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A lot more can happen in car accidents than you can imagine.

Brain Injuries a simple explanation of physics and car accidents http://www.MattLaw.com Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer by the Florida Bar, Matt Powell explains the physics that cause serious and permanent neck and brai...

When a vehicle is involved in a collision, energy is produced. This energy must go somewhere. In a NASCAR car, the energy goes to the car...and the pieces of the car fall onto the track, which leaves less energy to affect the driver. In passenger cars, the cars stay intact, which causes the energy to transfer to the occupant of the vehicle.

How Are Injuries Evaluated?

Most often, following a physical examination, the initial method of assessment in the typical whiplash injury is radiography-standard x-rays. It is the only imaging procedure that would be considered routine. If the patient is to be treated medically only (i.e., with medication as opposed to spinal manipulation or surgery) and the injury appears quite minor, x-rays might not be indicated. If the patient has limited range of motion in the neck at the time of the examination, x-rays should be limited to the standard five-view series. Otherwise-once serious pathology (fracture, dislocation, etc.) have been ruled out-bending views in full flexion and extension should be obtained to assess ligamentous integrity.

When further questions arise concerning the biomechanical function and ligamentous integrity of the neck, videofluoroscopy can often provide important diagnostic information. MRI can also provide information about ligaments, but is more often used in the evaluation of the intervertebral discs. As is the case with plain x-rays, CT-and even MRI-will not have the sufficient resolving power to find many soft tissue injuries. In searching for suspected fractures, clinicians may turn to CT, bone scanning (scintigraphy) or single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT).

Whiplash Fact:

45% of people with chronic neck pain attribute the neck pain to a past motor vehicle collision (mvc) injury.

How to Properly Adjust Head Restraints

Optimally, the head restraint should be adjusted so that the backset distance is minimized and so that the top of the head restraint is at least as high as the top of the head. Our studies using human crash test subjects, and those of others, have demonstrated that both of these dimensions can increase during a rear impact crash for a number of reasons.

Welcome to my new page for IntegriDocs Personal Injury Network! If you, or someone you know, is injured in a motor vehicle collision, please call us at 480-947-8381 and I'll call you personally to help find the right doctors for you. I only have doctors in my network who I consider to be honest and with the highest integrity. I personally oversee the treatment help make sure each patient is getting the best possible care.