When a person is involved in a car accident, it’s sometimes obvious what injuries they’ve sustained. For example, if they have experienced a catastrophic injury such as a broken back, there’s no mistaking that. Less serious injuries like broken bones are also immediately obvious. However, some injuries don’t show up for weeks or even months. Such is the case with many soft tissue injuries.
Read on to learn more about these types of injuries and how to determine if you may have sustained one. If you have been involved in a car accident and believe that you may have grounds for a personal injury case, please reach out to Law Offices of Fernando D. Vargas at 909-982-0707 today for a free legal consultation.
Car accidents are well-known for causing soft tissue injuries
One of the reasons that soft tissue issues are so common in car accidents is because the body is jolted suddenly. This can cause damage to a person’s tendons, muscles, and ligaments. Part of the reason they’re so hard to detect is that they can’t be seen on x-rays. This is why it’s so important that everyone in California knows the signs and symptoms – especially if they’ve been involved in a car accident.
Potential long-term consequences of soft tissue injuries
If you do suffer from a soft tissue injury, you could end up with strained, sprained, or torn muscles, ligaments, or tendons. This could result in long-term issues like chronic pain, chronic aches, inflammation and even bleeding. Some victims have diminished function in their injured soft tissues. The symptoms of this type of injury can begin hours after the accident or even days later.
Whiplash is a common example of a soft tissue injury
Most people have heard of whiplash, which is an injury to the neck tissue that happens in many rear-end car accidents. When a person experiences this injury, they often describe it as a shooting pain in their neck. Sometimes it goes through to their shoulders and back as well. Others describe the pain as a stiffness or tingling in the neck.
Longer-term consequences of whiplash can include headaches, chronic fatigue, and light-headedness. The more serious potential consequences of whiplash include disc herniation, joint dysfunction, and damage to the spinal cord. Still others can end up with post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms like nervousness, anxiety, or depression.
If you were injured in a car accident then you may have grounds for a person injury case
If you suffered an injury in a car accident then you should reach out to Law Offices of Fernando D. Vargas at 909-982-0707 right away. We can start off with a free consultation during which we’ll listen to your story and offer our best advice. In some cases, we may recommend that you seek immediate medical attention for undocumented injuries. In other instances we may take your case on a contingency basis, which means you pay nothing until we win your case. Call us today to get started.
