| What Insurance Companies Don't Want You To | | | | On page 87 he says, "Numerous injuries result |
| Know About Whiplash Injuries -- The amount of | | | | from vehicular accidents even whenthe impacts |
| car damage doesn't equate to severity of injury. | | | | are not very big and there is minimal damage to |
| Hi, I'm Dr. Harlan Mittag. If you've been in a low | | | | both vehicles." |
| impact automobile accident I have some | | | | On page 100 he says "In many instances, a |
| important information to give you in the next | | | | person experiences whiplash after avehicle |
| couple minutes. | | | | accident that has caused little significant damage |
| It's common for anyone who has been in an auto | | | | to either vehicle." |
| accident to downplay their injuries (even if they're | | | | I'm going to read you some quotes from a study |
| hurting quite a bit) because there wasn't much | | | | in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, the July |
| damage to their car. | | | | 2009 edition. This study was actually a review |
| I've seen my patients fall victim to this notion for | | | | study that evaluated and summarized 100 studies |
| years. And I've also seen auto insurance | | | | of whiplash. Two of the authors, Gargan and |
| companies use it as an argument to cut off | | | | Bannister are probably the most published |
| treatment for patients, even though they know | | | | researchers in history in the area of auto accident |
| better. | | | | injuries. |
| The truth is the auto insurance companies are a | | | | Here's some of what they concluded from their |
| business like any other business. And like any | | | | review: |
| other business their real interest is their bottom | | | | *"90% of all road-traffic collisions occur at speeds |
| line. So they'll do what they can to discourage | | | | less than 14 mph and it is inthese that whiplash |
| accident victims from spending too much | | | | occurs." |
| insurance company money. | | | | *Patients who sustain low-velocity whiplash injuries |
| So what are the facts? If you had a minor | | | | often will have more painthan those who sustain a |
| accident, is it possible that you were injured? | | | | fracture. |
| Well don't take my word for it. Let's here what | | | | *Because women have a thinner less rigid neck |
| the scientists and researchers have to say. | | | | they have twice the whiplash injuryrate as men. |
| Let me quote Rene Calliet, MD, author of 17 | | | | There's more, but I'm running out of time. The |
| textbooks on musculoskeletal disorders that have | | | | point here is that even if you had minimal damage |
| sold over 1.2 million copies. | | | | to your vehicle, it doesn't mean that you weren't |
| This is from his book “Low Impact | | | | injured. |
| Collisions and Injury, published in 2006. | | | | If you were in an auto accident, it's important to |
| He says, "a low-speed impact with minimal or no | | | | get evaluated soon. Don't wait. If you want more |
| damage to the impacted vehicle can and does | | | | information on whiplash injuries, treatment options |
| cause significant musculoskeletal injury to the | | | | and good attorneys, check out my website. |
| driver's or occupant's head and neck." That was | | | | Thanks. |
| on page 4. | | | | |