If you are injured in a car accident, a slip and fall or trip and fall accident, or some other accident that has caused you to sustain an injury, it is important to choose the right injury, physiotherapy, chiropractic and/or massage clinic.

If you were involved in a car accident, your car insurer’s benefits should cover the cost of your reasonable treatment needs. You should consider whether a particular clinic will provide treatment at the rates that your insurer will pay. Your insurer, and/or the financial services commission,has information about the maximum amount that your treatment provider can charge.

If you were involved in an accident other than a car accident, you should consider whether the clinic will charge a reasonable amount that allows you to maximize any available benefits coverage that you may have through your benefits plans.

Keep in mind that some clinics will charge less if they know that an insurance company is not funding the treatment or all of the treatment costs.

Some clinics wil provide free transportation to and from the clinic.

You should also consider whether the clinic has been recommended by your insurance company. If the clinic was recommended by your insurer you should consider whether that has any effect on your ability to trust the clinic to work in your interests.

There are some clinics which are staffed by medical doctors and some that are not. Some clinics are able to provide you with faster referrals to specialists such as physiatrists, psychiatrists, psychologists and orthopaedic surgeons.

If you would like names of clinics or treatment providers in your area, please send a request to info@ontarioinjurylaw.ca or fill out a request form at: http://www.ontarioinjurylaw.ca/request.html

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