Neck & Back Sprain Attorneys
What is the Mechanism of Injury Classification?
The “mechanism of injury,” is the term used to describe how cervical and lumbar sprains/strains occur. It is a whip-cracking effect of the car accident victim’s head or body violently being thrown forward or backward. Despite what the insurance company tries to get you to believe, this type of effect can occur even when there is very little visible damage to your car. The insurance industry uses photographs of your vehicle (where there is little to no damage shown) to de-value your case and to deny whiplash injuries considerations.
Suffering a back and neck injury from car accident? Call for a free consultation at (888) 724-9319. We have offices throughout Ohio.
Neck and Back Injury from a Car Accident
Because the insurance industry doesn’t like to treat whiplash cases as authentic injuries, we know better and are here to fight to ensure that what you are going through becomes important. Our neck & back injury attorneys are prepared to fight for your back injury car accident settlement so that you can get neck sprain treatment.
What is a Cervical Sprain?
A cervical sprain occurs when the soft tissue in the neck is damaged due to excessive movement that may result from a car accident or a serious fall. A cervical sprain may affect the muscles, ligaments or tendons in the neck and may cause spasms and severe pain the neck and shoulder area.
Effects of Back and Neck Injuries from a Car Accident
Whiplash injuries are not just limited to sprains and strains that cause some discomfort. This mechanism of injury can turn someone’s life upside down.
We fight for people who suffer the following effects of whiplash injuries:
- Headaches
- Loss of range of motion
- Tenderness
- Pain
- Muscle weakness
- Feeling of “knots” in the muscle
If you are having radiating pain, that may be cause for an MRI. You should discuss this with your doctor. It is important that you are treated for your whiplash injury not just for your personal injury case, but more importantly, your overall health.
Sprain vs. Strain- Are They Treated the Same?
Doctors say that sprains deal with ligaments while strains deal with muscles. However, sprains and strains, while two separate injuries, are treated the same, or as one. When a car accident victim injures his or her neck or back from a whiplash injury, the insurance company typically doesn’t separate the injuries from each other for separate compensation. Think of spraining your ankle—those ligaments are stretched and do not go back to their original structure, making you more susceptible to further injury to your ankle. It is a similar principle in sprain/strain cases. The bottom line is that you need a whiplash attorney in the area to handle these types of personal injury cases now more than ever.
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