Soft tissue injuries, such as tears, sprains, and strains, are common in car accidents and can cause pain, swelling, and loss of function. These injuries are difficult to diagnose and may not show symptoms for hours or days. Whiplash is a common soft tissue injury that can cause chronic pain, joint dysfunction, and spinal disc herniation. Symptoms of whiplash include neck pain, stiffness, headaches, and burning sensations.
In an auto accident, soft tissue injuries are those that involve non-bony supporting parts of the body, such as muscles, tendons, and ligaments. This type of injury is quite common in road traffic accidents. They are often present in the form of tears, sprains, strains, and general pain.
When a traffic accident occurs, the impact of the accident can cause people inside the car to jump. Hard braking and impact bracing lead to even more knocks. The force of impact in an automobile accident can cause significant stretching of soft tissue, resulting in significant damage. As a result, individuals often experience pain, swelling, bleeding, and loss of function.
Although soft tissue injuries are very common, they cannot be detected using X-rays, so they are more difficult to diagnose than hard tissue injuries that affect bones and cartilage. Often, an individual with tendon or ligament injuries will not experience symptoms for hours after a car accident. In some cases, it takes days for car crash victims to begin showing symptoms.
Once symptoms begin, the victim of the car accident may experience lingering pain and inflammation. This is a natural result of soft tissue injury and helps make the person aware that a part of the body has been damaged. The pain, however, can be significant and can slow or inhibit healing if left untreated.
One of the most common injuries of this type is whiplash, which occurs when a person in a car is hit from behind in an accident. In this type of collision, the crash victim’s head often snaps back and forth. The head weighs heavily and when it snaps back it exerts significant force on the tissues of the neck. The resulting whiplash can lead to a number of serious conditions, including chronic pain, joint dysfunction, and spinal disc herniation.
Symptoms of whiplash can include neck pain, stiffness, headaches, and burning sensations. Shoulder pain, back pain, and dizziness may also be present. Some sufferers also report memory loss, depression, fatigue and nervousness.
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