Whiplash, also known as neck strain, is often caused by the impact associated with a car collision that forces a driver’s or passenger’s head to lurch frontwards or backwards, thereby stretching or tearing the neck muscles and tendons. Painful symptoms may appear instantaneously, hours, or even days following the accident, disrupting regular function of life.

Symptoms include:

• Pains, aches and tenseness in the area
  
  
• Diminished ability to turn head
  
  
• Increased pain when moving head
  
  
• Headaches beginning at the lower part of the head moving forward to the temple
  
  

Doctor’s records are essential in the event an insurance claim or lawsuit becomes necessary. For this reason, it is advisable to seek immediate medical attention for any pain that may be related lead to a complicated neck assessment. 

Once you receive a physician’s diagnosis of whiplash, contact the related insurance company in writing to advise them of the situation and your intent to file for compensations. In the meantime, keep track of expenditures, like medical bills, related gas bills and loss of wages due to an inability to work.
 

Treating Whiplash

Though it may take time for your whiplash to heal, you can do a number of things to ease the process.

• Apply ice wrapped in a towel on the affected area immediately for fifteen minutes, every three to four hours for the first couple of days. This will help minimize soreness and swelling.
  
  
• Take pain medicine as per your doctor’s advice.
  
  
• Ask your doctor to temporarily prescribe a neck brace to support your weakened neck tendons until they heal.
  
  
• Take hot showers, warm baths or apply moist heat on affected area following the first couple of days of ice treatment when initial swelling has minimized.
  
  
• Treat yourself to soothing massages.
  
  

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Summary: Whiplash associated to a car crash can be painfully debilitating. This details symptoms, treatment and the insurance aspect of it all.