Back in the early 1950s whiplash was not recognized as a medical condition. In the 21st century it most definitely is a well-known consequence of car accidents and other mishaps.<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t until attorneys handling the results of car crashes began to ask questions about the nature of the injuries sustained to the head and neck that the medical profession began to take a closer look at what consequences whiplash really had. On the other side of the fence were the insurance companies whose stated preference was to not compensate for whiplash because it would save millions of dollars. And so it did, until the furor over whiplash injuries became great enough that they had to sit up and take action. Back in the early 1950s whiplash was not recognized as a medical condition. In the 21st century it most definitely is a well-known consequence of car accidents and other mishaps. It wasn\u2019t until attorneys handling the results of car crashes…<\/span><\/p>\n
\nInsurance companies just didn\u2019t \u201cget\u201d that whiplash had the potential to cause disabling pain and because it could not be \u201cseen\u201d then it must not be that bad. Based on that premise (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"