What is Whiplash

Editorial by Anthony Castelli, May 10th, 2011

Whiplash is better described as a acceleration deceleration injury. The injury does not occur because the body contact anything but because of the forces brought to bear on the body.

Take the rear end collision for example. the trunk of the body moves forward and the head is stationary. The neck is caused an inertial injury. The amount of injury can be proportional to the magnitude of acceleration. And since its the acceleration that is ket little or know car damage does not compel the conclusion of no injury.

These type of injuries can vary from muscle and tendon injury to disk injury. There are multiple modalities used to treat these injuries . It is best, in my opinion, to seek competent medical advice on the modality of choice.

This can by chiropractic manipulation, physical therapy, injections, anti-inflammatories , epidural injections all the way to surgery. The key is to work at your recovery.

Anthony Castelli, Attorney

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2 Comments

Zachar Law Firm
January 15, 2013
Whiplash is never an injury that should be taken lightly. These types of accidents often times are results on car accidents, but there are other accidents as well that can cause them. Never treat yourself as if nothing is wrong after an accident. Always get checked out.
Dallas Car Accident Lawyer
March 20, 2013
Whiplash cases are a dominant part of every personal injury practice. But these cases have gotten more difficult ot win at trial. Likewise, jury awards continue to be harder and harder to get. At least, that has been my observation as a personal injury lawyer in the Dallas area since 1994.

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