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Whiplash can lead to long-term complications

On Behalf of | Jan 27, 2025 | Motor Vehicle Accidents

Even at lower speeds, motor vehicle accidents may cause motorists an injury called whiplash. Medical professionals and others may also describe whiplash as neck strain.

The rapid back-and-forth movement of one’s body after an accident causes whiplash. Whiplash involves injury to one’s ligaments, muscles and other soft tissues or nerves.

Sometimes, usually in the most serious cases, a broken bone or dislocated vertebrae or damaged disc accompanies the soft tissue injuries associated with whiplash.

Pain is a common symptom of whiplash. In more serious cases, a car accident victim may experience severe and radiating pain, muscle spasms and swelling.

A victim may also have numbness and tingling, headaches, vision problems and other signs that might seem like a spinal cord injury or brain injury. This is one reason why medical professionals take any suspected case of whiplash as if it were an emergency.

Most of the time, the symptoms of whiplash get better over time with the proper treatment. Pain can continue for several weeks or even for more than a month.

Unfortunately, some people develop long-term pain and swelling around the injured area.

Those who suffer from whiplash have the right to receive compensation

In short, no one should write off whiplash as a minor injury that people should just accept as part of modern life. The condition requires medical treatment and pain management, possibly on a long-term basis. It also may mean a victim has to miss work.

Those in the Memphis area who suffer from a whiplash injury in a motor vehicle wreck may have options to recover compensation for their injuries.

For example, if a negligent driver caused the accident that led to the whiplash, Tennessee law allows victims to get a court judgment for the money needed to pay their ongoing medical bills and out-of-pocket expenses, as well as lost wages. They may also be able to recover damages for their pain and other non-economic losses.