Will your whiplash compensation claim cover lower back pain?

If someone suffering from the effects of a car accident mentions that he or she is making a whiplash compensation claim, it would be usual to assume that the personal injury referred to is a neck injury. However, it is very much possible for the effects of whiplash to extend as far as the lower back.

This is confirmed by the UK's National Health Service, which lists lower back pain as a symptom of whiplash that is less common than neck pain, but more common than irritability and loss of memory.

Medical papers, according to an American survey, suggest that back pain is a feature of whiplash neck injury claims in a notable percentage of cases. The precise number varies between 25% and 54%, according to this survey. That article also gives suggestions for personal injury lawyers about refuting the attempts of an opposing solicitor to use the few medical experts who disagree with the view that lower back pain can feature in a hyperflexion case.

Most commonly, lower back pain is located in the sacroiliac or lumbosacral joints. The first of these is the joint that secures the spine and the pelvis; the latter being the one above it; both are highly important joints that ensure the spine is strong and supportive.

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We operate a no win, no fee system that ensures you pay nothing when you lose, not even the costs and disbursements that some personal injury firms will ask you to cover. When you win, we charge our fees to the opposition rather than to you, meaning that your whiplash claim is risk-free and cost-free.

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