Whiplash Claims

Many people often think of whiplash as being a minor injury and, in recent years, it has gained something of a bad reputation as being an injury which is easily faked by people wishing to exploit the compensation claims system. In truth, however, whiplash commonly has many symptoms of a debilitating and unpleasant type. These include:

• Pain in the neck, shoulders and arms
• Tingling in the arms
• Headaches
• Dizziness
• Tinnitus
• Temporary memory loss
• Stiffness
• Muscle spasms and nausea

It should be borne in mind that a whiplash injury is not always obvious straight away. Sometimes, the symptoms can take hours or even days to appear, so if you have recently been involved in a car accident it is imperative to seek medical attention even if none of the symptoms have yet become apparent. Whiplash, therefore, can vary from being a short term and fairly minor discomfort, to being a long term problem or even a disability. It could, at its worst, lead to a major curtailment of a person’s life. Whiplash is an injury which could stop you working and thus lead to a loss of earnings in either the long or short term.It could also, at the same time, have a detrimental effect on your quality of life, preventing you from enjoying activities which you used to undertake and causing pain and discomfort on a daily basis.