1959, cars had seatbelts but only two-point waist restraints. In a car accident, this often did the wearer as much harm as good. Volvo engineer, Nils Bohlin, created a design which anchored the straps low beside the seat. This meant that the geometry of the belts formed a “V” - pointing at the floor – and that the belt would remain in place and not shift under sudden loading. Such a significant advance in driver and passenger safety could have netted Volvo a fortune on the patent. Instead, they gave it away. They decided that the invention was so revolutionary that its value should not profit their company but be a free, life-saving tool. In the world of personal injury claims, if you fail to wear a seat belt and are injured in a road traffic accident, you don’t expect to be free from blame. As we’ve examined elsewhere on this website, UK personal injury Continue Reading