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Do You Feel Neck Pain From Your Feasterville Fender Bender Injury?

What is whiplash? If you are like many baby boomers, whiplash seems to conjure up the vision of someone wearing a cervical collar (or a ‘neck brace' as it is commonly referred to), moving slowly about their day. Bucks County personal injury lawyer Michael L. Saile, Jr. explains that whiplash is a common and painful injury sustained in many Philadelphia area auto accidents. For the sake of comedic fun, local Philadelphia television of the 60's and 70's depicted accident injury victims in a neck brace or full body cast. For this reason, the term ‘whiplash' seemed to denote a fake or at least comical injury.

Whiplash is no laughing matter

Feasterville area car accident victims know that whiplash is neither fake nor comical. According to the National Institute of Health's National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), whiplash is a soft tissue injury of the neck, and is quite real. Whiplash is actually a neck sprain or strain. The NINDS says whiplash most commonly occurs in car accidents where it is likely a "sudden extension and flexion of the neck" might occur.

While sometimes neck pain from a Philadelphia area accident is immediate, on other occasions soreness or neck stiffness does not develop for a few days. An experienced neurologist will tell you that whiplash can include injury to cervical (neck) muscles, joints and discs in the neck, ligaments and nerve roots. It's no wonder then that a neck injury causes pain.

Whiplash sufferers often recover in a matter of days or weeks, but there are instances when neck symptoms can last for several months. Besides general soreness or neck stiffness, some symptoms that Philadelphia area whiplash injury victims may experience are:

• Burning or prickling sensations
• Depression
• Dizziness
• Fatigue
• Headache
• Impaired concentration
• Memory loss
• Nervousness/irritability
• Shoulder or back pain
• Sleep disturbance

If you or a loved one has been injured in a Philadelphia area accident, be certain you are checked by a medical professional for whiplash injury. Treatments, including pain medications, muscle relaxants and anti inflammatory drugs that your doctor may prescribe, can help alleviate your pain. Also, physical therapy or heat compresses to relax the neck and shoulder muscles may be suggested by your physician.

A personal injury lawyer from Feasterville area's Saile & Saile LLP can help you obtain the compensation you need to get the required treatment if you are injured in a Philadelphia area or Bucks County accident.

We are pleased to give you a FREE PA Car Accident Guide here with more information to help guide you to the next step about what to do if you have whiplash or any other injury resulting from an accident in the Philadelphia region.