Sending Us Your Client for an Auto Injury Evaluation: Burbank Auto Injury Referrals

The short answer

We accept auto injury referrals from Burbank law firms and provide a same-week evaluation, a written baseline, and regular updates on functional progress. To refer a client, call (818) 791-4466 or use our contact page. Most clients are seen within a few business days, and urgent post-collision evaluations are prioritized.

What the client receives

A full history of the collision, a physical and neurological examination, objective baseline measures, a working diagnosis, a written care plan, and plain-language explanation of what to expect. Clients who need imaging or medical referral get it rather than an open-ended treatment schedule.

Care itself is individualized: chiropractic adjustments where appropriate, low-force options, soft-tissue work, and progressive rehabilitation aimed at returning to work and daily activity. Frequency tapers as function improves. We document what changed and why.

What the firm receives

Initial evaluation reports, periodic progress notes, objective range-of-motion and functional measures, work restrictions when warranted, discharge summaries, and narrative reports on request. Billing, records requests, and lien paperwork are handled by staff who do this daily.

We keep causation language grounded in the record: mechanism, symptom timeline, examination findings, and response to care. Overstated conclusions weaken a case; consistent, defensible documentation strengthens it.

Timelines and communication

Evaluation reports are typically available within several business days of the visit; narrative reports on request generally follow within one to two weeks depending on records volume. If a client stops attending, we say so in the record instead of leaving gaps unexplained.

Clients traveling from the 134 corridor, Olive Avenue, and the studio district generally reach the office in about 15 minutes, and we schedule around work hours where possible so treatment compliance stays realistic.

What credible documentation looks like

Useful records are specific. Instead of noting that a client has neck pain, the record states measured rotation in degrees, which movements reproduce symptoms, whether reflexes and sensation are intact, and what tasks the client cannot currently perform. Those numbers can be repeated at intervals, which is what makes progress or plateau visible to anyone reviewing the file.

We also record what was ruled out. Documenting that concussion screening was performed, that neurological findings were normal, or that imaging was considered and why, is often as valuable as documenting positive findings, because it shows the evaluation was thorough rather than assumed.

Causation, pre-existing conditions and aggravation

Many clients have some pre-existing degenerative change, particularly after age forty. That is normal and does not undermine a case, but it must be addressed honestly. The clinically defensible position is usually aggravation: the mechanism, the symptom timeline, and the examination findings together describe a change in a previously asymptomatic or stable condition.

Records that ignore prior history invite challenge. We ask about prior collisions, prior injuries, prior imaging and prior care, and we state plainly what changed after this event.

Compliance and realistic scheduling

Treatment plans fail when they ignore a client's job, childcare, and transport. We schedule around work hours where we can and set visit frequency that a person can actually keep. Where a client cannot attend, we document the reason so the record does not show an unexplained gap.

We also taper deliberately. Care that continues at the same frequency for months without functional change is neither good medicine nor good evidence, and we would rather discharge or refer than pad a file.

Questions firms commonly ask

• Can the client be seen this week? Usually yes for post-collision evaluations.
• Will you provide work restrictions? Yes, when the examination supports them.
• Can you comment on future care needs? Where the record supports a reasoned opinion, yes.
• Do you handle records requests directly? Yes, through our administrative staff.
• Will you say more than the findings support? No, and that is the point.

When we refer out

Fractures, significant neurological deficit, suspected internal injury, concussion with red flags, severe psychological distress, and cases that do not respond as expected are referred to appropriate medical providers. We would rather send a client onward than continue care that is not working.

Starting a referral

Call (818) 791-4466, or send the client's name, contact information, date of loss, and claim details through our contact page. Learn more about our auto injury care and our whiplash treatment approach. We are happy to meet with Burbank firms in person to review how we document injury cases.