Whiplash is often only associated with neck pain, but it also can affect your shoulders and back, and sometimes may cause discomfort to your arms or the rest of your body. Whiplash injuries can include stiffness, pain and loss of movement. It can also cause headaches, muscle spasms, and sometimes the pain can run down through the shoulders and arms which causes a lot of stress and hassle.
Whiplash is caused by a sudden movement of the body backwards, forwards or sideways. This rapid movement damages the ligaments and tendons in the neck, shoulder and back areas which causes the severe pain and immobility. For example, when you have been involved in a road traffic accident and you were correctly proceeding in your vehicle, a sudden impact from a negligent vehicle colliding into your vehicle will cause you to jolt forwards, backwards or sideways as your seatbelt will stop you from continuing forward; therefore causing you to sustain whiplash injuries.
Whiplash injuries can affect people in different ways – some people complain of being unable to get a good night’s sleep which may well effect you the following day, as not only are you in pain, but you are also tired from no sleep! It can affect your ability to travel places, which may affect your work and daily chores such as shopping, household duties, and general daily care. Whiplash injury’s can really cause a lot of nuisance to your life – that is why we here at The Injury Lawyers are passionate about working hard for you in order to obtain the maximum amount of compensation possible.
The restriction that whiplash injury’s bring can also affect your social life – for example we have many clients who have complained about being under a lot of pain and immobility over Christmas and New Year resulting in them having an unfortunately miserable time of the year. Whiplash injury affects any aspect of a person’s life.
If you have a whiplash injury as a result of a road traffic accident that was not your fault, you are entitled to claim for compensation and we believe that you should receive the maximum amount of compensation possible. We are passionate about our clients and we understand the terrible effect whiplash injury’s can have on a person that’s why we work harder for you. Don’t hesitate to call today for some free, friendly legal advice on 0800 634 75 75.