About seventy percent of personal injury compensations for car accidents are associated with whiplash-related injuries. About forty three percent of the overall whiplash injuries required hospitalization and treatment with chiropractors for soft tissue injuries. Major complaints were neck pain, lower back pain and shoulder pain. About thirty two percent of all injuries were for head-on-collisions, and the rest are due to side-on accidents or other injuries.
Rear-end collisions are the major cause of whiplash injuries. It is because of the mechanics of the automobile crash. Rapid change of speed causes acceleration and deceleration of the cervical spine, thus forcefully moving head forward and backwards. Head restrain will help to reduce the effect of whiplash injury by ten percent. Even small fender bender will cause whiplash injuries and can create long lasting problems if not treated on time by your local chiropractic doctor.
Research suggests that about sixty percent of the drivers do not have their head positioned correctly. Thus, this is the recipe more frequent injuries during rear end collisions. About 125,000 injuries could have been prevented in the USA alone if people would pay attention to their head restraints and that would save them from injuries to the cervical spine.
Saab and Volvo have developed a solution with active head restraints and Volvo’s patented WHIPS, Whiplash Protection System. These automatically adjust to suit the driver in the event of an impact and have been proven to reduce whiplash injuries by 51 per cent.
Those who are on the road all the time must be aware of the traffic conditions on the road all the time. Drivers always should check mirrors and avoid rapid and sudden breaking, thus preventing other drivers from getting involved into a rear-end collision. No device exists that eliminates whiplash, but the use of such safety features, in addition to an alert driving style, significantly reduces the risk.
Whiplash injury is a very serious condition which can cause the loss of productivity at work and activities of daily living. Often time it requires at eight to twelve weeks of chiropractic rehabilitation for a complete healing. Pain killers will not do any good to anyone who was rear-ended in a automobile collision. Proper documentation of your case will insure the maximum monetary recovery for your injury. Our office specializing in car accident injury rehabilitation. CONTACT us if you have a serious car accident injury.
