Whiplash is commonly associated with motor vehicle accidents, usually when the vehicle has been hit in the rear. The exact injury mechanism that causes whiplash injuries is unknown. Whiplash injuries may occur as the result of impulsive stretching of the spine as the head snaps forward and then back again. The term whiplash is non medical.
While whiplash injuries won’t kill you – they make your life extremely painful. Whiplash injury symptoms include neck and back aches and pains, shoulder pain, feeling of pins and needles in your arms and legs, and headaches. Sometimes whiplash injuries appear immediately after the accident and sometimes not until days afterwards. Whiplash is usually confined to the spinal cord, and the most common areas of the spinal cord affected by whiplash are the neck, and mid-back.
Whiplash injuries range from a few days of mild pain to severe disability caused by restricted head movement or of the cervical spine, sometimes with persistent pain.
If you or a loved one has suffered severe and ongoing whiplash injuries after a motor vehicle accident then by all means contact me. Someone is to blame for this pain and suffering. Find out how I can help you get a settlement for your pain and suffering. Let’s make wrongs right.
