Dr. Chung
What a 10 mph car accident does to the neck
What a 10 mph car accident does to the neck Pain after a car accident can be very strange and confusing. Take a look at these examples from my office and tell me if this reminds you of a situation that you or someone you know have been in.
Person A: Healthy and fit 37-year-old man in a car and gets hit at 45 mph+. The impact drives his car into the car in front causing extensive damage. Person B: Healthy and fit 29-year old woman. Sitting in line in a parking lot when another car runs into the back of her at 10 mph or less. Minimal damage to the car and wore a seat belt. Which one do you think had a worse whiplash injury and had pain immediately and which do you think just had soreness that they wanted to to get checked out? Both had substantial biomechanical changes on their x-ray and MRI, but only one had a significant amount of pain immediately after the incident. If you guessed that Person B with the parking lot bumper tap had the most pain, then you win! Congratulations on using the article title to your advantage.