A whiplash injury should not be taken lightly as it refers to an injury on the neck’s soft tissue arising from a hyper-extension and hyper-flexion action. A serious injury on the neck could cause considerable damage to:

• Disc
• Ligaments
• Muscles
• Joints
• Nerve roots
• Brain

Serious health consequences could occur including traumatic brain injury from a whiplash injury. You must be aware of such consequences to protect your rights in the court of law for the best of compensation to be accorded to you or your loved ones who suffer from a whiplash injury due to negligence or some form of misconduct such as car accidents.

Causes and Symptoms of Whiplash Injuries

There are many ways in which you could incur a whiplash injury such as:

• Automobile accidents
• Sporting accidents
• Horseback riding
• Skiing
• “Shaken Baby Syndrome” (on children who are violently shaken)

You would experience various physical symptoms if you incurred a whiplash injury. These include:

• Headaches
• Neck pain or stiffness
• Dizziness
• Inability to move the neck
• Tired muscles
• Strained ligaments

There may also be certain psychological symptoms that include:

• Memory loss
• Poor concentration
• Heightened nervousness
• Increased fatigue
• Irritability
• Depression

If these symptoms are persistent, you should seek proper medical treatment immediately. You may also want to consider professional legal representation if you are diagnosed with a whiplash injury due to a previous incident which you are a victim of. We have the best Toronto personal injury lawyers to assist you in securing appropriate medical treatment and compensation via a lawsuit.

Legal Action for Compensation in a Whiplash Lawsuit

Do not delay in consulting with our injury lawyer when you are faced with a whiplash injury.   You can exercise your rights in seeking legal advice for free on being compensated for the financial losses and suffering you will have to endure. Our no win no fee lawyer is ready to provide the best legal counsel and recourse to you for the most favorable compensation possible on your damages.

Many whiplash patients do not even realize that they are inflicted with this medical condition after their incident. An initial checkup may not reveal very much significant damage which is usually brushed off by many patients until the pain and discomfort creep up over the weeks that follow.  You may want a session with our free consultation injury lawyer who would walk through the legal process with you in considering a legal recourse on your injury caused by a previous incident.

Our injury lawyer would assist you in seeking proper medical treatment to confirm your whiplash injury through:

• X-rays
• CAT scans
• MRIs

These sophisticated and advanced medical diagnostic measures would confirm any fracture or damage on your cervical spine and neck vertebrae discs that cause neck pain. While medications could be prescribed, the condition may become serious depending on the health condition of the patient and the impact of the incident on the patient. Some patients heal quickly with pain medication, muscle relaxants and anti-inflammatory drugs besides wearing a cervical collar and certain physical therapy. However, inspite of all these medical treatments and  cost; the patient may not be financially prepared to accommodate the persistent demand of medical expenses until a full recovery which could be months.

Claims for Whiplash Injury Medical Treatments

Modern technologies in the medical field today provide a host of effective medical treatments and means to treat whiplash injury. If whiplash injuries are not immediately treated, patients could suffer long term chronic pain as the injury becomes severe. Our long term disabilities lawyer may work out a favorable compensation deal for you or your loved ones inflicted with chronic whiplash injuries which could lead on to:

• Arthritis
• Neck and spine degeneration
• Bursitis

Our lawyers specializing in personal injuries would assist you in submitting the appropriate insurance claim for whiplash medical treatments without filing a lawsuit. You could claim compensation for whiplash injuries using an uninsured motorist coverage which claims the negligent driver’s insurance policy.  If the negligent driver was uninsured, then your uninsured motorist coverage could also be part of your own auto insurance policy which covers your medical expenses for treating whiplash including:

• Medical treatments
• Income loss
• Rehabilitation
• Health insurance coverage 

If you, your family or a friend has been injured in an accident, please feel free to speak to one of our injury lawyers for a free consultation about how we are able to assist in making a personal injury claim. We consult in all cities across Ontario with a no win no fee guarantee. Our personal injury lawyers have helped victims secure millions of dollars in personal injury cases. Call us Toll Free On our 24/7 Injury Hotline: 1 – 844 495 7333.