Are they gunna stop in ***BAM*** time?Follow

I got rear-ended on the freeway Tuesday and my neck has been hurting since. Doc said that the pain could go away in a few days or get worse...So any one else out there ever have whiplash? How long was your neck/back in pain? Did you need an physical therapy before it got better? Share your experience so I get an idea what I have to look forward to.

The Flexeril is doing wonders at night before bed, but I get too drowsey to take it during the day when I have to work.

Oh and does anyone know a good autobody shop in the Southern San Francisco Bay Area?

Go see a Nuerologist and get an MRI, you could have ruptured discs, also start gettign chiro treatment. I have four of them in my neck from a car accident. Then see a lawyer, if you already know a reputable lawyer he might be able to tell you best doctors to go to for this type of injuries, ie not lawsuit mill doctors.

I'm not a doctor and this isn't medical advice but when I had the same sort of accident, the doctor said to expect at least 4-5 days worth of pain as the muscles recovered from the shock. His advice was to take Motrin as often as allowed on the bottle to alleviate the pain and see him again in a week if the pain hadn't subsided.

I was right as rain within the week which is more than I could say for the car.

Edited, Dec 7th 2006 2:43pm by Jophiel

Same thing happened to me about 5 years ago while driving from San Francisco down to Redwood Shores on the 101. The traffic was a parking lot, but the girl behind me was driving a stick shift (no, you pervs, not a sticky shaft) and must have popped the clutch and lost control. *BAM!* So we stop, get out and check for damage - none whatsoever, so I told her, no harm, no foul, let's just get back in our cars and not hold up traffic. So we didn't bother to exchange insurance or anything.

Of course, 5 minutes later, while driving down the road, my neck starts to seize up like a ****. Eventually, it subsided, but I could not turn my neck to the right. Of course, I went to a doctor and got something for it, but forget what now.

This neck pain/unable to turn to the right problem didn't go away for a long time. About a year later, I had inflamed a disc in my lower back for overdoing it on the treadmill at an inclined run that I eventually made my way to a chiropractor. I wish I had gone sooner for the neck, because he not only helped me with my back, but fixed my neck as well. I have complete mobility turning my neck to the right ever since.

Car accidents suck and can fuck up your life in an instant. I consider myself lucky that I only sustained the minor damage that I did. If I ever get involved in another fender bender, I'll definitely make sure to exchange insurance info with the other parties involved.