A commonly held myth is that you cannot suffer an injury to your neck if you are involved in a collision at low speed.
It is often said that these low velocity collisions cannot cause injury. You need only ask the hundreds of thousands of people who have suffered genuine injuries as a result of low velocity impacts to find out that nothing could be further from the truth.
In fact that modern cars are designed with crumple zones so that in higher velocity impacts, the car crumples acting as a cushion and absorbing much of the force of the crash.
However, as anyone who has been involved in a low velocity impact will know, where the forces involved in a collision are minor, the cars crumple zone does not activate and all of the force of the collision is borne by the people inside the car.
It is ironic but true that the forces experienced by and applied to people inside cars can be worse in lower velocity impacts than in higher velocity collisions.
Whiplash injuries are often portrayed as minor and unimportant. However they can range from suffering symptoms from the neck for a matter of weeks or months to very severe injuries which can last for years or even be permanent.
The message from all of this is clear, your health is far too serious to take any risks or to try and diagnose your difficulties yourself. If you are involved in a collision you should see a Doctor.
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