If you live in Orlando, Florida or the surrounding area and you or someone you love has suffered a whiplash injury, please visit the website of Orlando, Florida personal injury attorneys Best & Anderson, P.A., today to learn if you are entitled to compensation for your injury.
A whiplash injury is defined as a range of neck injuries related to sudden distortions of the neck that most commonly happen in rear-end automobile collisions. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety recognizes whiplash as an injury to the neck that occurs when an automobile is struck from behind and the occupants head and neck are suddenly jerked forward and backward from the force of the impact.
Whiplash or “myofascial injury”, is a serious injury that must be diagnosed and treated to make a full recovery possible. The action of the head and neck suddenly jerking forward and backward results in trauma to the tissues of the neck, and damage to the joints, discs, ligaments, muscles and nerves. Whiplash is one of the most common automobile accident related injuries and can occur at speeds as low as ten miles per hour.
What are the Symptoms of Whiplash Injury?
Whiplash injury symptoms can appear immediately after the incident or take one to three days to manifest themselves. Symptoms of whiplash include, but are not limited to:
- Headache
- Neck pain
- Stiffness
- Tenderness
- Swelling
- Muscle spasms
- Dizziness
- Loss of range of motion
Untreated whiplash can have devastating results in the future and lead to a long period of disability that lasts for months and years.
What Kinds of Treatment are Available?
The treatment for a whiplash injury may range from ice packs and over the counter pain medication to extended therapies that include neck massage, ice therapy or rehabilitation exercises along with professional pain management.
It is very important to recognize the seriousness of a whiplash injury and to seek medical treatment without delay. Although a whiplash injury does not display outward signs of injury, as a broken bone or laceration would, that does not diminish the seriousness of the injury or the long term consequences if ignored.
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