PERMANENT DAMAGE CAUSED BY CAR ACCIDENTS
Some car accidents seem to be trivial. Others change lives forever. How can you know the severity of a car accident when it first happens? The answer is far more complicated than most dare to consider. Insurance companies use an algorithm to determine settlements that is almost completely dependent on cost of damage to the car and the medical bills accrued by hospital stays, medications, and rehabilitation by Chiropractors or Physical Therapists.
In over eleven years of practice at Creekside Chiropractic here in Sheboygan, I have treated many cases of whiplash, mostly with good results, but what I have learned the hard way is that in the cases where permanent damage occurs, it is rarely obvious at the beginning. Below is a phenomenal article on the science of whiplash, but if you don’t want to sift and sort through all the anatomy and pathophysiology, then stay tuned in the upcoming weeks, where we will break down some of the clinical pearls of motor vehicle accidents, how they affect the spine, and reasons to be hopeful.
-Dr. Russell Petersen, DC. Creekside Chiropractic & Rehabilitation, 4027 S. Business Drive, Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
Taylor, JR. The Pathology of Whiplash: Neck Sprain. BCMJ, Vol. 44, No. 5, June 2002, 252-256