Imagine this...you are injured in a car accident. You are transported to the emergency room by ambulance. X-rays are taken and they are negative. The doctors inform you that you have no broken bones. You are prescribed Motrin or Advil and are sent home.
The next day you wake up to go to work and then suddenly the pain begins. Make no mistake about it, just because you have no broken bones, doesn't mean that you are not seriously injured.
The spinal column is the most important load bearing structure in the body. It is composed of seven cervical, twelve thoracic, five lumbar and five sacral bones. Those bones which run the length of the body from the neck to the tail bone are responsible for the structural support of the body.
The reason the human body is able to move as well as it does is because the spinal bones are separated from each other by flexible discs. In an accident with instant and violent accelerations and de-accelerations, those discs can be easily and permanently injured.
If you are involved in an accident and do not feel any real pain until a day or two later you should immediately consult a doctor to treat you and also a lawyer to advise you and to protect your legal rights.
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