The injuries that look the worst are not always the most painful. If you show up to work with a scab on your face or hand, your coworkers might recoil in horror, but you might smile and truthfully say that the injury looks worse than it feels. Conversely, some painful injuries are not visible to bystanders, and some are difficult or impossible to see with diagnostic imaging. Millions of people who live with chronic pain face the uphill battle of getting anyone to take them seriously about their symptoms, whether it is the doctors who insist that they do not need pain medication and can return to work, the employers who deny their requests for disability accommodations, and the family members who snark that the injured person just wants attention or is too lazy to get a job or do housework. Of course, the ordeal is even worse if the invisible but painful injuries resulted from a car accident, and you are trying to get the at-fault driver’s insurance company to pay a sufficient settlement to cover the costs of treatment.
For help getting fair compensation for a car accident that resulted in soft tissue injuries, contact a Houma car accident lawyer.
What are Soft Tissue Injuries?
Everyone knows what an external injury looks like. You can see a cut or a scrape, or the evidence of it in the form of a scab or a scar. The bandages involved in the treatment of these injuries in their early stages are eye-catching, too. Some bone fractures are noticeable to observers; the injured body part does not look like its normal self, even though it might take an X-ray to confirm the diagnosis of a bone fracture.
By contrast, soft tissue injuries do not look especially impressive. An injury to a muscle, tendon, ligament, or nerve does not show up on an X-ray. It also does not show up on blood tests, like infectious diseases. An ultrasound or MRI might or might not show the injuries to these soft tissues. Common soft tissue injuries include whiplash injury, which is a sprain of the muscles in the neck and upper back, and complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), which is an injury to the nerves of the wrist, elbow, ankle, or knee, usually resulting from a fracture of an adjacent bone.
Why is it So Hard to Get Adequate Compensation for Soft Tissue Injuries After a Car Accident?
Because soft tissue injuries are not easily visible on diagnostic imaging tests, there is plausible deniability for insurance companies about the true cause of the pain. They can argue that the pain is from an old injury, a chronic illness, or simply your advanced age. You might need a lawyer’s help to prove that the car accident is the true cause of your injuries.
Contact the Law Office of Patrick H. Yancey About Personal Injury Cases
A personal injury lawyer can help you if the insurance company disputes your claims about your soft tissue injuries. Contact the Law Office of Patrick H. Yancey in Houma, Louisiana, to set up a consultation about your case.
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