Whiplash affects about two or three people who are involved in road traffic accidents. It causes the soft tissue in the spine to be stretched and strained after the body is thrown suddenly and forcefully. This can cause severe neck pain as well as the following symptoms:
• Stiffness in the neck
• Neck swelling
• Tenderness along the back of the neck
• Loss of movement in the neck and headaches
These are the most common symptoms that are associated with whiplash but you may also be suffering from pain in your lower back, numbness or pins and needles in your arms and hands as well as muscle spasms, dizziness, blurred vision and ringing in the ears.
People seem to be under the wrong impression that whiplash only happens from rear end collisions when a car is travelling at increased speed; this however isn’t the case. You are just as likely, if not more likely, to suffer from whiplash in a car that was travelling as slow as 10mph. also it isn’t just rear end collisions that cause you to be suffering the effects of whiplash, you can end up suffering from whiplash if your vehicle was hit from the back, front or side. This is because any of these motions can hyperextend the neck beyond its normal range of motion, causing damage to your muscles, ligaments, and connective tissue.
The symptoms of whiplash usually begin to improve after a few days and in around 60% of whiplash cases the symptoms that you are suffering from will be completely gone after about four weeks; however in rare cases the symptoms of whiplash can take a few months to completely disappear and some people may still have stiffness and pain for some time after the injury occurred.
In many cases when people are left suffering whiplash it is because of the negligence of another driver, if this describes your situation then you could be entitled to make a claim for compensation.
Although making a claim for compensation won’t change the fact that you are suffering it will put you back in a financial situation that you were in before the accident took place, meaning you won’t have to worry about aspects such as unpaid bills, medical expenses and travelling expenses whilst you are out of work recovering.
You have a legal right to make a claim for compensation if you are suffering whiplash due to the negligence of another person. If this is the case then you should get in touch with a personal injury solicitor who will be able to help you every step of the way when it comes to making a claim for compensation. Thousands of people have already made the call and got a claim for compensation underway, now it’s your turn! Get in touch with a personal injury solicitor today.
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