Soft Tissue Injuries Caused by Motor Vehicle Accidents
If you think you may be suffering from a soft tissue injury after a motor vehicle accident, it is important to speak to a knowledgeable personal injury attorney in your area to discuss your situation, answer any questions you may have and to learn about your legal options.
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Soft Tissue Injuries Caused by Motor Vehicle Accidents
Automobile accidents have the ability to create long-term effects that a victim can feel for a long time after the event. Common injuries that result from motor vehicle accidents are those that cause damage to soft tissue. Soft tissue injuries are the muscles, tendons, nerves and ligaments that surround and protect vital organs and other muscular structures in the body. Soft tissue injuries cannot be detected through x-ray and the pain associated with them can sometimes appear hours and sometimes days after an accident.
If you think you may be suffering from a soft tissue injury after a motor vehicle accident, it is important to speak to a knowledgeable personal injury attorney in your area to discuss your situation, answer any questions you may have and to learn about your legal options.
Causes of Soft Tissue Injuries in Motor Vehicle Accidents
No matter how minor a motor accident may be, the impact that the car receives can be quite substantial. The occupants may find themselves jolted, thrown around or straining against car restraints designed to lower impact damage caused by a motor vehicle accident. The human body finds itself in a predicament it is not often subjected too, which leads to straining and stretching of soft tissues, causing injury.
Pain Associated With Soft Tissue Injury
The pain associated with a soft tissue injury will depend on its severity. Common complaints are bruising, soreness, stiffness and swelling. If left untreated it can lead to extensive damage and persistent, chronic pain. Additionally, some soft tissue injuries can be quite debilitating and may require extensive and ongoing therapy to help ease and repair the damage.
Soft Tissue Injuries, Causes and Their Symptoms
Following are some of the common soft tissue injuries caused by motor vehicle accidents.
Contusions (bruising)
• Bruising can be evident by the colored blotches that appear on the surface of our skin and can also be internal damage that causes pain to the soft tissue, which has been subjected to bruising. Like most injuries, contusions can be minor but some may cause extensive damage depending on which vital muscles and ligaments have been injured.
• Some chest injuries can cause extensive damage to important internal organs. Blood can accumulate in the chest cavity and sometimes bleed into the lungs.
Whiplash and Neck Strain
• Whiplash is one of the most common injuries in vehicle accidents. At the time of impact, especially rear end accidents, the neck snaps forward and backwards very quickly. This sudden movement of the neck can cause damage to the muscles, ligaments and nerves found in the neck and leading down to the spine.
• The symptoms of whiplash can be minor to severe depending on the force of the impact. You may experience stiffness of the neck, spasms and restricted head movement.
Sprains and Strains
• Sprains are when a ligament is torn and overstretched due to injury and a strain is caused when a muscle or tendon is injured. Common sprains associated with vehicle accident are neck strain (whiplash), back strain, cervical strain and sprains to other parts of the body, when bracing, or being subjected to a hard impact.
• Back strain is caused at the time of impact and is caused by the overstretching of muscles in the back and spine. A person who has suffered this type of injury may also feel spasms in the affected area, which can be painful and debilitating and can continue a long time after the initial accident. It is important that back injury is diagnosed and treated correctly, as it can cause extensive damage to discs and spinal tissue.
• The symptoms and pain associated with sprains can be bruising and swelling, pain during movement and restriction, and loss of movement, to that part of the body.
Seeking Medical Attention for Soft Tissue Injury
These injuries do not show up on x-ray and can develop days after the initial motor vehicle accident. It is important you seek medical attention immediately so that the cause of the pain can be diagnosed and treated. When seeking treatment, some soft tissue injuries can be managed through anti-inflammatory medication, pain relief medication and the more severe may need the attention of professional therapy in the form of physiotherapist or a chiropractor.
Soft tissue injuries may be serious and cause the victim to become unable to perform normal daily functions and may affect many aspects of a person's life. If you have recently been in a motor vehicle accident and are experiencing any of the pain associated with the above soft tissue injuries, make sure you seek medical attention immediately before extensive damage occurs.
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