You can sustain different injuries in a car accident. One of the most common is whiplash. It's jarring and stretching the muscles and ligaments. Though a soft tissue injury, whiplash could be as painful and more symptomatic than a disc injury. Healing from whiplash is another kettle of fish. Insurance lawyers often try to downplay the long-term effect and suffering to minimize the value of the case. 

However, a lot can go wrong if you had a pre-existing injury before sustaining a whiplash from an accident. Chiropractors help to examine and determine the extent of this neck injury. From their diagnoses, they can provide the percentage of whole person Impairment, which is an impairment rating that explains how severely injured the individual is.

Learn more in this episode of the David vs. Goliath podcast with elite personal injury lawyer Matt Dolman and his guest, Dr. Fred Williams. They discuss the common accident injuries focusing on neck pain, whiplash, lower back injuries, upper body injuries, TMJs, headaches and causes, and more.

In this episode: 

• [00:49] Matt Dolman welcomes his guest, Dr. Fred Williams, and the topic of the day: common car accident injuries
• [01:07] The first most common car accident injury is whiplash—what is it? 
• [01:42] How long does a whiplash take to heal, and why do insurance carriers downplay it?
• [02:57] If you have pre-existing injuries and get a whiplash injury from an accident, here’s what can go wrong and how a chiropractor can help
• [04:07] How chiropractors determine the Whole Person impairment rating and why it matters to your injury claim
• [05:15] The second most common car accident injuries are low back type injuries: how bad can they get? 
• [06:00] Bulging disc versus a herniation, the differences, when you should be worried, and how chiropractors determine what is pre-existing or acute from the accident 
• [10:08] Strength loss in the lower extremities, sleeping feet, pin pain that extends from the back down to the feet after an accident - what type of injuries cause these symptoms? 
• [11:41] At what point does a chiropractor declare that a car accident injury requires surgery?
• [13:17] Upper body injuries are also common, especially shoulder injuries. 
• [14:42} Is it possible to injure your elbow in a car accident? Yes, here’s how 
• [16:28] Causes of the headaches most people feel after an accident
• [17:21] What are TMJs, how common are they, and how is it treated?

💡 Meet Your Host 💡

Name Matthew A. Dolman, Esq.

Title: Partner at Dolman Law Group Accident Injury Lawyers, PA

Specialty: Matt is a nationally recognized insurance and personal injury attorney and focuses much of his practice on the litigation of catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases throughout Florida. 

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💡 Featured Guest 💡

Name Dr. Fred Williams

Title: Clinic Director at Kingdom Chiropractic

Specialty: Dr. Williams is a passionate and compassionate health care provider who empowers communities with the gift of improved health through chiropractic. He provides affordable state-of-the-art chiropractic care for people of all walks of life.

Connect:  LinkedIn 

🔑 Relevant Resources 🔑

• Whiplash 
• Anterolisthesis and Retrolisthesis
• Whole Person Impairment
• Anterior Longitudinal Ligament
• Posterior Longitudinal Ligaments
• Lumbar Spine
• Bulging Disc versus a Herniation
• Black Disc
• The Dermatomes
• Supraspinatus Muscle
• Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ)

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