Car Accidents

7 Strategies for Overcoming Whiplash

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7 Strategies for Overcoming Whiplash Before we give you the 7 Strategies… let’s talk about Whiplash. A motor vehicle impact at a speed as low as 5 MPH creates enough of an impact to cause severe spinal injury or damage.  A study from 2006 evaluating the risk of low speed and low impact collisions, determined … Read more…

A 5 MPH Crash Can Cause Spinal Damage

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Really?  A 5 MPH crash can cause spinal damage! A study from 2006 determined a motor vehicle impact as slow as 5 miles per hour creates enough of an impact to cause severe spinal injury or spinal damage.  An inter-vertebral disc can start to decay within 48 hours after an accident!  The bottom line, it … Read more…

Whiplash – Can This Really Happen To YOU?

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You’re stopped at red light awaiting a left turn into the grocery store when out of nowhere, you  hear the screeching of tires, you turn your head and look into the rear view mirror and see that you’re about to be hit from behind. Then “POW!”  The sudden force of the impact propels you back into your seat, your head hits the headrest and then bounces forwards, almost hitting the steering wheel.  You feel your body twist due to the angle of the seat belt and your sunglasses fly off and your purse sitting on the seat next to you flies into the dashboard and lands on the floor spilling its contents.  You’re not sure what just happened as it all happened so fast.  Is this a dream?  … Read more…