The claim for neck injuries after a road accident Part 1

The statistics do not lie. Traffic accidents are at today as one of the leading causes of death and serious injury to the person. Despite major improvements in security, not only of our roads but also in the systems of vehicles, each year hundreds of people die, suffer many physical and emotional consequences that will accompany them permanently.

The neck is one of the most sensitive areas in our anatomy in the face of road accidents. In a normal accident when the car impacts another object (eg a wall), the belt acts as a restraint for the occupant of the vehicle’s trunk.

However, his neck could cause a sudden movement due to the sudden reduction of speed that could determine the occurrence of significant injury, as we shall see.

A brief analysis of the anatomy of the neck

Any study of the possible injuries to the neck could cause the occupant of a vehicle following an accident should begin with a review of the anatomy of that part of our body.

The neck is a structure that connects the trunk and head, and is composed of seven vertebrae. To allow mobility and give strength to the entire structure, it has several very powerful muscles, grouped into three distinct zones (length, major and minor rectus, anterior scalene, middle and posterior; and infrahiloideos, among others).

Frequent injuries in the neck and its various symptoms

The most common injuries in the neck area are the strains and tensions:

- First, strains consist of stretching or cracks that are suffered by the ligaments that run through the neck, and bony structures that connect the muscles mentioned above.

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