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So, we live in a in a social media world right now. Uh although all my clients seem to tell me that they don't use social media, we know that everybody does. Okay? I have I have daughters who are in their 20s and they grew up with social media and it's it's constant and I understand it and it's a way of life. But you can post something that's so innocuous and innocent seeming that really could have a tremendous impact on your case. As a matter of fact, we have our clients sign a form that makes them

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acknowledge that anything they post online can be used against them. Um, people used to ask me years ago, should I worry about the insurance going be following me? I don't want to be I don't want to have to deal with this. And I'll say, listen, if you're not doing anything wrong, why are we worried about it? However, when you're posting on the internet and you're taking a picture at the gym, which it maybe is great for your back, you're getting your fitness in shape. That's terrific. But if you're

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posting it, what you're doing is you're handing the insurance company a a a way to use that against you. They they can take a 30 second video of you doing something. Maybe you're having a good day. We all have good days and bad days. Maybe you're having a good day and they'll use that to say, "Listen, this person's not disabled." Or they don't need treatment. They don't need surgery. They're able to do X, Y, or Z. And I I I would have to say posting fissures in

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the gym would be about as as foolish as you can do. While I know that a lot of the doctors that we deal with will tell our clients, it's so important for you to strengthen your core or to strengthen muscles before surgery, after surgery, whatever it is. So, you're talking people have significant injuries following doctor's orders, but by posting them, all of a sudden now it looks nefarious. It looks it looks like fraudulent. It looks dangerous even though it's just somebody trying to take

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care of themselves. So, being private and not posting things is is really good advice that we give our clients all the time.

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