Neck & Back Injuries After a Car Accident in Myrtle Beach

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Back and Neck Injury Compensation Attorney in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Back and neck injuries are the most common physical complaint requiring medical care, and a leading cause of lost work time, according to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS). The Mayo Clinic calls back pain a leading cause of disability.

If your back or neck injury happened in an accident someone else caused, you may be able to obtain compensation for your medical expenses and lost income, and for your pain and suffering.

Car, truck and other motor vehicle accidents, and slip-and-fall accidents are the most common causes of accidental neck and back injuries. Insurance payments are meant to cover the costs of these types of accidents, but if you want to be fully compensated, you’ll have to fight for it. Insurance companies don’t make money by paying you what you deserve.

In Myrtle Beach, S.C., the Law Firm of Regina B. Ward, LLC provides an experienced and aggressive team to turn to when you’ve been injured. Regina Ward and her colleagues are relentless fighters who won’t stop until the insurance company does what’s right for their clients. Their attitude is that the unjustly injured deserve to be fully compensated, and they will find a way to make it happen.

A neck or back injury can leave you in pain or disabled for the rest of your life. Don’t settle for less than you are entitled to — and will need. Hire the personal injury attorney of the Law Firm of Regina B. Ward in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, for the aggressive legal representation your insurance claim deserves.

Back and Neck Injuries Are Often Long-Term Medical Problems

A neck or back injury can cause chronic, immobilizing pain. Damage to the spinal cord, which runs the length of the neck and back, can cause paralysis, a life-long disability in most cases.

You’ve probably heard of “whiplash” in a car accident. Whiplash is a potentially serious neck injury that is most often caused by the sudden jolt of being hit from behind in a rear-end car accident.

A whiplash injury, named for the sudden back-and-forth movement of the head and neck, can include muscle strain, ligament and other soft tissue tears, nerve and cervical disc damage, and even broken bones in the cervical vertebrae (neck bones).

While some people recover from a whiplash injury in a few months, other victims continue to experience neck and back pain for years.

A back injury refers to any trauma to the muscles, tendons, vertebrae or disks between the vertebrae, such as:

  • Fractured vertebrae
  • Herniated or ruptured disks

  • Sprains (stretched or torn ligaments)
  • Strains (stretched or torn muscles or tendons)

Back injuries can cause chronic, immobilizing pain. Nerve compression caused by herniated or ruptured disks in a back injury can cause radiating leg pain or progressive muscle weakness. Options for relief include medication, physical therapy or, in the worst cases, surgery. But even with today’s advances, back injuries often defy medical treatment.

Paralysis From a Neck or Back Injury

Damage to the spinal cord, or the vertebrae, ligaments or disks of the spinal column from a neck or back injury can cause paralysis, which is the loss of sensation and/or mobility. Paralysis occurs from the point of injury on the spinal cord and below.

Paralysis is described as “complete” or “incomplete” for the amount of mobility and/or sensation lost and, for the portion of the body affected, as:

  • Paraplegia — affecting all or part of the legs and pelvic organs (back injury), or
  • Tetraplegia (quadriplegia) — loss of function in arms, hands, chest, back, legs and pelvic organs (neck injury).

Disks between the vertebrae damaged in a neck or back injury can swell and impinge on the spinal cord and cause temporary paralysis. This may be corrected with surgery or less invasive therapy, but a torn spinal cord cannot be repaired. Paralysis caused by a damaged spinal cord is a permanent disability.

The loss of function and sensation due to paralysis can also cause:

  • Bowel and bladder dysfunction
  • Sexual dysfunction

  • Respiratory problems
  • Problems maintaining consistent blood pressure

The National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center (NSCISC) is run by the University of Alabama at Birmingham. It regularly estimates the lifetime costs of health care and living expenses for a paralyzed person, which depends on the extent of paralysis and the individual’s age at the time of injury.

According to the NSCIC, expected lifetime costs of paralysis in 2016 included:

  • Some motor function: $1.1 million for a 50-year-old; $1.6 million for a 25-year-old
  • Paraplegia: $1.5 million for a 50-year-old; $2.3 million for a 25-year-old
  • Low tetraplegia (lower neck injury): $2.1 million for a 50-year-old; $3.4 million for a 25-year-old
  • High tetraplegia: $2.6 million for a 50-year-old; $4.7 million for a 25-year-old

The NSCIC also says about 30 percent of people with spinal cord injuries are re-hospitalized one or more times during any given year after they are injured. Diseases of the genitourinary system are the leading cause of hospitalization, followed by skin disease. Respiratory, digestive, circulatory and musculoskeletal diseases are also common causes of returns to the hospital.

You Deserve Full Compensation for a Back or Neck Injury in Myrtle Beach

As your attorney, the Law Firm of Regina B. Ward will investigate the circumstances of your accident to determine who is at fault and should be held liable (legally responsible) for your losses. Then the firm will file legal claims for compensation to you, and work to negotiate a settlement that makes you whole financially. If a case has to go to court, the firm’s legal team will be more than ready to win that fight.

The cost of medical care often makes up the majority of compensation sought in most personal injury cases. Particularly in back and neck injury cases, it is important to have specialists review your medical records and examine you to determine the long-term prognosis for your injury and recovery, and the cost of medical care you will need in the future.

In cases of permanent disability, the firm also consults with life care planners who prepare detailed projections of medical care needs, including treatment and ongoing medication, as well as the costs of assistive devices (e.g., wheelchair, hospital bed), nursing care or personal assistance, adaptive home renovations, etc. All such costs should be part of a personal injury claim after a neck or back injury that has caused lasting disability.

A personal injury claim may also seek payment for:

  • Lost income, including projected losses from diminished earning capacity
  • Property damage, such as in a car accident
  • Pain and suffering
  • Physical impairment

  • Disfigurement
  • Emotional distress
  • Funeral and burial costs (in wrongful death / survival action)

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Contact the Firm About a Neck or Back Injury Claim in Myrtle Beach

If you have suffered a serious back or neck injury in Myrtle Beachor greater Horry County, S.C., the Law Firm of Regina B. Ward can seek compensation from all insurance companies that have a legal obligation to you. Hiring Regina Ward and her team ensures you have an experienced and aggressive personal injury attorney by your side.

Regina Ward is a tough-minded and driven advocate for the rights of accident victims. She and her legal team provide hands-on, personalized assistance for clients. If you have been unjustly injured, the Law Firm of Regina B. Ward will fight for you.

Contact the firm for a free initial consultation and a straight-forward, no-nonsense assessment of your case and options for a claim. Call today to put experienced, knowledgeable and vigorous legal representation to work on your personal injury claim.

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