What Is A “Soft Tissue” Injury? By: Wayne Cohen, Lawyer & Attorney
A soft tissue injury is essentially the kind of injury one typically suffers after a sudden impact, like in a car accident. The sudden impact can cause injury to the soft tissues on the neck, tendons and ligaments. Sometimes this is also known as whiplash, where an injury occurs when the body and the head make a whip like movement. Other than in car accidents, there are other situations that can cause soft tissue injuries. These can include a fall, sports activities, or just sneezing! Rear end and t-bone accidents will often result in some sort of soft tissue injury.
A whiplash or soft tissue injury can cause a great deal of pain because the neck becomes very sore making it hard to turn it sideways and limiting the range of motion. Other symptoms of whiplash can be a headache, dizziness nausea, and muscle spasms. No matter the kind of symptoms of symptoms you experience it’s important to seek medical attention immediately. If the soft tissue injury occurred as a result of a car accident or other liability claim, then you should consider seeking counsel from a car accident lawyer.
What will the personal injury lawyer help you do? First, the personal injury lawyer will help compile your bills and records. If there is an insurance company who is involved, then these will be summarized and provided. Second, the personal injury lawyer will help you negotiate a settlement. Third, if a settlement cannot be reached, then the personal injury lawyer will need to litigate the case.
Soft tissue injuries can be difficult to prove in a case because they are usually not diagnosed easily with x-rays. Rather, they are subjective injuries for which diagnostic testing often does not help. That said, soft tissue injuries, especially after car accidents, can linger on well after an accident occurs.
Wayne Cohen is a trial lawyer. He also currently serves as an adjunct law professor at the George Washington University School of Law.
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