Whiplash is a far from straightforward injury. The amount of suffering and the length of recovery can vary from victim to victim. In fact, it is likely that if you are suffering whiplash, your pain will get worse before it gets better. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news!
Whiplash will likely affect your back, neck, and shoulders, causing stiffness in the affected areas. You may also suffer headaches, pins and needles, and/or feel light-headed. If you have these symptoms and they seem to be getting worse, and you would like this ordeal over and done with, you may be reading this blog to find out the best way to treat your whiplash and how to overcome it. Unfortunately, there is not a definite cure or remedy – but there are a few things that you can do to help yourself which I will now outline…
Firstly, the best course of action is to go visit your GP. If you do not have a GP, you could alternatively use an NHS walk-in centre or go to a hospital. Medical experts at these places will be able to advise you as to whether you should have treatment from a relevant provider: say, a physiotherapist, chiropractor or an osteopathic expert. That said, as I am sure you will appreciate, the NHS does have long waiting lists for these types of treatment, and it may not be the case that you will be able to be seen straight away; meaning that your suffering could remain for some time.
The second step is to consider whether going for private treatment would be the best course of action for you. Sure, but that will be costly won’t it? Not necessarily. If your whiplash was caused by an accident, say it resulted from a road traffic accident, and this accident was not your fault, it may be that you have a claim for whiplash compensation and then, by instructing the right injury lawyer, you will be able to obtain some free private medical treatment.
Should you instruct The Injury Lawyers to deal with your personal injury compensation claim, it may well be possible that they will be able to organise you some free private physiotherapy, osteopathy, or chiropractic treatment. It is free because, if we win your claim, we can recover our costs from the other side.
Hold on though; what if we lose?
Well, that is unlikely, because we will only take on your claim if we genuinely believe it will be successful – but in that event, we are able to recover some losses from our own insurers.
An expert and quality injury lawyer, like ourselves, will be able to get the ball rolling on private medical treatment at the beginning of your claim at no cost to yourself.
So why not call The Injury Lawyers today for some free, legal advice and a quick run through of the great service we can offer you.
