Soft tissue injuries due to low impact injuries

A low impact auto accident is generally defined as an incident that takes place at speeds less than 10 miles per hour (mph). This type of collision usually causes the least amount of damage to the vehicles involved. Body injuries can result from any accident and that includes ones that occur with vehicles going less than 10 mph. Soft tissue injuries are the most common problem for those involved in a low impact accident.

A motor vehicle accident that takes place at speeds between under 10 mph often brings about little visible damage to the cars involved. Sometimes due to the fact that minimal damage was done to vehicle the injuries to the people in the vehicles are overlooked. This does not mean that bodily injury did not occur to the passengers during the crash.

While an automobile is built to take a slow 5 to 10 mph crash that is not necessarily true for your body. In a low impact accident a person’s soft tissue can be damaged.The back and neck are the usual problem spots for soft tissue injuries. Soft tissue is basically a person’s ligaments, tendons and muscles. Soft tissue injuries are typically classified as contusions or bruises, sprains or strains.

A contusion is an injury to the soft tissue caused by blunt force. This force produces pooling of blood around the injury causing discoloring of the skin. This is commonly is referred to as a bruise. Bruising can be found in different shapes and colors.

A sprain is an injury to a ligament often brought about by a wrench or twist. A sprain can be a simple sprain, a partial tear or a complete tear. This can happen to various parts of a person’s body during an accident. It is not uncommon for a person to twist in their seat as a vehicle strikes theirs during the incident.

A strain is an injury to the muscle or tendon caused by overuse, force or stretching. The force of the car crash can push on a person’s soft tissue or cause parts to stretch in an abnormal way.Muscles and tendons support your bones. A strain may cause a partial or complete tear in the muscle and tendon combination.

The neck of a car occupant can whip forward causing the most common rear impact injury known as whiplash. General Motors (GM) did a study regarding crashes at speeds below eight mph. GM found, to no surprise, that injuries do occur at such low speeds. The study also showed that whiplash injuries account for more than half of all injuries connected to vehicular accidents.

Although these types of injuries are characteristically classified as minor nearly 30 percent of those hurt in low speed collisions have reported having neck pain up to three years later. This injury is likely to be worse in those that experienced a rear end collision. Depending on the age of the person this injury could cause a permanent disability.

A motor vehicle can take the force of a low speed collision without showing much damage due to the advances car manufacturers have made in the construction of their vehicles. When a collision does occur the force of the accident pushes inertia somewhere and once the automobile has taken part of that energy away the occupants take the rest. These forces are what can cause people bodily harm even in a crash of below 10 mph.Soft tissue injuries can occur to those involved in a low speed impact and though these injuries might be hard to see they exist.
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About Auto Injuries

According to the Insurance Research Council, nearly 1/3 of all claimants injured in motor vehicle accidents (MVA's) seek treatment from doctors of chiropractic. This is an impressive number given that the National Safety Council (NSC) has determined there to be more than 12 million MVA's annually involving more than 20 million vehicles.
The reason individuals like yourself choose chiropractic care for treatment of injuries sustained in MVA's is simple - chiropractic care is superior in the treatment of soft tissue injuries, especially of the spine. Since the most common injuries associated with MVA's are sprains and strains of the spinal muscles and ligaments, it's only natural that chiropractic be the treatment of choice.
Many studies have also found individuals injured in MVA's prefer chiropractic care for the treatment of their injuries. One such study evaluated 190 whiplash injury victims and found those who received chiropractic care reported treatment satisfaction of 100%.
(Balla JI, Iansek R. Headaches arising from disorders of the cervical spine. In: Hopkins A, ed. Headache: Problems in Diagnosis and Management. London: WB Saunders; 1988.)

Minimum Accident Speed to Cause Injury Studies involving live humans have demonstrated that a motor vehicle accident of as little as 5 mph can induce cervical (neck) injury. However, other studies have shown that cars can often withstand crashes of 10 mph or more without sustaining damage.

Time for Symptoms to Present
Symptoms arising from injuries sustained in motor vehicle accidents were once thought to present immediately following the accident. However, research and clinic experience now demonstrate that a delay of symptom onset seems to be the norm. Also, delay of symptom onset does not eliminate the possibility of severe injury.

Number of Disabilities from Automobile Accidents
Most experts have found that 10 percent of all motor vehicle accident victims become disabled.


Symptom Resolution Statistics
Many studies have found a significant number of individuals to be symptomatic for many months and even years after a motor vehicle accident. In one such study, 75 percent of individuals remained symptomatic 6 months after the accident.
Another study, published in the European Spine Journal, found that during the period of time between the first and second years following a motor vehicle accident over 20 percent actually had their symptoms worsen.


Number of Annual Motor Vehicle Accidents
According to the National Safety Council (NSA), there are more than 12 million motor vehicle accidents annually including more than 20 million vehicles. This results in over 5 million nonfatal accidents annually of which approximately 2 million are disabling injuries including approximately 1 million work-related auto disabling injuries.

Injury Severity in Motor Vehicle Accidents
A 1990 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) study reported found that about 28 percent of occupants in motor vehicle accidents incur minor to moderate injury while 6 percent incur severe to fatal injuries.


Likelihood of being Involved in a Motor Vehicle Accident
The US Department of Transportation estimates that the typical driver will have a near automobile accident one to two times per month and all will be in a collision of some type on average of every 6 years.


Annual Costs of Motor Vehicle Accidents
According to a report released back in 1993, the total costs for motor vehicle accidents in the US was over $333 billion in 1988.


Who Pays for Injuries Sustained in Motor Vehicle Accidents?
According to the Insurance Research Council,

• 63 percent of injuries are paid by the injured individuals own automobile insurance company
• 55 percent of injuries are paid by the auto insurance company of another vehicle
• 36 percent of injuries are paid by health insurance
• 20 percent of injuries are paid by government programs
• 19 percent of injuries are paid workers' compensation insurance

Almost 60 percent of those injured reported to have used 2 or more sources of payment.
 WHAT TO DO POST-ACCIDENT

Schedule An Appointment If you have been involved in a motor vehicle accident you will need to make an appointment for a brief, but thorough, examination. Often, individuals involved in motor vehicle accidents experience minimal or no symptoms for the first few weeks and even months. It's important to not only receive immediate and appropriate treatment for any injuries sustained, but also to document the extent of the injuries, if present. Failure to obtain a timely evaluation or appropriate treatment for injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident may negate your ability to receive monetary compensation for any future medical bills resulting from the accident, negate your ability to receive pain and suffering settlements, and negate compensation for work loss. We Will Determine... When you come in, we will determine: the extent of the injury or injuries the number of estimated treatments required to treat your injuries if referral to another medical specialist is required if special tests are required (i.e. MRI, CT Scan, etc.) if you need to take "injury time off" from work (and provide you with a note to present to your employer) whether obtaining legal representation may be in your best interests (and recommend some excellent attorneys) Don't Delay, Call Today! If you or someone you know has been involved in an accident, call (or have them call) our office immediately. The quicker you receive the care you need, the quicker your injuries will heal and the faster you can get on with your life. Don't delay, call today! (972)215-7720

HEADACHES

Headaches are the second most common complaint following motor vehicle accidents (MVA's). Like the many other MVA symptoms, headache may not be present immediately following the accident and may take several weeks and often months to eventually surface. Most post-traumatic headaches are thought to originate from the soft tissues and facet joints of the neck as well as injury or irritation to the nerves of the upper cervical spine.
The literature has shown there to be multiple types of headaches which can be experienced following a MVA. These include the following:

• Cervicogenic Headaches
• Muscle Tension Headaches
• Migraine Headaches
• Myofascial Trigger Point Headaches
• Site-Of-Impact Headaches
• Drug-Induced Headaches (following excessive or prolonged analgesic use)

HEAD INJURIES and ASSOCIATED SYMPTOMS

Half of the approximate 7 million non-major head injuries occurring annually in the US are estimated to be caused by motor vehicle accidents (MVA's). These head injuries, although mostly mild, give rise to an assortment of symptoms and events and frequently affect higher levels of cognition and personality. Symptoms include:

• headache
• scalp pain and hypersensitivity
• blurred vision
• balance and coordination impairments
• memory impairment
• language and task handling difficulties
• slowed reaction times
• ringing of in the ears
• reduced attention span and patience
• earlier fatigue and mental stamina
• sleep disturbances

Unfortunately, symptoms continue to persist in some victims leading to a condition known as "Chronic Postconcussion Syndrome". (note: a concussion is a loss of consciousness or lessening of mental processes following a direct or indirect head trauma)
Another interesting point to note is the paradoxicalness of headaches following head trauma. Recent evidence suggests that relatively minor head injuries seem to result in more severe headaches than the more severe head injuries. For more on headaches, see "Headaches".

WHAT IF I WAS IN AN AUTO/CAR ACCIDENT ?

Unfortunately, studies show that most of us will be in an auto accident at some point in our lives. The only question remaining, is how bad will it be?
The following are important things to remember if you are involved in an auto accident:

1. Seek treatment as soon as possible.
If there is a chance you may be seriously hurt, you should go to the Emergency room at your local hospital. There they can rule out fractures and life threatening injuries.

2. If you are still experiencing pain and discomfort a few days to a couple weeks later, than you should come to our office to find out if you have any structural damage.
NOTE: The longer you wait after an accident to come to our office, typically the longer it takes to get you better.

3. Most auto insurance companies have what is called Med Pay. This means that your bills will be paid up to 100% up to a certain limit. Our office can check that for you.

4. If the accident was not your fault. The other party's auto insurance should cover your health care expenses in our office. We do all of the paperwork for you.

5. At the accident scene, get as much information on the other driver or drivers as possible. An accident report by Police is always helpful, but not required to have a case.

6. You should never settle with an insurance company before you have had us evaluate your injury for you. If you settle before your injury is fully resolved, you will be completely on your own and will have to pay out of pocket for your care.

7. Dealing with insurance companies can be difficult after an auto accident. We have a number of reputable and highly qualified Attorneys who we can refer you to for a complimentary consultation. Hiring a reputable Attorney essentially takes you out of the direct bargaining process with the insurance company and all the paperwork and phone calls associated with that and lets you concentrate on healing.

8. Injuries sustained after a car-accident if left untreated can lead to spinal degeneration and a host of other problems for years to come.

FINAL NOTE: We find that many people involved in an auto accident that WAS THEIR FAULT never get treatment.
This tends to be due to the fear that their insurance will go up after a claim is filed.
Your PIP (Personal Injury Protection) is why you have auto insurance in the first place.
Many insurance companies will not raise your rates after 1 or even 2 accidents in the same year.
THE INJURIES SUSTAINED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT CAN CAUSE A HOST OF PROBLEMS FOR YEARS TO COME, OR EVEN THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
YOU OWE IT TO YOURSELF TO COME IN AND GET CHECKED.

Why should i get an attorney after an Auto/Car accident for my injuries?

An attorney helps with all aspects of an auto/car accident claim or injury. They keep an individual from spending countless hours on the phone with insurance adjusters that really don't care about your well being. It also helps to keep stress levels down and allow you to concentrate on recovery and getting well. Our office only works with the best attorneys/lawyers in Dallas/Fort Worth. We have learned through trial and error, who best takes care of our patients. They also make sure that all your medical bills are settled. This allows you to be additionally stress and medical bill free at the end. We also help those who are not able to treat in our office, who are in need of an attorney. We are here to help!!! So don't hesitate in calling and making an appointment to get examined and also ask about scheduling a free consultation with a reputable attorney. You only have one body, so you need to take care of it. Call Today!!! (972)215-7720

The Truth About Low Speed Auto Accidents

Low Speed Auto Accidents

Thousands of car accidents occur everyday. And every day thousands are injured. Researchers note that the majority of auto accident injury claims occur at relatively low speeds of about 12 mph or less.
Car Accident Disputes
This causes tremendous disputes between injured parties and the insurance companies that are responsible for compensating them for their car accident claim. To insurers, there really is no speed at which they want to admit an injury could occur. For economic reasons they try to dismiss whiplash or car accident injuries entirely, as if they don’t exist.
Thanks to recent irrefutable research studies proving the existence and exact mechanism of whiplash car injuries, insurers are hard pressed to try the “whiplash is a hoax” defense nearly as much as in the past.
A more recent tactic is to claim the speed of the collision is too low to cause injury. Enter the “low speed collision” or “slow speed collision” defense. The defense often relies on their insured’s reports of how fast they were going when they ran into the back of the other party-obviously biased data.
Other times photographs of the vehicle damage is used to show a low speed car accident. Often, the photographs are shown to an Accident Reconstructionist who by merely looking at photographic damage of a car crash then renders an opinion on how fast the vehicles were traveling. They will even go so far to make statements such as “the evidence suggests there was insufficient force to cause human bodily injury…” This would be laughable if it didn’t cause so many problems for injured car accident victims. By the way, in most states Auto Crash Reconstructionists are only allowed to testify or ender an expert opinion as to vehicle damage. They are not trained to determine bodily injury.
The Truth
Here are but a few facts concerning motor vehicle injuries and their relationship to speed with supporting scientific evidence.
Three different studies (Panjabi, Panjabi and Cholewicki and Kaneoka) proved the mechanism by which the neck is injured by a rear impact force simulating a car accident. [1], [2], [3] The studies involved simulating a rear impact collision on live human test subjects and recording the results with cineradiography (high speed motion x-rays). The researchers found that the neck was injured by deforming into an “S- shaped” configuration within fractions of a second of the impact before the occupant is aware of the impact and before reflexes can protect them. All three of these studies found that this physical event occurred at speeds as low as 2.5 mph. In other words, when they simulated car crashes sufficient to cause the head to move in relationship to the body at a rate of 2.5 mph, injuries were recorded.
The radiographically proven human threshold for injury in a rear impact auto accident therefore is 2.5 mph. Other authors have disputed these figures and some insurance company sponsored studies have found the threshold to be closer to 5 mph.
For the sake of argument, let’s stipulate that the 5 mph threshold is correct. It still means that a collision of only 5 mph can cause damage to the neck.
Freeman et. al. in Spine, Vol. 23, Number 9, 1998, p. 1046 shows the damage thresholds for many cars. This is the minimum speed required to cause the car to show visible signs of damage. The smallest, lightest vehicle listed was the 1980 Toyota Tercel, which required a collision of 8.1 mph to become damaged. On the other end of the spectrum was the 1989 Chevrolet Citation, which required 12.7 mph. A Ford F-250 pick up required 11.7 mph.
Cars built today are equipped with rear bumpers designed not to show any damage below 5 mph. In an attempt to reduce repair costs shouldered by insurance companies, crash standards were adopted to mandate rear bumpers must withstand a 5 mph collision into a fixed barrier (wall, pole, etc) without any visible evidence of damage. It should be noted that this standard involves testing of “vehicle to barrier” crashes not “vehicle to vehicle” testing.
Hitting a pole as in “vehicle to barrier” testing yields more damage at lower speeds. The barrier does not move or absorb any energy.
In “vehicle to vehicle” crashes where the bumpers line up well, it takes considerably more force to cause visible bumper damage than a 5 mph collision. Some tests have shown that cars could be crashed repeatedly at 20 mph and not show outer damage. In a “vehicle to vehicle” crash it is estimated that the minimum speed to cause visible damage is approximately 15 mph.
What happens to the occupant in these collisions is what matters. If you are backing up in a parking lot and run into a pole at 6 mph. You will feel a crunch and a bump. You’ll be startled and upset about your bumper, but it is unlikley you’ll be injured.
On the other hand, if you are stopped in a parking lot waiting for a space and another vehicle strikes you at 12 mph (the average speed of a car in a parking lot) you will likely feel a tremendous jolt, hear a loud bang and your car will be pushed forward a few feet. It is probable that your neck will be injured, although it may not show up for hours or days, but your bumper may not even show a dent.
In the first scenario all the energy of the crash was absorbed by the bumper. In the second, some of the energy was bled off into the two vehicles, but much of it was transmitted into your body causing your neck to deform into the “S” configuration resulting in injury.
Another consideration is that while a bumper may look undamaged from the outside after a collision, inside under the skin, the foam or plastic may be crushed or cracked. This is not seen from the outside, so photographs would make it appear as if no damage was sustained. Still further, the bumper may appear intact, but on unibody vehicles, the unibody may be bent or deformed by a collision. This may not be apparent and some auto repair facilities may miss it.
So what does this mean? It means that if you are rear-ended and your bumper is cracked, dented, or misplaced at all, your collision involved speeds in excess of 15 mph. That’s 3 times the human threshold for injury if we use the 5 mph figure. In reality, the proven threshold is only 2.5 mph, so a collision of 15 mph is 6 times the threshold for injury.
Now let’s say your vehicle sustained no visible damage, but your neck hurts after the collision. Does that mean you weren’t really injured? No. It means that the vehicle’s threshold for damage was not exceeded. The impact could have been 10 mph. Too low for bumper damage, but still 4 times the threshold for human injury.
In a low speed collision, the kinetic forces that are transferred from the other vehicle into your vehicle are not dampened or bled off by your bumper. Instead, the force is transmitted through the vehicle, into your seat and to your neck resulting in injury. If your body or neck are jolted or jerked by the impact, an injury could occur.
Another aspect to consider is if your vehicle is moved forward by the impact. An average car weighs close to 4,000 lbs. Let’s say you are hit from behind and your car is pushed forward a few feet, but shows no signs of bumper damage. Is it possible to be hurt? Yes, of course. The force required to move a stationary 4,000 lb object is tremendous. Can you walk up to a car sitting at a red light with its brakes on and shove it forward even an inch? Not likely. A collision that is strong enough to propel a car forward by even inches is plenty enough force to cause a whiplash injury.
So, as you have now learned, there really shouldn’t be any dispute on whether a low speed car accident collision can cause injuries. It has been scientifically proven by several studies. It is also a fact that the speed required to cause bodily injury is quite low, a scant 2.5 mph. It has also been shown that any accident that causes damage to the rear bumper is likely to cause injuries and even in accidents where there is no outward physical damage to the vehicle, there may still be sufficient forces involved to cause bodily injuries.

References
Panjabi MM, Grauer JN (1997): “Whiplash produces a S-shape curvature of the neck with hyperextension at lower levels. ” Spine 22 (21): 2489-94.
Panjabi MM, Cholewicki J, Nibu K, Grauer JN, Babat LB, Dvorak J, Bar HF (1998-12-01): “[Biomechanics of whiplash injury].” Orthopade 1998 Dec; 27(12): 813-9.
Koji Kaneoka, Koshiro Ono, Satoshi Inami and Koichiro Hayashi (99-04-15). “Motion analysis of cervical vertebrae during whiplash loading.” Spine 24(8): 763-770
Characteristics of Specific Automobile Bumpers in Low Velocity Impacts, SAE 940916

Vitamin Water exposed as sugar water in Food Investigations video

Vitamin Water exposed as sugar water in Food Investigations video: (NaturalNews) In a new Food Investigations video entitled, "The Vitamin Water Deception," the non-profit Consumer Wellness Center (www.ConsumerWellness.org) takes aim at the misleading marketing and high sugar content of Vitamin Water (a Coca-Cola product). The video was created by the Consumer Wellness Center and narrated by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, who also created the hugely popular "Blueberry Deception" video which has received over one million views across the internet.

Watch the Vitamin Water Deception at:
http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=9D14AA3725876EF038F606C4819B3677

Or YouTube at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8lLp26HaZY

In this video report, you'll learn:

• Why Vitamin Water is mostly just "sugar water."

• Why the vitamins used in Vitamin Water are really just synthetic chemicals.

• How Coca-Cola altered the serving size of the beverage, making the sugar content appear to be less than what it really is.

• Why Vitamin Water advertising and marketing is misleading.

• The shocking truth of how even Coca-Cola's own attorneys publicly admitted that Vitamin Water is not a "healthy beverage." (http://www.naturalnews.com/029425_vitaminwater_Coca-Cola.html)

• Why one health group calls Vitamin Water "non-carbonated soda" and claim it contributes to weight gain, diabetes, obesity and other diseases.

• What to drink that's far better for you than Vitamin Water.

• Why the fruit flavor varieties of Vitamin Water contain no actual fruit.

• The truth of how Vitamin Water uses the cheap synthetic form of Vitamin B12 - Cyanocobalamin, which contains cyanide molecules.

• Why Vitamin Water is dead, processed food that has been pasteurized.

The links to watch the video are:

NaturalNews.TV:
http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=9D14AA3725876EF038F606C4819B3677

YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8lLp26HaZY

Why Food Investigations is so popular
The Food Investigations series, created by Mike Adams, has been a huge hit across the internet, achieving mainstream news coverage and racking up millions of views across the many duplicate videos that have been posted. Old media news networks even ripped off the story and ran their own version of it, propping up their in-house personalities as the "experts" who "discovered" the very same things about food that Mike Adams first exposed in Food Investigations.

The first episode of Food Investigations, The Blueberry Deception, exposed the use of fake blueberries in cereals, bagels, breads and other products made by mainstream food companies such as General Mills and Kellogg's. Shortly after this episode was released by the Consumer Wellness Center, Kellogg's changed the box for one of their blueberry cereals, altering their text and removing the pictures of blueberries from one of the side panels.

You can watch The Blueberry Deception at:
http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=7EC06D27B1A945BE85E7DA8483025962

Or YouTube at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_HjvjB4G5s

You may also enjoy watching the comedy skit created by Mike Adams called General Mills Mind Games, which satirizes the lack of blueberries in their "Blueberry Pomegranate TOTAL cereal":
http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=851519FA1AC72A56F7205D2285CC66CF

Learn more at www.ConsumerWellness.org

Institute of Medicine adverse reactions report admits MMR vaccines cause measles, seizures, anaphylaxis and other health problems

Institute of Medicine adverse reactions report admits MMR vaccines cause measles, seizures, anaphylaxis and other health problems: (NaturalNews) The Institute of Medicine, which has long functioned as a front group for the pharmaceutical industry and receives tens of millions of dollars in annual funding from drug companies and global elitists (like Bill Gates, Ted Turner, etc.), has issued a report that declares the MMR vaccine is not linked to autism. This is now being widely reported in the conventional (controlled) media, which isn't telling you the real story behind this report.

What's the real story? That this IOM report, even though it goes out of its way to excuse vaccines and dismiss safety concerns, still openly admits that vaccines cause measles, febrile seizures, anaphylactic shock and other potentially fatal side effects. It also admits that other vaccines are linked to a whole host of bizarre side effects, including skin lesions, difficulty breathing and live virus infections (see complete list, below).

Furthermore, the conclusion that "vaccines do not cause autism" is erroneous, as the IOM did not interview even a single parent of an autistic child and did not conduct a medical review of any autistic children whatsoever. Instead, the IOM claims to have reviewed thousands of vaccine papers published in conventional medical journals -- yes, the very same medical journals that are practically run by pharmaceutical interests and have been caught publishing "scientific" articles that were really fraudulently ghostwritten by drug company hacks. (http://www.naturalnews.com/029160_medical_journals_ghostwriters.html)

In layman's terms, this is what's known as a "scientific circle jerk" where one group of bought-off scientists quotes another group of bought-off scientists as "authorities" even though they all parrot the same medical quackery of their masters -- the pharmaceutical companies.

Predictably, the old dinosaur media spins the report into a complete lie
Regardless of the fact that the IOM report found a long list of side effects to be "convincingly" linked to vaccines (which is remarkable, given the IOM's pro-vaccine slant, as revealed below), the mainstream media went out of its way to twist the story around and declare vaccines are perfectly safe!

Forbes Magazine, which has long been a zombie mouthpiece for pharmaceutical business interests, ran with the headline, "Report Finds Few Side Effects For Vaccines." (Not true. The report actually found an alarming number of side effects for vaccines.)

The Sydney Morning Herald, the pro-pharma quack rag of Australia, declared "Vaccine gets another clean bill of health, but no one is listening." (A total and deliberate lie by a newspaper that maliciously lies to its Australian readers on a regular basis.)

NPR, which no one even expects to honestly report a story anymore, declared, "Report: Vaccines Are Safe, Hazards Few And Far Between." Voice of America parroted, "US Study: Vaccines are Safe." (Again, a complete fabrication. Did they even read the IOM's report?)

The trouble, of course, is that all these headlines are really more like headLIES. They fail to report what the IoM actually published in its own conclusions, and even that is a distorted version of the truth of how dangerous vaccines really are. But it surprises no one to see conventional media -- the presstitutes -- covering up the crimes of the deadly vaccine industry. They're all in this together, of course. It's the pharma interests that buy a significant portion of the advertising which keeps these rags in business, and if they actually told the truth about the dangers of drugs and vaccines, drug companies would pull their ads and many of these media outlets would simply collapse into financial insolvency (which is actually what they deserve, given that they only serve their corporate masters and contribute nothing to the people of society).

So they keep parroting the lies of Big Pharma and the distortions of the IoM, which as you will soon see, is an entirely untrustworthy organization that has a history of being involved in illegal medical experiments and crimes against humanity, including having its members play a role in the illegal syphilis medical experiments on Guatemalan prisoners.

A brief history of the Institute of Medicine
The IoM is the same group, you may recall, that recently issued an utterly false and misleading report on vitamin D, claiming that people should take no more than 600 IUs of vitamin D a day. It then went on to warn people against "megadosing" on vitamin D, thereby contributing to the ongoing vitamin D deficiencies that are the main cause of cancer in America today. (http://www.naturalnews.com/030598_vitamin_D_Institute_of_Medicine.html)

(In truth, most people need 10,000 IUs of vitamin D a day just to maintain healthy levels.)

This was all part of the 2010 report called, "Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium and Vitamin D" in which the IoM utter failed to find any link whatsoever between vitamin D and cancer (huh?), and then reluctantly admitted that vitamin D may have something to do with bone health, but nothing more. This is a classic example of total pseudoscientific quackery being put out to promote nutritional deficiencies so that the pharmaceutical industry can rake in more profits. (http://www.anh-usa.org/action-alert-is-the-institute-of-medicine-in-bed-with-big-pharma/)

Remember, Big Pharma is a huge financial supporter of the IoM. Full details on the IoM's financial ties will shortly be reported here on NaturalNews, where you will learn that individuals like Margaret Hamburg, the head of the criminal FDA, personally gave the IoM more than $100,000. (So did Bill Gates, Ted Turner and others.)

The IoM is also the same group that declared Agent Orange was safe for U.S. veterans who fought in Vietnam. In nearly every report it has issued over the years, the IoM has pushed a pro-pharma agenda while denying the reality of dangerous chemicals. Yet, somehow, the IoM is widely quoted by the old media (the dinosaur media, the presstitutes) as if it were a "scientific" organization reaching "scientific" conclusions, independent of industry influence.

Didn't any of the presstitutes actually check who funds the IoM? Of course not. The age of old media journalists actually asking intelligent questions has long faded into history. Now, they simply vomit up whatever disinfo they've been spoon fed by the establishment, and they rely on the gullibility of their fluoridated, mind-numbed readers to buy whatever propaganda they're spewing.

The IoM's role in criminal, government-run human medical experiments
The IoM, by the way, was also directly involved in the criminal medical experiments conducted on Guatemalan prisoners, a "dark chapter" of conventional medical history that came to light in late 2010 (http://www.naturalnews.com/029924_medical_experiments_Guatemala.html).

When the truth about these experiments became known (oops! Somebody found out!), President Obama was forced to issue a public apology and organize an investigation. He appointed the Institute of Medicine -- a "prestigious" organization, if you can believe that -- to lead the investigation.

But the IoM had to recuse itself from the investigation, admitting that some of its own people were the same people who conducted the illegal medical experiments while working for the NIH. The Guatemalan medical experiments, you see, were a U.S. government funded operation conducted under the NIH, and the IoM has strong financial ties to the government, receiving as much as 64.9% of its funding from government sources (details on that to be published here on NaturalNews shortly).

This was all admitted in a published paper called "U.S. reviews human trial participant
protections." (The Lancet, Volume 376, Issue 9757, Pages 1975 - 1976, Dec. 11, 2010).

This paper declares, "In a sign of just how thoroughly enmeshed in medical establishment approval the Guatemala study was, the IoM had to decline the assignment, citing "overlapping appointments" in the 1940s between individuals on an IoM subcommittee and the NIH Study Section on Syphilis. The fact-finding task has now been transferred to the bioethics committee." (http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)62247-7/fulltext)

This was also reported in Jerry Leonards Public Health Alert (www.PublicHealthAlert.org), in a special article covering the CDC Tuskegee experiments and ongoing biowarfare research being conducted covertly by the U.S. government and its various "medical" front groups (NIH, IoM, CDC, NCI, etc.)

Read the full report from Jerry Leonards at:
http://www.publichealthalert.org/Articles/miscellaneous/tuskeegee%202.pdf

So keep all this in mind about the history of the IoM when you read its paper on vaccines. We're talking about an organization that promotes nutritional deficiencies, that utterly ignores the solid science on disease prevention with nutrition, and that was so deeply involved in the illegal, government-run medical experiments on Guatemalan prisoners that it had to remove itself from the bioethics investigative committee appointed to investigate the matter. The word "ethics" doesn't even belong in the same paragraph as the Institute of Medicine.

The IoM is also largely funded by both military government interests (including funds from the Department of Defense, which we will explain later), pharmaceutical interests (it takes money from all the top Big Pharma companies) and top global elitists like Bill Gates who are openly calling for the use of vaccines to "reduce world population by 10 to 15 percent." (http://www.naturalnews.com/029911_vaccines_Bill_Gates.html)

Today, this same pharmaceutically prostituted organization that lied to the nation about vitamin D has issued its report called "Adverse Effects of Vaccines: Evidence and Causality".

Let's see what this report really says:

What the IOM report on vaccines reveals about deadly vaccines
To begin, you can download and view the entire report yourself at:
http://naturalnews.com/files/Adverse-Effects-of-Vaccines-Evidence-Causality.pdf

Here are several important things you need to know about this report -- things that none of the mainstream presstitutes will dare tell you:

#1 - The IOM vaccine report was reviewed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as well as a military weapons manufacturer

On page 8 of the report, you will see that it was reviewed by Chris Wilson from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a vaccine front group that openly pushes for global population reduction through vaccines and infertility technologies (http://www.naturalnews.com/029911_vaccines_Bill_Gates.html).

Secondly, this IOM report was reviewed by Sam Shekar from the military defense contractor Northrop Grumman, a weapons manufacturer and military technology engineering company that received a $5 billion grant from the CDC to run a vaccine information technology program (which will likely be used to track vaccine recipients in much the same way that IBM sold its technology to the Nazi regime in World War II to track Jewish prisoners as they were hauled off to concentration camps). (http://www.ibmandtheholocaust.com/home.php)

#2 - The IOM conducted NO NEW STUDIES for this report

Instead, it was merely a compilation of 12,000 existing vaccines studies published in all the corrupt mainstream medical journals which are pro-vaccine propaganda rags that routinely engage in bribery, corruption, fraudulent science and the ghost writing of fraudulent "scientific papers" that were really written by Big Pharma propagandists (http://www.naturalnews.com/029160_medical_journals_ghostwriters.html).

The British Medical Journal in particular has been widely discredited over its fictitious and provably false allegations against Dr. Andrew Wakefield (http://www.naturalnews.com/031116_Dr_Andrew_Wakefield_British_Medical_Journal.html).

The IoM, however, took all the medical journals are honest, trustworthy sources! ...even though we know conventional medical journals are the epitome of modern pharmaceutical quackery parading around as science. For the IoM to use medical journals as "sources" for any study is sort of like police departments hiring convicted felons to be detectives.

All of us know very well that relying on the conventional medical industry's own studies as a source of information about the dangers of the conventional medical industry's own products is just flat-out stupid. If you're going to have an honest assessment of the dangers of vaccines, you don't use the for-profit vaccine industry as your source of information! The medical journals, as we all know, are utterly corrupted and controlled by the drug companies that manufacture and sell all these vaccines in the first place. Nearly all conventional medical journals are packed with drug company ads that provide the bulk of the funding for their operations.

So it makes no difference that the IoM claims to have reviewed "12,000 studies." Most of those 12,000 studies are still slanted propaganda pieces because they were funded by the vaccine companies and published by what are essentially "vaccine journals" that promote the interests of vaccine companies. The IoM might as well claim it looked at a "gajillion studies!"

If you really want to find out what vaccines cause in children, you need to go talk to the parents of autistic children -- something that Dr. Andrew Wakefield did, much to the horror of the medical establishment which then went out of its way to utterly defame and denigrate Dr. Wakefield for daring to suggest that vaccines might produce harmful gastrointestinal effects. (Dr. Wakefield, for the record, has never suggested that vaccines cause autism. That allegation is a total piece of fiction invented by the medical establishment and the old media presstitutes.)

The IoM, for the record, did not talk to a single child or a single parent as part of this entire review (see below). And there is absolutely no indication that the IoM has any intention whatsoever to ever talk to any parent of an autistic child and gather reliable information from the people directly impacted by this neurological disorder which seems to happen to many children right after being vaccinated.

#3 - The IOM study openly admits it did not consider the "benefits" of vaccines at all

The old media is widely reporting that this IOM report proves vaccines are "safe" and "effective," and yet the IOM openly states that its report didn't assess vaccine benefits at all.

"We were not charged with assessing the benefits of vaccines, with weighing benefits and costs, or with deciding how, when, and to whom vaccines should be administered. The committee was not charged with making vaccine policy," says Ellen Wright Clayton of the Chair Committee to Review Adverse Effects of Vaccines.

The report itself says, "The 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine is covered by the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program, and evidence about its safety is not covered in this report." (Yeah, no kidding, because its safety record is so atrocious that opening that can of worms would destroy their whole argument that vaccines have few side effects...)

Influenza vaccines are the most dangerous vaccines of all, having been proven to actually promote influenza and weaken immune defenses against future infections (http://www.naturalnews.com/029641_vaccines_junk_science.html). That's why every winter, the vast majority of people who catch the flu are the very same people who were vaccinated against the flu!

(Most flu deaths occur in people who received flu vaccinations. There's another little factoid the old dinosaur media will never -- never! -- put into print.)

#4 - The IoM admits it did not have accurate data

In the introduction to the report, the IoM openly admits it simply doesn't have enough data to accurately assess the totality of vaccine adverse reactions.

"...we learned some lessons that may be of value for future efforts to evaluate vaccine safety. One is that some issues simply cannot be resolved with currently available epidemiologic data..." says the report.

In another bit of twisted logic, the IoM effectively admits that many vaccine side effects are simply blamed on the "natural infection." Read the following statement from the IoM and note how it makes absolutely no sense and yet is somehow trying to shift blame away from vaccines:

"Some adverse events caused by vaccines are also caused by the natural infection. These effects often cannot be detected by epidemiologic methods, which typically cannot distinguish between the adverse events that are caused by the vaccine itself and the decrease in adverse events due to the decreased rate of natural infection."

#5 - The IoM openly admits it threw out all data covering long-term adverse events

All the conclusions of the IoM are based entirely on short-term adverse reactions from single vaccines. The IoM's report in no way considered long-term adverse reactions or the cumulative effects of multiple vaccines compromising the immune system or nervous system.

In fact, the IoM admits in its report that "Case descriptions that did not have the three basic elements described above were not considered in the mechanistic weight-of-evidence assessments." One of those three elements was a "specified and reasonable time interval (i.e., temporality or latency) between vaccination and symptoms." But the IoM failed to define this "temporality," stating that "What constitutes reasonable latency will vary across vaccines and across adverse events."

This means the IoM could simply throw out any evidence it wanted by claiming the latency was too long between the vaccine injection and the appearance of side effects. If autism kicks in 15 days after a vaccine injection, for example, the IoM could simply disregard it. If a child suffered neurological damage following a vaccine but the doctor reporting the adverse effects did not note how many hours transpired between the vaccine shot and the onset of neurological symptoms, that data was also thrown out.

This is how modern medical "science" -- which is really just for-profit quackery -- always seems to engineer the study results it wants. It simply throws out all the data that doesn't fit its pre-determined conclusions! Or, in the case of pharma researchers who work for Merck and Pfizer, they just fabricate whatever data they want and then get that published in the mainstream medical journals (http://www.naturalnews.com/028194_Scott_Reuben_research_fraud.html).

#6 - The IoM study still admits that vaccines cause infectious disease!

This is the truly amazing part about all this. The old dinosaur media (presstitutes run by globalists) is widely reporting this IoM story as if it declares vaccines to be safe. And yet they haven't even read the report! Because on page 574, this IoM report directly declares that MMR vaccines cause measles! It describes the evidence as "convincingly supports" and says the mechanistic assessment is "strong."

The real conclusions of the Institute of Medicine report on vaccine adverse reactions
Here are some of the other conclusions of the IOM's report, which the old dinosaur media outright refuses to tell you because they are all controlled by pharmaceutical interests:

• MMR vaccine is "convincingly" linked to causing measles. (Just as we told you here on NaturalNews, the vaccine is what's causing the disease.)

• MMR vaccine is "convincingly" linked to causing febrile seizure, just as we also reported here on NaturalNews.

• MMR vaccine is "convincingly" linked to causing anaphylaxis, a life-threatening allergic reaction that can result in death within minutes. This is what kills many young children who are injected with MMR vaccines.

• MMR vaccine is likely linked to causing transient arthralgia in women and children.

• Varicella vaccine is "convincingly" linked to causing Disseminated Oka VZV, a viral disease (Varicella Zoster Virus) which causes skin lesions and can also infect the lungs and brain. The fact that this vaccine is causing VZV infections is proof that the vaccines contain live viruses!

• Varicella vaccine is "convincingly" linked to causing Vaccine Strain Viral Reactivation, meaning the vaccine contains live viruses that are reactivated in the human host, multiplying and causing widespread infections.

• Varicella vaccine is "convincingly" linked to causing anaphylaxis, the life-threatening allergic reaction mentioned above.

• The influenza vaccine is "convincingly" linked to causing anaphylaxis, which is why influenza vaccines have killed so many children (http://www.naturalnews.com/029586_Australia_vaccines.html).

• The influenza vaccine likely causes Oculorespiratory Syndrome, a vaccine reaction described as causing "bilateral conjunctivitis, facial edema, and upper respiratory symptoms." Once again, this is proof that the vaccine itself is dangerous to humans.

• The Hepatitis B vaccine is "convincingly" linked to causing anaphylaxis.

• The HPV vaccine (for cervical cancer) is also likely linked to causing anaphylaxis.

• The TT (Tetanus Toxoid) vaccine is also likely linked to causing anaphylaxis.

• The Meningo-Coccal vaccine is "convincingly" linked to causing anaphylaxis.

• Vaccine injections (of all kinds) are "convincingly" linked to causing Deltoid Bursitis (severe pain and swelling at the injection sight) and Syncope (loss of consciousness). These are no doubt caused by the toxic chemical adjuvants which are added to vaccines to invoke an immune reaction. These adjuvants are known neurotoxins (http://www.naturalnews.com/026717_vaccine_flu_swine.html).

Not surprisingly, this IoM report completely threw out any links between vaccines and:

• Guillain-Barre Syndrome
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Chronic Inflammatory Disseminated Polyneuropathy
• Asthma Exacerbation
• Autism
• Lupus
• Type-1 diabetes
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Autoimmune hepatitis
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• Fibromyalgia
• Meningitis
• Myocardial Infarction
• Infantile spasms
• Optic neuritis
• Bell's Palsy
• Arthropathy
• Encephalopathy
• Transverse myelitis
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

These were thrown out based on a "lack of sufficient evidence," says the IoM. But remember: It's only sources of evidence were the corrupt, quacked-out medical journals! Relying on medical journals to accurately report vaccine side effects is sort of like relying on the Federal Reserve to accurately report what it's doing with all the bailout money it keeps printing. It's all one grand orgy of secrecy and corruption constructed for the sole purpose of pushing a globalist control agenda.

Anyone with even a hint of human intelligence knows that the conventional medical industry is not a good source of information for determining the dangers of the products manufactured and sold by the conventional medical industry! Only a fool -- or a mainstream media journalist -- would even believe such a thing.

When will we have a truly independent review of vaccines?
If you want to seriously investigate the safety of vaccines, you need an independent review of the evidence; meaning you need reviewers from outside the system to look into all the evidence, including interviewing the parents of autistic children and, of course, comparing the outcomes of vaccinated children versus non-vaccinated children.

That's something the vaccine industry has absolutely refused to do, not surprisingly. Any honest comparison would immediately reveal vaccines to be harmful and even deadly. Plus, they simply don't work. Most outbreaks of infectious disease happen among those children already vaccinated.

And that's no coincidence, either. As it turns out, vaccines almost always contain live viruses that spread disease. Vaccines, ultimately, are a public health hoax through which infectious disease is introduced to the population so that more people can be made sick, thereby killing some (Bill Gates' population control agenda) while sending the rest to the hospital for treatment (satisfying the corporate profit agenda).

The IoM, in releasing its conclusions on vaccine adverse events, only cements its position in the history of medicine as an obvious pharmaceutical co-conspirator with absolutely zero scientific credibility.

Why vaccine-pushing scientists are criminals who threaten human life
If you believe the IoM, you should stop taking vitamin D and start getting injected with more vaccines. Interestingly, a great many "scientists" and conventional medical pushers quite literally believe that, and they are dying in droves. Dead doctors don't lie, they say, and the more these doctors take the very medicine they promote, the more quickly they expire.

That's a good thing, in a way, as is explained in the book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. It explains that science only advances as quickly as the dogmatic defenders of the status quo bite the big one and croak (or some similar phrase stated a bit more eloquently). It is a fact of reality that the faster today's vaccine-pushing doctors die, the sooner we can get to honest science and truly advanced medicine that respects the human immune system rather than attacking it with toxic chemicals and foreign DNA / RNA invasions -- not to mention the neurotoxic aluminum, thimerosal and polysorbate that's also added to vaccines.

Vaccine-pimping doctors are killing themselves by taking Big Pharma medications and vaccines while avoiding superfoods and nutritional therapies. Thus, they deserve the very fate they are creating for themselves -- one of pain, suffering and a timely death by which the removal of their dishonest intellectual obfuscations from the pool of medical mythology actually benefits human civilization.

Sometimes, truly stated, the most beneficial thing a disinformation "scientist" can do for the future of life on planet earth is to take a very short leap off a very tall building. Gravity and nature will do the rest, which is all the more fitting since it proves that these mad reductionist mind-benders can't escape the laws of nature after all.

As far as the IoM goes, here at NaturalNews, we are about to expose the entire history of this Big Pharma front group, including the funding sources of the IoM and its globalist agenda of destroying human life by promoting sickness and disease. Watch for that in upcoming articles here on NaturalNews.

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EXTREMITY PAIN, NUMBNESS and TINGLING

Extremity symptoms such as arm and hand pain, numbness and tingling are common following motor vehicle accidents (MVA's). They are caused by thoracic outlet syndrome, myofascial adhesions, muscular trigger points, and spinal disc lesions. It's important to note that these symptoms are commonly not experienced until weeks or even months after the injury. A study, published in the Britain Journal of Rheumatology, involved 37 motor vehicle injury patients and found 35% had an onset of arm and hand symptoms (upper extremity symptoms) beyond 3 months of the accident.
This reinforces the need for proper and full treatment of MVA injuries. Failure to receive appropriate treatment (where injured tissues are fully healed and tissue functioning is adequately restored) is a major contributor to the development of these symptoms.

Why should i be examined after a auto/car accident?

What are the symptoms of whiplash?

The most common symptoms related to whiplash include:

* neck pain and stiffness,

* headache,

* shoulder pain and stiffness,

* dizziness,

* fatigue,

* jaw pain (temporomandibular joint symptoms),

* arm pain,

* arm weakness,

* visual disturbances,

* ringing in the ears (tinnitus), and

* back pain.

In the more severe and chronic case of "whiplash associated disorder" symptoms can include:

* depression,

* anger,

* frustration,

* anxiety,

* stress,

* drug dependency,

* post-traumatic stress syndrome,

* sleep disturbance (insomnia),

* and

* social isolation.

How is whiplash diagnosed?

After an accident the patient may be taken to the hospital and/or a Chiropractor's office to be examined. The doctor will examine the patient to determine if they have any injuries that require treatment. Based on the symptoms and examination findings the doctor may place a collar on the neck for additional support. The doctor may also obtain x-rays of the neck to check for more serious injury. The most important first step is to make sure there is no major injury to the neck, head or the rest of the body requiring immediate treatment.

If the x-rays are normal but the patient continues to have neck pain, the doctor may keep the cervical collar in place and see the back in the office in about a week for an additional examination. At that time the doctor may obtain new x-rays to see if there have been any changes. If the doctor is still concerned about soft tissue injuries, he or she may obtain either x-rays with the head leaning forward and backwards (dynamic x-rays) or obtain an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging study). These dynamic x-rays or MRI scans are better able to detect injuries to the soft tissues of the neck, especially instability, that may not been seen with normal x-rays of the neck.

Auto/Car Accidents and whiplash and the Necessity of Chiropractic Care

One of the most stressful events in life is dealing with the issues that occur after an auto accident. The first thing a person thinks about after the crash is the car. Most people are not aware that some injuries are not detected for months or even years. Two things result in these situations: an insurance company settles with the victim without compensating for the pain and treatment needed from these undiagnosed injuries, and the injury gets worse over time due to the lack or delay of treatment. It is absolutely imperative that anybody that is in an auto accident immediately go see a Doctor trained in soft tissue injuries. While whiplash is a common injury from auto accidents, another common complaint of crash victims is that they don’t “feel like their normal selves.” They may also experience other symptoms like dizziness, blurry vision, headaches, back pain, muscle stiffness or spasms, neck pain, numbness and tingling, fatigue, difficulty sleeping, irritability, memory loss and difficulty concentrating.
Auto accidents can also cause post-traumatic osteoarthritis. This can damage your posture (producing a slumped or hump back appearance). Osteoarthritis can also cause the discs in the spine to degenerate and create scar tissue formation leading to chronic stiffness.
According to the Insurance Research Council, nearly 1/3 of all claimants injured in motor vehicle accidents seek treatment from doctors of chiropractic. That number is astounding when combined with the fact that the National Safety Council (NSC) has determined there to be more than 12 million accidents annually involving more than 20 million vehicles.
The reason people choose chiropractic care for treatment of injuries sustained in auto accidents is simple – chiropractic care is exceptional in the treatment of soft tissue injuries, especially of the spine. Since the most common injuries associated with these events are sprains and strains of the spinal muscles and ligaments, it’s only natural that chiropractic be the treatment of choice. Chiropractors are the primary care doctors trained specifically in dealing with injuries to the spine.
Much research has also found people injured in auto accidents prefer chiropractic care for the treatment of their injuries. One such study* evaluated 190 whiplash injury victims and found those who received chiropractic care reported treatment satisfaction of 100%.
One major concern individuals that have lived through the experience of an auto accident should be aware of is most medical doctors are not trained to detect the type of soft tissue or joint injury that does not show itself immediately. It is imperative that people involved in auto accidents consult with a doctor who is trained in the biomechanics of the human body; someone who treats these injuries every day.
Often, passengers can be hurt more than a driver, especially if it is a side wreck or T-bone. Children can suffer the same injuries as adults and should be given the same care despite a feeling by the parent that a child can’t be “that injured” if no bones are broken or there is no bruising to the skin.  Put it this way:  if damage was done to a vehicle that actually bent metal, the people inside the vehicle surely absorbed that force as well.
Due to our bodies producing adrenaline at the time of an accident, this hormone acts like a natural pain killer and allows us to muster the courage to move through the impact and “take care of business”.  As mentioned above, it is often days or weeks later that the full impact of the crash is felt.  A trained doctor of chiropractic can be a brilliant source of diagnosis and treatment of soft tissue and joint injuries.
In addition, x-rays or MRI (if indicated) will be used to check for any structural damage. In our office, we routinely evaluate auto accident victims and make any appropriate referrals to other health care providers if necessary. Our primary responsibility is providing the proper care and submitting the required medical reports to the insurance company or attorney (if one is involved) so the rights of the patient are protected.
If we can’t help the patient, we will refer them to a doctor or facility that can. If you have been in an auto accident recently, there are some important decisions you have to make, and it is critical to make the first decision be to be evaluated by a doctor of chiropractic and get under care immediately.

The Four Phases of a Whiplash Injury

During a rear-end automobile collision, your body goes through an extremely rapid and intense acceleration and deceleration.  In fact, all four phases of a whiplash injury occur in less than one-half of a second!  At each phase, there is a different force acting on the body that contributes to the overall injury, and with such a sudden and forceful movement, damage to the vertebrae, nerves, discs, muscles, and ligaments of your neck and spine can be substantial. 

Phase 1

During this first phase, your car begins to be pushed out from under you, causing your mid-back to be flattened against the back of your seat.  This results in an upward force in your cervical spine, compressing your discs and joints.  As your seat back begins to accelerate your torso forward, your head moves backward, creating a shearing force in your neck.  If your head restraint is properly adjusted, the distance your head travels backward is limited.  However, most of the damage to the spine will occur before your head reaches your head restraint.  Studies have shown that head restraints only reduce the risk of injury by 11-20%.

Phase 2

During phase two, your torso has reached peak acceleration - 1.5 to 2 times that of your vehicle itself - but your head has not yet begun to accelerate forward and continues to move rearward.  An abnormal S-curve develops in your cervical spine as your seat back recoils forward, much like a springboard, adding to the forward acceleration of the torso. Unfortunately, this forward seat back recoil occurs while your head is still moving backward, resulting in a shearing force in the neck that is one of the more damaging aspects of a whiplash injury.  Many of the bone, joint, nerve, disc and TMJ injuries that I see clinically occur during this phase.

Phase 3

During the third phase, your torso is now descending back down in your seat and your head and neck are at their peak forward acceleration.  At the same time, your car is slowing down.  If you released the pressure on your brake pedal during the first phases of the collision, it will likely be reapplied during this phase. Reapplication of the brake causes your car to slow down even quicker and increases the severity of the flexion injury of your neck.  As you move forward in your seat, any slack in your seat belt and shoulder harness is taken up.

Phase 4

This is probably the most damaging phase of the whiplash phenomenon.  In this fourth phase, your torso is stopped by your seat belt and shoulder restraint and your head is free to move forward unimpeded.  This results in a violent forward-bending motion of your neck, straining the muscles and ligaments, tearing fibers in the spinal discs, and forcing vertebrae out of their normal position.  Your spinal cord and nerve roots get stretched and irritated, and your brain can strike the inside of your skull causing a mild to moderate brain injury.  If you are not properly restrained by your seat harness, you may suffer a concussion, or more severe brain injury, from striking the steering wheel or windshield.

Why should i get an attorney after an Auto/Car accident for my injuries?

An attorney helps with all aspects of an auto/car accident claim or injury. They keep an individual from spending countless hours on the phone with insurance adjusters that really don't care about your well being. It also helps to keep stress levels down and allow you to concentrate on recovery and getting well. Our office only works with the best attorneys/lawyers in Dallas/Fort Worth. We have learned through trial and error, who best takes care of our patients. They also make sure that all your medical bills are settled. This allows you to be additionally stress and medical bill free at the end. We also help those who are not able to treat in our office, who are in need of an attorney. We are here to help!!! So don't hesitate in calling and making an appointment to get examined and also ask about scheduling a free consultation with a reputable attorney. You only have one body, so you need to take care of it. Call Today!!! (972)215-7720

What is Personal Injury Protection (PIP)

The Texas Department of Insurance requires automobile insurance carriers in our state to issue all automobile policies it writes at least $2500 worth of coverage and you have this coverage unless you reject it in writing. Most people are unaware of this coverage or even know what it is and therefore very few people use it. You end up paying for coverage that they don’t inform you about and you’re entitled to.

Why? Insurance is not understood and most people rely on their agent and claims adjusters to advise them on what to do after an accident. Insurance is a multi-billion dollar industry and are in business to make money. They keep their costs down, less payout, more profits and bonuses at the end of the year. Good for them and not for you.

What is PIP?

PIP is no fault coverage similar to health insurance but on your auto policy for your injuries and your passengers injuries. This coverage is available regardless who is at fault. Yes, you can be the cause of the accident and you will still be covered. There’s no deductible and no co-payment. There is other separate coverage that will cover the other party if you were at fault. If you do not have PIP then you could still be covered if you were in an accident in another state besides Texas. You may also be covered if you were hit in a crosswalk by a car or on a bicycle or borrowing someone else’s car.

What will a claim do to my insurance rates and policy renewal?

Under section 5.7016 of the Texas insurance code, automobile insurance carriers cannot non-renew you for filing one PIP claim in a 12 month period. Also, it is unlikely that they would raise your rates for a sole PIP claim.

Why doesn’t the other guy’s insurance pay for my medical expenses and why should I use my insurance?

Medical treatment is expensive and you are liable for the costs. There is a chance that the other party may never pay for your medical expenses leaving you a financial burden. PIP gives you peace of mind that your medical bills are covered. If you use your health insurance, you may have to pay a deductible and co-pays to your doctor and if the health insurance finds out that you were in an accident they could request to be reimbursed. Some people get referred to a medical provider by their attorney and the medical provider agrees to be paid months or even years later. Since there are a limited number of medical providers who agree to this arrangement, your choice and quality of healthcare may be limited. The answer is to use your PIP coverage so you will not have to pay for medical expenses out of your pocket and get the best possible healthcare treatment available for you and your family’s injuries caused by the accident.

Paper money worldwide contains bisphenol A

Paper money worldwide contains bisphenol A: "The cash register receipts that people place near paper money in billfolds and pockets has led to a worldwide contamination of paper money with bisphenol A (BPA) -- a potentially toxic substance. The amounts of BPA on currencies are higher than in dust, but human intake from currency is at least 10 times less than that from house dust, according to a new study."

Arthritis sufferers are not engaging in physical activity critical to their health

Arthritis sufferers are not engaging in physical activity critical to their health: "Being physically active is one of best ways people with arthritis can improve their health, but a new study shows that more than half of women and 40 percent of men with arthritis are virtually couch potatoes."