The human neck - the superhighway between brain and body

A basic anatomical understanding of the human neck makes it easy to understand why neck injury compensation claims are those most commonly received by personal injury solicitors.

The neck contains a remarkably high density of vital anatomical structures. A complex collection of major nerves, blood vessels, arteries, glands, vertebrae and lymph nodes, variously governing such things as basic mobility, digestion, facial expression and movement of the tongue, all combine to make the neck the information superhighway between brain and body.

It is when an accident causes obstacles to the traffic of signals on this superhighway that a person might decide to make a neck injury compensation claim.

The complexity of the neck means that injuries to the neck can vary from the minor to the catastrophic. Officer workers whose employers fail to provide them with suitable workstations may go on to develop musculoskeletal disorders. If identified and treated early these kinds of injuries will be classified as minor. However, such is the neck's fragile complexity that even something as seemingly benign as persistent poor posture can develop into a chronic and debilitating injury. Early intervention is always key.

On the mid scale of neck injuries would be a typical car accident-related whiplash injury. The hyperinflexion and hyperextension experienced during impact or sudden stopping, while usually resulting in injuries of an observationally intangible nature, can lead to some very debilitating consequences. It is not uncommon for whiplash injury sufferers to be incapacitated for considerable periods of time.

The most severe kinds of neck injuries are those that permanently damage the spinal cord, causing paralysis or quadriplegia. In such cases it can be said that the superhighway between body and brain has been permanently closed. Without the nerves to communicate basic signals between body and brain, sufferers of this kind of injury forever lose the capacity for a completely independent life. Most commonly caused by falls from height, sporting accidents and serious road accidents, compensation amounts for injuries of this severity should reflect their permanent and debilitating nature and are usually six or seven-figure sums.

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