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Searching for a whiplash treatment on the internet may lead accident victims to sites that will promise miracle treatments in return for daily use of their therapies, techniques and products.
Informative forum posts and blog entries can sound very convincing and may tempt an unsuspecting sufferer of accident induced neck pain to part with money in return for an alternative treatment, but YouClaim would advise caution.
While researching whiplash, an American therapy came to the attention of the legal professionals at YouClaim involving use of a "decompression table" that purported to "decompress the cervical spine for people who have neck pain".
A decompression therapist said use of the table could open up crushed disc spaces and allow fluids to flow back into cartilage thereby re-hydrating the discs. Reportage of the table suggested that decompression is different to traction in that the table can "actually sense how much the body is pulling against it."
Traction tables have been used quite commonly in the treatment of back and neck pain, however, practitioners advocating the use of the decompression table require their particular therapy to be continued daily for a period of six weeks typically. The cost of this treatment is therefore high.
Much discussion has ensued as to the efficacy of decompression treatment. US doctors of Physical Therapy gathered in their denunciation of the whiplash therapy, citing the fact that no peer reviewed studies of the treatment have proved its merits.
Yet, what appears to be a string of successfully treated candidates persist in reporting the merits of the table and the expensive treatment.
In the UK, early management of whiplash injury has included the use of traction, but more commonly healthcare practitioner propose rest while using a neck collar and supervised mobilisation or physiotherapy. This treatment has been trialled and is seen as the treatment resulting in the best prognosis for sufferers.
Compensation for whiplash from the experts
Whilst the compensation solicitors at YouClaim are experts in their respective legal fields, we are not medical practitioners and always advise accident victims suffering from whiplash, neck or back injury to visit a doctor at their earliest convenience. Your GP can offer recognised medical guidance on the treatment of your injuries to UK healthcare standards.
However, if your whiplash was caused as a result of someone else's negligence the specialists at YouClaim may be able to help you claim personal injury compensation that may go some way to reimburse you for time you have had to take off work or to cover costs incurred in order to receive treatment.
Our personal injury solicitors work on a no win, no fee basis that protects you from all costs and legal fees involved in the claim, even if you are not successful in claiming compensation. And in a won case, YouClaim guarantees that you will receive 100% compensation; we do not take a penny.
You can fill in an online claim form or request a time for us to call you back. Or simply call our free UK helpline on 0800 10 757 95 and speak to one of our friendly legal advisors about your whiplash accident.
