Can anxiety, as a symptom of whiplash, claim to be as important as neck pain?

One of the symptoms of whiplash that can often be overlooked is anxiety. Because a certain amount of nervousness is understandable after a car crash or motorcycle accident, a diagnosis of anxiety can be difficult to make, and sufferers may assume that it is not worth reporting either to their doctors or to the personal injury solicitor handling their whiplash claim.

Anxiety can, however, cause real problems to a recipient of whiplash injuries. On a physical level, anxiety can increase the levels of pain a sufferer feels. It has also been argued that anxiety can lead to healing being delayed or prevented as the neck muscles are unconsciously held in tension. If the whiplash is not symmetrical, this could contribute to spine misalignment.

Further effects of anxiety can begin to interfere with whiplash sufferers' work and social lives, including the possibility that their incomes could be affected if their ability to remember and concentrate is impaired. Jobs that involve driving can become impossible if severe anxiety becomes attached to being in vehicles.

With anxiety having the potential, then, to lead to distress and to financial losses, it should be clear that it should be considered in any whiplash claim, and any symptoms of anxiety should certainly be brought up both with the solicitors and medical professionals involved in the case.

Including the effects of anxiety in a whiplash claim
If you have been involved in an accident that has left you suffering from whiplash, you may well be entitled to compensation for your injuries and distress, including the effects of anxiety.

YouClaim's panel of no win, no fee solicitors includes many neck injury compensation specialists, who are very aware of the place of anxiety in a whiplash claim. The advice and support of these solicitors is entirely free to claimants during the process of making a whiplash claim, and our 100% compensation promise means that there will be no fee charged in a successful case either.

It could not be easier to begin a claim. Advisors are available to you through the phone, either by completing our call-back form or calling 0800 10 757 95, or through our online e-chat window, and are ready to discuss the details of your whiplash claim.