More on Car Seats and Head Restraints In past blog posts I have discussed various topics about whiplash from auto accidents in Baltimore. The last blog post mentioned how head restraint positioning can minimize injury risk if positioned properly prior to a rear-end motor vehicle collision. Besides just properly positioning head restraints, certain automobile manufacturers have taken additional steps to make their vehicles more “crashworthy” so that occupants can “ride down” the crash and minimize
Head Restraint Height Can Impact Neck Injury Likelihood When was the last time you checked that the height of your head restraint was appropriate to prevent whiplash? If you are like most people, the answer is probably never. Interestingly, it is this one step that, if performed by drivers even one time over the life of car ownership, would drastically reduce the incidence of whiplash in Baltimore and across the globe. While change in velocities
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in the News Everywhere you look these days the top of concussions and/or mild traumatic brain injuries (MTBIs) is being discussed. The issue came to the national forefront over the summer when famed football player Junior Seau tragically took his own life. An autopsy revealed that Seau’s brain had signs of damage consistent with multiple concussions over his long playing career. Those who knew him well said that he was depressed,
Low Property Damage Crashes Can Cause Injury to Occupants One of my pet peeve’s in clinical practice is when claims adjustors arbitrarily decide not to pay the medical/chiropractic bills of their insureds involved in auto accidents in Baltimore. They like to make the claims that their bumpers “only had a scratch” and that as such, there is no way the occupants of the vehicle could be injured. I typically remark that I am not a mechanic-
Whiplash in Baltimore Here are some sobering words from Dr. Arthur Croft in his book “Whiplash and Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries: A guide for Patients and Practitioners” (page 28): “Whiplash injuries are quite real and potentially disabling. In the U.S. there are approximately 3 million whiplash injuries each year, at a comprehensive cost of about $43 billion. They account for 25% of all claims paid by auto insurers. They can and often do occur in