subject: Car Accidents And Whiplash Injury By Minneapolis Chiropractor [print this page] What Insurance Companies Dont Want You
To Know About Whiplash Injuries
Amount of car damage doesnt equate to severity of injury.
Hi, Im Dr. Harlan Mittag. If youve been in a low impact automobile accident I have some important information to give you in the next couple minutes.
Its common for anyone who has been in an auto accident to downplay their injuries (even if theyre hurting quite a bit) because there wasnt much damage to their car.
Ive seen my patients fall victim to this notion for years. And Ive also seen auto insurance companies use it as an argument to cut off treatment for patients, even though they know better.
The truth is the auto insurance companies are a business like any other business. And like any other business their real interest is their bottom line. So theyll do what they can to discourage accident victims from spending too much insurance company money.
So what are the facts? If you had a minor accident, is it possible that you were injured?
Well dont take my word for it. Lets here what the scientists and researchers have to say.
Let me quote Rene Calliet, MD, author of 17 textbooks on musculoskeletal disorders that have sold over 1.2 million copies.
This is from his book Low Impact Collisions and Injury, published in 2006.
He says, a low-speed impact with minimal or no damage to the impacted vehicle can and does cause significant musculoskeletal injury to the drivers or occupants head and neck. That was on page 4.
On page 87 he says, Numerous injuries result from vehicular accidents even when
the impacts are not very big and there is minimal damage to both vehicles.
On page 100 he says In many instances, a person experiences whiplash after a
vehicle accident that has caused little significant damage to either vehicle.
Im going to read you some quotes from a study in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, the July 2009 edition. This study was actually a review study that evaluated and summarized 100 studies of whiplash. Two of the authors, Gargan and Bannister are probably the most published researchers in history in the area of auto accident injuries.
Heres some of what they concluded from their review:
90% of all road-traffic collisions occur at speeds less than 14 mph and it is in
these that whiplash occurs.
Patients who sustain low-velocity whiplash injuries often will have more pain
than those who sustain a fracture.
Because women have a thinner less rigid neck they have twice the whiplashinjury
rate as men.
Theres more, but Im running out of time. The point here is that even if you had minimal damage to your vehicle, it doesnt mean that you werent injured.
If you were in an auto accident, its important to get evaluated soon. Dont wait. If you want more information on whiplash injuries, treatment options and good attorneys, check out my website.
Thanks.
Dr. Harlan Mittag, D.C.
by: Robert Mittag
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