| It will not normally take long to recover from whiplash | | | | neck. |
| injury, and you may well see improvements within | | | | Seek medical advice if you don´t feel your injuries |
| days. However, whiplash can be painful for up to two | | | | are healing as they should, and you may be referred |
| weeks, and you may feel pain in the back, neck | | | | to a specialist. Whiplash can be diagnosed by |
| shoulders and head. Most people who suffer whiplash | | | | examination, as it won´t show up on an X-ray, and a |
| injury, can return to work in a couple of weeks, if not | | | | doctor will ensure that your injuries are not hiding more |
| before, depending on the severity of the injury.whiplash | | | | serious damage to your neck or back. You may be |
| injury claims | | | | prescribed complete rest or some gentle exercises to |
| There is no specific treatment for whiplash, and it will | | | | strengthen your neck muscles. |
| not show up on an X-ray or CT scan. If you suffer | | | | Whiplash can also occur if you are travelling in a car |
| severe whiplash injury you may need specialist | | | | which is hit from the side, although you are much |
| treatment or even surgery, but most cases of | | | | more likely to suffer injury if you are involved in a |
| whiplash clear up quite quickly, with the aid of a soft | | | | rear-end shunt where another vehicle runs into the |
| collar or gentle exercise. It is possible for sufferers of | | | | back of yours, even at low-speed. This type of |
| severe whiplash to feel discomfort for up to three | | | | accident typically happens when you slow down at |
| months, and if your injuries are ongoing, you may be | | | | traffic lights or you slow to turn right or left and the |
| referred to a specialist. | | | | driver behind is not paying attention. He may brake too |
| Tests may then be carried out, such as an X-ray or | | | | late which will cause him to run into the back of you. |
| CT scan to ascertain if there is any other more | | | | If you suffer a whiplash injury that was caused by |
| serious damage to your neck, head or back, causing | | | | someone else, either a car accident, a sports accident |
| pain and discomfort. A fracture, for example would | | | | or an accident at work, you can claim compensation |
| show up on this type of scan, where as mild whiplash | | | | for your injuries. Personal injury solicitors deal with |
| injury would not. Bone damage could be evident, and | | | | hundreds of cases of whiplash compensation each |
| you may have sustained more serious injuries which | | | | year, and the vast majority are successful. Once your |
| previously went undetected. A specialist will then | | | | injuries have been treated, contact a regulated UK |
| prescribe you medication or further treatment, including | | | | solicitor who will be able to advise you about a |
| physiotherapy, or in extreme cases, surgery, to help | | | | whiplash compensation claim. |
| you recover. | | | | Whiplash is a common injury with painful |
| If you have been suffering whiplash for over 6 weeks, | | | | consequences, and you should be compensated if the |
| it is possible you could also suffer some psychological | | | | accident which caused it was not your fault. If you are |
| injury, including irritability and depression, often caused | | | | suffering neck or back pain and are unable to return to |
| by lack of sleep. If whiplash symptoms persist for | | | | work because of your injuries, you could claim |
| more than 6 weeks, they are known as whiplash | | | | compensation of up to £16,000 for your injuries. |
| syndrome, which causes ongoing pain to the back and | | | | |