Cold therapy system lawyer can help in your cryotherapy injury lawsuit

Sadly, many Americans are being further harmed by a cryotherapy  machine intended to help them. They suffer a cryotherapy injury including skin damage, nerve damage and extreme pain which can be permanent. Even amputation can result.

One problem is that such devices are operated by patients, yet patients are given insufficient or no instructions on how to use them. They aren't sure how long to apply the cold, or at how low of a temperature.

Also, a cold therapy machine often doesn't feature an alarm or shut-off device to keep it from running at too low of a temperature and for too long of a time. And even when a cold therapy system is used as recommended, it can cause injury.

As a result of such medical device defects, patients using cold therapy systems after surgery or  injury are suffering serious nerve damage and skin damage -- even frostbite. Yet  a cold therapy injury even can result when the system is being used at above-freezing temperatures of 45-55 degrees.

Such a cold therapy injury or cryotherapy injury can affect body parts including but not limited to the ankles, feet, hands, wrists, knees and shoulders. Patients may be unaware that damage is occurring, since their skin has become desensitized by surgery, but skin and nerve damage afflict them nonetheless.

Cryotherapy injury is due to manufacturers' negligence

These injuries happen via machines which resemble a cooler and are filled with ice water. They also include a circulating pump that circulates the cold water through a cooling pad placed on the body. Thus, the body area can remain ice-cold for sustained and extended periods of time.

Cold therapy or cryotherapy basically represents removal of heat from a body part. Such techniques have been used since the late 1800s and are designed to decrease pain and inflammation to an injured body part.

But use of a modern-day cold therapy system can be extremely harmful to cold therapy patients. These patients are not to blame for inadequate instructions that lead them to overuse their cold therapy treatment and thus suffer skin damage or nerve damage.

Innocent Americans who have suffered cold therapy injury or cryotherapy injury can seek financial compensation from negligent manufacturers via a cold therapy lawsuit. Such legal action can be directed toward the manufacturers whose negligence led to their injury.

The chief manufacturers of cold therapy systems are Breg Inc., which makes the Breg Polar Care system; DJO Inc., which makes the Donjoy Iceman; and Biomet, which makes the EBIce cold therapy system. Others also supply such devices.

Victims can fight back after cold therapy treatment injury

Such manufacturers have reaped millions of dollars in profits selling products that have proven to be defective. The Breg Polar Care device even was slapped with a Food and Drug Administration Class A recall to make sure that patients are properly warned of injury risks and safety precautions.

Even young and relatively healthy persons have been struck down by cold therapy injuries. Such injuries, while not fatal, can be lifelong and debilitating.

If you or a loved one has suffered skin damage, nerve damage, extreme pain or other injury due to a cold therapy system, machine or device, alert a defective products lawyer or attorney with Jim S. Adler & Associates to seek the financial compensation you deserve. A cryotherapy lawsuit or cold therapy lawsuit can fight for your economic recovery for lost wages, medical costs and pain and suffering.