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e end collisions cn inflict.
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End Collisions
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so get tho
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e endccidents
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p on the bumpe, M
NY of them looknd feel
lot moe like I desc
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Neck nd Soft Tissue Inju
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ppen to be the MOST COMMON injuies
esulting fom
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tun yone is so lucky.
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n get pinched od
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s esult of the immedite t
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neck injuy, o
the selling th
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e is one mo
e thingbout neck inju
ies: the sooneyou t
et them, the bette
the helth outcome. One ke
e
end
ccident victims sometimes mke is declining medic
lttention
t theccident scene thinking they h
ve escped bec
use they feel “ok,” only to discovethey
ee not so lucky
hen they developting
y symptoms in the d
ys folloing the
ccident.emembe
,ith neck inju
ies in pticul, you my not even see the symptoms of the inju
y until much lte
.l c
e
fte cccident, even one you think you’ve “
lked
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tch.
The Potenti
l Nightm
e of Spin
l Injuies
No one
ho gets hut in
e
end c
ccident is lucky. Still, thee
e deg
ees of injuy.
mong the vey
ost of those th
t commonly hppen in
e end collisions e spinl inju
ies. Somee
end
ccidents dm
ge the physicl st
uctue of the spine,
hich consists of bones (veteb
e)
nd shock-bso
bing discs.s
nyoneho h
s suffeed th
oughb
ck injuy kno
s, these eemely p
inful injuies
n t
ke multiple suge
ies to coect,nd even then, m
ny bck-inju
y victims nevelive p
in fee
gin. Inju
ies to discsnd ve
tebe mke it difficult to st
nd osit in one position fo
ny extended pe
iod of time. They cn limit you
bility to
ok o
to enjoy life.nt.
ies
n get even
ose.
sevee inju
y to the spine cn c
use dm
ge to the spinl co
d itself. Tht’s the bundle of ne
ves potected by spin
l veteb
e
nd disks tht sends mess
ges fom the b
in to the body. m l co lly l o l p nd loss of bodily functions.
e
end
ccident victims toheelch
is
nd othessistive devices fothe
est of theilives. Though medic
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se, let me fill you in onnothe
seious, life-
lteing inju
y common to theseccidents.
The violent “
hipping” motion of the hed involved in
high-impct collision c
n cuse seve
e dm
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lly ts
skull.
hen you sustin
SEVEE JOLT to you
hed—even if you
hed does not
ctully st
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ce cn m
ke youb
in t
ist ootte in you
skull. Tht movement c
n te bin tissuend seve
neve connections.
“Mino
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ge fom these fo
cesill f
equently leve you
ithconcussion,
hich cn c
use lsting effects like he
dches, n
use, f
tigue,nd “b
in fog.” Mo
e seious
ndidesp
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mge to you
bin cn le
ve you stuggling
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st
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e end collision. But, just in cse you skipped ove
me sying it: l tely
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spp
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e
e t
oe
sonshy seeing the doc is so impo
tnt. Fi
st, becuse you
helth m
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use seeingdocto
immeditely
ftegetting into
e
end collision otects you l st e is t you st ve h e fe eeks l th bsolutely do not feel fine, but h n insu nce comp on’t cove medic use you c ove you ies h use of the c y sho di use- een the nd y the docto n use the ds seeing the docto s st te ges om the p ty used you e end k n ienced ccident inju tto st g fte ve seen bilize you lth situ s much h n e ccident l ye you? I y gl sked. tto n: the st ove t c ccident the used you ies st ho h l leg bility fo e’s LOT of the time the e th ith li nd th good thing) lcul st m ve suffe om you e end c ies, both in te esent e out-of-pocket costs, v in ccident inflicted on you f li> nd yment f ith leg bility ve the y you th out of thei n li> te
ith those p
ties fo
f
isettlement p
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ill give you the finnci
lecove
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inst the ptiesho
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fi
settlement offe, p
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nd juy.
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n otheccidents. Getting into e end collision cn dis
upt youphysic
l, emotionl,
nd finnci
l helth fo
yes.nyone,
nyhe
e, hmed in e end collision tht
s not thei
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n expeienced, skillful c
ccident injuy
ttoney tod
y. Youill not
eget you did.