Our bodies are comprised largely of soft tissue, including muscles, ligaments, tendons, fat, connective tissue, and membranes. These components facilitate movement and protect vital organs. When you’re involved in a car accident in California, the force of impact and trauma asserted on the body can cause extensive damage to the body’s soft tissue.
The results can be painful, debilitating, and costly.
Fortunately, you have rights as a crash victim. When you’ve suffered soft tissue injuries from a car accident in California, you’ll have the opportunity to seek compensation from the driver who caused your collision or another liable party.
Hiring an experienced California car accident attorney can help to ensure you exhaust all of your legal options and maximize your fight for compensation.
What Are the Most Common Types of Soft Tissue Injuries?
There are dozens of soft tissue injuries you can potentially suffer in a wreck in California. The type of injury you’re most likely to suffer will depend on the type of accident you’re involved in, where you were sitting in the vehicle, how fast the vehicles were traveling, and other factors specific to your case.
These are some of the most commonly reported soft tissue injuries from California car crashes:
Contusions
Contusions, or bruising, occurs when a part of the body experiences blunt force trauma in a collision, typically from hitting the dashboard or steering column or as the seat belt tightens against the body. Contusions are localized bleeding under the skin at the point of impact. While most contusions will heal on their own over time, they can be indicative of more serious internal trauma, such as compartment syndrome, which requires immediate medical attention.
Sprains
Ligaments are fibrous bands of tissue that connect bones together. When these ligaments are stretched and torn in a car accident, it’s called a sprain. Sprains most often affect our joints, including the ankles, knees, shoulders, elbows, and wrists.
Strains
While ligaments connect bones to other bones, tendons help connect bones to muscle and other soft tissue. When tendons are stretched or torn in a collision, it’s called a strain. We most typically see strains in the back and neck.
Whiplash
Whiplash is a soft tissue injury that occurs when the force of a collision causes an occupant’s head to move back and forth rapidly like a whip. The rapid overextension of the head puts a lot of strain on the neck, causing significant damage to the muscles, tendons, nerves, and cervical discs.
How Can I Get Compensation For Soft Tissue Injuries After a Car Accident in California?
When you suffer injuries in a car accident in California, they don’t have to be catastrophic for you to have the right to demand compensation for resulting medical bills, lost wages, and distress. Under the state’s fault-based insurance system, you can seek compensation for any physical injuries - including damage to your soft tissue - if someone else caused your car accident.
Don’t let the insurance company dictate what your soft tissue injuries are worth. Count on Singleton Schreiber to help you force meaningful settlement negotiations and leverage the life-changing financial award you deserve.
Our San Diego car accident attorneys and Sacramento personal injury lawyers have helped crash victims and families in Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento, Santa Rosa, and throughout the state of California take on powerful insurance companies and win top results. Contact our law office to discover how our local lawyers and national resources can help you get compensation for your soft tissue injuries after a car accident in California, too.
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