Arizona Auto Accident Injury Case

Injured in an automobile accident?

The nature and extent of injuries from an Arizona automobile accident depends on a number of factors. This includes the speed of the vehicles, whether you used your seat belt, the direction of the forces, the road surface, the type of vehicles involved, and your ability to receive prompt and proper treatment. An Arizona automobile accident injury can be as minor as a bruise or strain, but can also be as major as spinal cord injuries, amputation, traumatic brain injuries, or death.

“Whiplash” is one of the most common but least understood injuries. It usually occurs when the victim’s car is struck from behind, causing the victim’s neck muscles to over-extend as his or her head is thrown violently forward and back. This can be a very serious and very painful automobile accident injury. Another way to classify this injury is to use its correct medical name: hyperflexion/hyper-extension injury or cervical strain/sprain.

A cervical strain/sprain is one type of automobile accident injury that is rarely noticed at the time of the accident. In fact, you may not realize that you are injured until days later. The rush of adrenaline and the confusion of the accident will often mask the injury. Sometimes it is only when the victim’s body begins to stiffen and swell in the next few days or weeks that cervical strain/sprains are discovered.