Many personal injuries involve damage to one or more of the nerves in the lower extremity. There are many technical medical terms that will arise in litigating injuries to the lower extremity. In order to properly represent the plaintiff or defendant in such litigation, it is important that the attorney be able to navigate the medical terminology.
Let’s begin by defining what is meant by the lower extremity. The lower extremity refers to the part of the body from the hip to the toes. The lower extremity includes the hip, knee and ankle joints, and the bones of the thigh, leg and foot. Many people refer to the lower extremity as the leg. In fact, the leg is the part of the body between the knee and ankle joints. In other words, there is a difference between saying the plaintiff injured his or her left lower extremity and saying that the plaintiff injured his or her left leg. The left leg is merely a segment of the left lower extremity.
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