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What is whiplash?
A: If you have been involved in a motor vehicle accident (MVA) the most common injury sustained is whiplash. Whiplash is the term used when there is a rapid acceleration and deceleration of the neck and upper back.
When you are rear-ended your head is forced into full extension and then comes forward into a fully flexed positon. As the discs, joints and soft tissues are forced back and forward they undergo significant stress and injury can occur. Whiplash injuries vary from very mild to severe and can give rise to many symptoms.
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Accidents and Injuries:
- Concussions Animation
- 3D Injury Reconstruction - Automobile Accident
- Traumatic Brain Injury: How it affects the brain - Dr. James Kelly
- MohVisuals 3D Litigation and Trial Graphics Animation
- A Soft Tissue Injury is One of the Most Common Personal Injuries
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Accidents and Injuries
- How long will it take to settle my whiplash case?
- I was injured in a car accident and the insurance company of the person who hit me is telling me I have to use my own accident benefit coverage (Section B) to pay for my physiotherapy treatments before I use his coverage. Why is this?
- With an accident claim, if you go to court and lose is it the practice of the judge to make the plaintiff pay the cost?