Car Accidents
If you've been in an accident, your health may suffer more than your car!
When it comes to your health, there is no such thing as a minor accident. If your car was injured, chances are you were too--even if there is no visible damage to your car. Weeks, months or even years later health problems can and do appear!
Remember, there's no such thing as just a minor accident. It's all about physics. Most of us can still remember that little old man in high school talking something about the laws of thermodynamics. Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transfered from system to system. A 4,000 pound car traveling just a few miles per hour creates a tremendous amount of energy. When that car hits you, that energy follows another law of physics, the law of least resistance; which compared to a few tons of steel, your soft supple body is definitely that path. That energy then enters your body ripping and tearing your tissues.
Dr. Lee at Susquehanna Spine & Rehab in Bel Air, has years of experience successfully treating the pain and injuries associated with auto accidents, new or old. Dr. Lee and his staff know not only how to get you better, but can help you get your bills paid. Dr. Lee has worked with all the big and small attorneys in Bel Air and throughout Maryland to insure that your care is paid for. Dr. Lee has also worked with Bel Air's and Harford County's leading medical experts to coordinate the care you need. In fact, most doctors and lawyers in Bel Air and throughout Maryland refer their patients and clients to Dr. Lee to receive the high quality chiropractic and physical therapy care that Dr. Lee and Susquehanna Spine & Rehab has become famous for.
What your insurance company doesn’t want you to know:
Below is a Secret Report that contains important information that your insurance company doesn’t want you to know. You should not settle your case until you read this information! When a bone is broken, it heals with the same bone cells and is stronger than before. However, when ligaments, muscles or nerves are torn or strained they heal with weaker scar tissue. Proper care and casting is needed to heal a broken bone. If your damaged ligaments, muscles, and nerves are not given proper treatment they will heal poorly. This means you will suffer more now and in the future as well!
When should I seek help and where?
The sooner you receive care, the less your chance of poor or improper healing. If you have been injured you need help fast. You will be given an appointment the same day you call us; you will receive the highest quality chiropractic and physical therapy care from our highly trained team of health care professionals. To meet all of your health needs, our complete Exercise and Physical Therapy department is located on site.
Insurance and Legal Issues:
Our experienced office staff will complete all of the paperwork for your legal and insurance needs. In most cases, they can arrange for your care to be paid for 100%. We will see to it that you get the care you need so you can return to a pain-free lifestyle as quickly as possible.
WARNING: THIS REPORT CONTAINS INFORMATION YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY DOES NOT WANT YOU TO KNOW!
FACT: Symptoms may not show up for months or even years following a Whiplash injury.
FACT: Up to 45% of the victims of Whiplash will have long-term pain.
FACT: The most common symptoms following Whiplash are neck pain, neck stiffness, shoulder pain, headache, pain between the shoulder blades, back pain, numbness and tingling, arm or leg pain or weakness, dizziness, lightheadedness.
FACT: Most rear-end impact crashes occur at speeds of 6-12 miles per hour.
FACT: Cars can crash at speeds of up to eight or nine miles per hour, and sometimes higher, without visible damage.
FACT: Injury to the neck occurs at collision speeds of five miles per hour. A car can crash at nearly twice this speed without showing damage.
FACT: Most cars are equipped with 5 miles per hour rated bumpers. When two cars equipped with these bumpers crash at 10 miles per hour there may be no visible damage to the cars.
FACT: There is no scientific basis for calculating the
injury to the passengers of vehicles based on the damage to
the vehicles.
FACT: Passengers of striking vehicles were injured
only slightly less frequently than passengers of struck
vehicles.
FACT: Most rear-end crashes occur during daylight hours. Most happen during rush hour traffic on straight, flat, dry sections of road.
FACT: Injuries from a rear-end crash are worse than injuries from a side or head-on crash.
FACT: Smaller cars are less safe than larger cars. A passenger in a car that crashes into another car that is 50% larger will have 2-5 times the risk of death.
FACT: Your head is subjected to 2½ times the acceleration of your car in rear impact collisions.
FACT: Headrests only slightly reduce the risk of injury in Whiplash.
FACT: Seat belts and shoulder harnesses increase the risk of injury to the neck in low speed crashes.
FACT: The most common injuries reported from air bags are to the eyes.
FACT: 37% of Whiplash victims suffer Temporomandibular joint (TMJ jaw joint) disorders.
FACT: Post-concussion syndrome may develop days, or even weeks after a Whiplash injury. Symptoms include headaches, fatigue, dizziness, poor concentration, and disturbed vision.
FACT: Attention and memory of Whiplash victims may be affected up to two years following the injury.
FACT: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) may develop for up to six months following a Whiplash injury.
FACT: Many insurance companies have full time utilization review staff who, in order to cut costs, cancel orders for tests or procedures even though ordered by a doctor.
IF YOU'VE BEEN INJURED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT, CALL US TODAY!
443-512-0025
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