Top 3 Injuries from a Car Crash
- Posted on: Nov 28 2018
Being in a car crash often results in more than just damage to your vehicle, it results in damage to you. Car crashes are responsible for a wide variety of injuries, some of which you may not immediately notice. Chiropractors, doctors, and other medical experts often see car crash victims for common injuries from their accident. If you’ve been injured in a car crash, here are three of the most common types of injuries you may suffer from.
Orthopedic Injuries
You can suffer orthopedic injuries from any type of car accident. Many people associate these injuries with broken bones, but orthopedics also covers sprains, strains, and torn tendons and ligaments. While minor crashes often only result in sprains or strains, that’s not always the case. It all depends on how fast the vehicles were going, where the other car hit, and if you were wearing a seatbelt or not.
Whiplash
A very common type of orthopedic injury, whiplash deserves its own category because it’s very, very common. Whiplash happens when your head is quickly jerked backwards or forwards. The vertebrae in the neck are often pushed out of place, leaving you with pain and a loss of range of motion.
Whiplash is one of those injuries that you may not notice right away. Some people don’t feel symptoms of whiplash for weeks. Others don’t recognize the symptoms. Pain in the jaw and ringing in the ears, for example, can be caused by whiplash. This is why it’s important that you are examined by a medical professional after your car accident.
Head Injuries
It’s easy to notice cuts and scrapes on your head since you bleed from these wounds, but it’s not always easy to tell if you have a closed head injury. These injuries affect the brain, but there’s often little or no sign that you’ve been hurt. Often, you don’t see symptoms from these injuries right away, either, and many are misdiagnosed because of that. Unfortunately, these types of injuries can have severe results that last for years.
Getting Help
Do you need assistance with the pain caused from a car accident? Do you need an exam for an auto accident claim? The experts at Maximum Orthopedics are here to assist you. Contact us today to schedule a consultation.
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