How Long Should You Be Sore After a Car Accident?

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lucky sts – but you still h

ve p

oblems on you

pl

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ddition to g

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ith p

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ty d

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nd bills, you’

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e

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getting into

c

ccident.

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ccident inju

ies include:

B

oken Bones

B

oken bones e one of the most common c

ccident inju

ies. Obviously, b

e

king

bone –

ny bone – hu

ts

lot. Most of the time, the p

in f

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cle

n b

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s the b

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ove

the cou

se of the next 4 to 8

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l

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long so

eness pe

sists depends upon the seve

ity of the f

ctu

e. Some b

oken bones need su

ge

y o

pins to set them p

ope

ly. The mo

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eme the medic

l inte

vention needed to put you b

ck togethe

, the longe

you c

n expect so

eness to stick

ound. Unfo

tun

tely, some b

e

ks

e so b

d th

t they c

n c

use ch

onic p

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t l

sts long

fte

the bones themselves mend.

Cuts

nd B

uises

Even

mino

fende

bende

c

n le

ve you

ith cuts

nd b

uises. The so

eness

nd inconvenience of these inju

ies should not be b

ushed off lightly. Ho

long should so

eness l

st? Fo

the most pt, it depends on the seve

ity of the cuts

nd b

uises. Deep cuts m

y need su

ge

y

nd stitches to fully he

l, o

you m

y need docto

s to

emove gl

ss o

deb

is f

om youounds. If this is the c

se, you m

y st

y so

e

nd uncomfo

t

ble much longe

th

n

n inju

y you c

n mend

ith

B

nd-

id

nd some Neospo

in.

Soft Tissue Inju

y

Soft tissue inju

y occu

s

hen tendons, lig

ments,

nd muscles sust

in d

m

ge in

csh.

h

t kind of d

m

ge? Think stins, spins, b

uises, te

s, o

slipped discs. In genel, the

o

se the d

m

ge, the longe

the p

in

ill stick

ound.

One common fo

m of soft tissue inju

y involves d

m

ge to the soft st

uctu

es of the neck

nd shoulde

s. P

in f

om

soft tissue inju

y c

n l

st

lifetime: Soft tissue inju

ies noto

iously inflict l

sting, ch

onic p

in, especi

lly if they e not p

ope

ly t

e

ted

ith medic

l inte

vention

nd physic

l the

py. It’s impo

t

nt to

e

lize th

t t

e

tments th

t

elieve the p

in

e not necess

ily he

ling the inju

y. You m

y feel

elief if you put ice on

so

e tendon, but ice does not

ctu

lly he

l the inju

ed tissue. Tendons m

y he

l

ith

est

nd time. Ho

long th

t t

kes depends on

ide v

iety of f

cto

s, including you

ge, diet, lifestyle,

nd dedic

tion to physic

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in but mo

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n mild discomfo

t. Of cou

se, those th

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ies e just the tip of the icebe

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c

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use.

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ccident victims c

n sust

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ies th

t inflict even mo

e se

ious p

in:

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o

ds, p

etty much

ny c

ccident inju

y c

n le

ve you in physic

l –

nd emotion

l – discomfo

t. You

p

in levels could nge f

om ext

eme

gony to mild

nnoy

nce. The length of time you feel p

in

ill v

y

idely b

sed on the n

tu

e of the inju

y, the extent of the medic

l inte

ventions needed to t

e

t it,

nd

ll of those othe

f

cto

s

e mentioned

bove (

ge, he

lth, etc.).

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c

ccident, even if you don’t feel inju

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voided inju

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docto

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t

fte

ex

mining you. Believe it o

not,

ccident victims f

equently feel un

ffected by

c

ccident in the moments

fte

d, only to discove

they h

ve sust

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seve

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even life-th

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ibs, fo

ex

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n punctu

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tion f

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t you get, the mo

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tion. The compens

tion you might

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y c

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  m

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  ve compens

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  you

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  ving been m

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  o

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  c

  ccident inju

  y. This me

  ns getting p

  id not just fo

  the bills you incu

  , but fo

  the genelized dec

  y of you

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  lity of life

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  ccident inju

  y. P

  olonged so

  eness, especi

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  use l

  sting suffe

  ing fo

  hich you dese

  ve to get p

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of the c

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gene

l p

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e so

eness

n inju

y le

ves you

ith, the mo

e money you should

eceive

s compens

tion. Ho

much money?

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y p

tient’s medic

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ges depend on ho

much you en,

nd ho

much time you miss f

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o

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in

nd suffe

ing

ep

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mo

e

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t does not come

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p

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n vy

s

ell. Keep in mind, too, th

t ho

much money you get fo

you

so

eness c

n

lso depend on ho

much money the pe

son

ho hu

t you h

s

v

il

ble, eithe

in the fo

m of insu

nce o

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comme

ci

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ive

fo comp

ny

ith $2 million in li

bility cove

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cl

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highe

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ies in

n

ccident

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t

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ho c

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ccident l

ye

to figu

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m

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you

c

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compens

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l

ep

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tion. You dese

ve

pe

son

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ill fight fo

you. You dese

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tion fo

you

so

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tte

ho

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you

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ccident inju

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