If you've been injured due to a car accident that wasn't your fault, it is common knowledge that you are entitled to claim for compensation to cover the costs of loss, damage, medical treatment and your overall suffering. Unfortunately, the increase in the amount of people who are illegally claiming for road traffic accidents, particularly whiplash injuries in the past few years has resulted in UK consumers ...

In an effort to distinguish soaring motor premium costs the Government has hired a team of whiplash injury experts who will be dedicated to filtering out the genuine claimers from the fakers. David Cameron has endorsed this crackdown in a bid to expose scandals in the insurance industry which will hopefully result in legal costs being cut and it will force personal injury lawyers to lower their small injury ...

So many people wrongly assume that whiplash injury, usually caused during a car crash, is a minor affliction with no long term side-effects. Although some people may suffer insignificant damage and will make a speedy recovery, some cases can develop in to life long trauma. Because whiplash symptoms typically take 24-72 hours to appear, most patients don't realise they are hurt and neglect getting the immedi ...

In an effort to distinguish soaring motor premium costs the Government has hired a team of whiplash injury experts who will be dedicated to filtering out the genuine claimers from the fakers. David Cameron has endorsed this crackdown in a bid to expose scandals in the insurance industry which will hopefully result in legal costs being cut and it will force personal injury lawyers to lower their small injury ...

Acute whiplash injury will usually get better quickly if you keep your neck mobile by doing some gentle exercise and take painkillers to ease the discomfort. If you have suffered mild whiplash that doesn’t affect your lifestyle, you may not be entitled to compensation. Chronic whiplash however, can be a lot more troublesome and can last for a considerable amount of time, disrupting your normal routine. In c ...

Despite road accident casualties falling by almost 25 per cent since 2005, the number of injury claims has doubled causing a pay-out crisis and costing motorists a steep increase in car insurance policies. Because whiplash injuries account for about 70% of these claims, MPs are calling for a crackdown on our current ‘claims culture’. There is concern that the British public is becoming greedy for ‘easy mone ...

Whiplash can be pigeon holed in to two basic categories; Acute Whiplash. The neck experiences sudden hyperextension/hyperfelexion/rotation and results in neck pain plus other various, mild symptoms. Chronic Whiplash. Symptoms continue for more than six months and particular symptoms are prolonged. Typically, the symptoms of whiplash do not appear for a few hours, sometimes 6-12 hours later after the traumat ...

Immediately after a car accident, you should get your whiplash injury checked out by a doctor in the A&E department. You will usually be fitted with a soft collar which will take the strain of the weight of your head off the muscles and ligaments in your neck. If the doctor is happy that the damage is limited to soft tissue injury, you will be referred to the physiotherapist who will advise you further. ...

Instantly after a car accident you may not experience pain. Whiplash effects people in different ways and the symptoms often slowly increase over a few hours. You may begin to feel stiff in the neck, with it peeking the following day. Shoulder and back pain are not uncommon. If the patient experiences tingling or numbness in the arms and hands, it means the nerves in the neck have also been damaged. This co ...

Chronic whiplash can be long and painful, causing people to make serious changes to their lifestyle.  In these circumstances, victims have both a human and legal right to claim compensation for their damages. However, there have been many debates recently referring to how low the bar to receiving compensation currently stands, with MPs blaming the high number of injury claims as the cause of spiralling moto ...