Who Injury Recovery MD treats

Injury Recovery MD is a multi-specialty injury practice built around two situations. The first is a motor-vehicle accident, where care in New York is generally paid under No-Fault insurance whether you were driving, riding as a passenger, walking or cycling. The second is an injury at work, where care is covered by workers’ compensation.

Inside that practice, orthopedic physicians deal with the bones, joints, ligaments, tendons and spine. They see patients at every one of the seven offices, so for someone in Lindenhurst the real question is not whether orthopedic care is offered but which office fits your week.

The East Islip office and two alternatives

Measured in a straight line, the East Islip office is about 10 miles from Lindenhurst, the nearest of the seven. Islandia is roughly 13 miles away and Bohemia about 14. Road distance is always longer than a straight line and depends on your route, so pick whichever office suits your routine: near your job, along your commute, or wherever repeat visits will be least disruptive.

Local roads include Montauk Highway (Route 27A), which passes through the village, and Wellwood Avenue. Sunrise Highway (Route 27) runs through North Lindenhurst rather than the village proper. These are everyday commuting routes, and a collision on any of them is squarely the kind of injury this practice exists for.

If Good Samaritan’s emergency department saw you first

Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip is among the hospitals that serve the Lindenhurst area. An emergency department visit after a crash or workplace accident is about safety: checking for head injury, internal injury, broken bones and anything else that cannot wait. Discharge instructions often end with advice to follow up with a specialist.

That follow-up is where orthopedic care fits. Your physician takes a careful history of how the injury happened, examines the injured area together with the joints above and below it, and decides whether an X-ray, MRI, CT or nerve test would settle an open question. You leave with a working diagnosis and a written treatment plan, and the rest of your care — physical therapy, chiropractic, pain management, bracing if a joint needs protecting — is built around it. Bring the hospital paperwork and any imaging reports along.

Matching your injury to the right body-area page

Orthopedic evaluation at Injury Recovery MD is organised around the part of the body that was hurt:

• Neck or low-back pain after being rear-ended — spine care
• A shoulder that aches along the seatbelt line or after lifting at work — shoulder care
• A knee that struck the dashboard or twisted on a job site — knee care
• Hip or groin pain after a side impact or a fall — hip care
• A wrist or elbow that took the force of bracing — hand, wrist and elbow care
• An ankle or foot hurt on the brake pedal or a ladder rung — foot and ankle care

For the whole picture, start at orthopedic care. Crash-specific detail lives on the car accident orthopedic page, and job injuries on the workers’ comp orthopedic doctor page. Neighbours in Deer Park and Bay Shore have their own pages.

Looking for an orthopedic surgeon near Lindenhurst

Injury Recovery MD does not perform surgery. What the practice provides is the evaluation that tells you whether surgery is even on the table. When the examination or imaging shows a problem that may need an operation, you are referred for a surgical opinion and you pick the surgeon yourself.

Injury Recovery MD assembles the pre-surgical work-up — examination findings, imaging and treatment history — so the consultation starts informed. If you go ahead, the operating surgeon sets the rehabilitation protocol and milestones, and that rehabilitation can take place with Injury Recovery MD. The surgeries overview describes operations that sometimes follow crash and work injuries.

No-Fault, workers’ comp and what you pay

Injury Recovery MD bills No-Fault insurance directly for car-accident care and the workers’ compensation carrier directly for job injuries. That means $0 out of pocket for covered patients.

Two points are worth knowing. You choose your own treating provider. Under workers’ comp, that choice is among providers authorized by the New York Workers’ Compensation Board, and Injury Recovery MD is one. And after a car accident, the No-Fault application must be filed within 30 days; the No-Fault deadline page explains what is at stake if it is late. To book, call (631) 560-8357. Same-day and next-day visits are often available.

Orthopedic physicians near Lindenhurst

• East Islip office11 Carleton Ave, East Islip, NY 11730About 10.0 straight-line miles from Lindenhurst
• Islandia office1717 Veterans Memorial Hwy, Suite 100, Islandia, NY 11749About 13.4 straight-line miles from Lindenhurst
• Bohemia office1690 Washington Ave, Bohemia, NY 11716About 14.4 straight-line miles from Lindenhurst

Orthopedic physicians see patients at every Injury Recovery MD office. Distances are straight-line, not driving. See all offices on the locations page. Call (631) 560-8357 — answered 24/7.

Frequently asked questions

Which Injury Recovery MD office is closest to Lindenhurst?

East Islip, at about 10 miles in a straight line. Islandia and Bohemia are the next closest, at roughly 13 and 14 miles. Orthopedic physicians see patients at all seven Injury Recovery MD offices, so you can choose the one that is easiest to reach from home or work. Call (631) 560-8357 to book.

I went to Good Samaritan University Hospital after a crash. What does an orthopedic follow-up add?

The emergency department checks for anything dangerous right away. An orthopedic follow-up goes further into the bones, joints, ligaments, tendons and spine: a detailed examination, a decision about whether an MRI, CT or nerve test is needed, a working diagnosis and a written treatment plan that coordinates physical therapy, chiropractic and pain management. Bring your discharge papers to the visit.

I live in Lindenhurst but was hurt at work somewhere else. Where do I go?

Any of the seven Injury Recovery MD offices, because orthopedic physicians see patients at all of them. Some people choose the office nearest home and others the one nearest their workplace. Injury Recovery MD bills workers’ compensation directly, which means $0 out of pocket for covered patients, and you choose your own treating provider. Under workers’ comp, that choice is among providers authorized by the New York Workers’ Compensation Board, and Injury Recovery MD is one.

Do I pay anything for orthopedic care after a Lindenhurst car accident?

Injury Recovery MD bills New York No-Fault insurance directly, so care is $0 out of pocket for covered patients. File your No-Fault application within 30 days of the accident, because a late application can be denied. You choose your own treating provider, including which orthopedic practice you see.