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Back injuries can be sustained in many types of motor vehicle accidents. Whiplash is one of the most common types of car accident back injuries. Whiplash accounts for more than one million car accident back injuries each year. Ten percent of these car accident back injuries lead to long term disability. This type of car accident back injury occurs most often in rear end collisions and can also occur when a vehicle strikes a non-moving object or gets broad-sided by another vehicle.
Whiplash is sustained when a victim's head is violently hurled forward and then backward. Whiplash injury can cause serious injury to the joints, discs, muscles, nerves, and ligaments of the neck and is most serious when a victim's head is turned to the side during impact. Whiplash car accident back injuries, though common, are sometimes difficult to diagnose. Symptoms of these car accident back injuries can include muscle spasms in the neck and upper back area, increased neck pain with movement, and increasing pain in the base of the neck.
Herniated disc injuries often occur in violent automobile accidents. The stress put on the spinal column in a car collision can cause a piece of the spinal structure, a disc, that separates your back bones or vertebrae, to move out of place. These injuries are sometimes also called slipped or ruptured discs. These disc structures can push out into the spinal channel and press against spinal nerves, producing severe back, neck and leg pain.
Many times after one has been injured as a result of another's negligence, we fell alone, isolated, and confused. If you have been injured in a "back injury" accident and have questions about your right and obligations, or if you would like to know if you are entitled to monetary compensation, you should speak with a qualified attorney as soon as possible for a free consultation. Please fill out the form below which will be forwarded to a personal injury lawyer. That lawyer will review the form and contact you.
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