After a car accident: Many car accident victims suffer from whiplash. This injury is painful. if you've been injured in a car accident or any vehicle related accident -- seek immediate medical attention.
Your physician will perform an adjustment or realignment as part of your therapy. You may not immediately know you have whiplash -- don't take chances, take that ambulance ride, and have a doctor check you out!! care after an automobile accident.
Crash Facts
• Most injuries occur at crash
speeds below 12 mph.
• Most cars withstand 8-12 mph impacts without
vehicle damage.
• More than half of all Low Speed Rear Impact
Collision injuries occur without vehicle damage.
• There is no correlation between vehicle damage
and extent of injury.
• The peak acceleration of the head is much greater
than the peak acceleration of the vehicle.
• A 5-mph crash typically produces about 10-12
g of acceleration of the occupant’s head.
Whiplash Statistics:
• More than 3 million Americans are injured
by a CAD every year.
• The reported risk of injury in Low Speed Rear
Impact Collisions is 35-68%. The Japanese Auto
Insurance Rating Association reports a 50% neck injury
rate.
• About 10% of those injured become permanently
disabled.
•“Minor” neck injuries account for
up to 60% of all permanent impairment claims.
• So, for every 6 million occupants in Low Speed
Rear Impact Collisions:
1. About 3 million will be injured (about the population
size of South Carolina).
2. About 1.5 million will have chronic pain.
3. About 300,000 of these become disabled usually due
to pain.
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Nearly half of all chronic neck pain in America is due
to car crashes—mostly Low Speed Rear Impact Collisions.
• About 9% of all Americans suffer from chronic
neck pain due to Low Speed Rear Impact Collisions.
• Children are at 2/3 the risk of adults.
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