Winter is here! The frost has started coating the mornings with glittering brightness, and ice and snow are always on the verge of gracing the landscape. Gracing may be the wrong term here though as ice, snow, and even frost can cause some not-so-graceful hiccups to your plans. With the winter comes the risk of …
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5 Common Winter Crash Injuries
The winter is not friendly to travelers. With an abundance of ice and snow in the Midwest, the winter wreaks havoc on travel plans, commutes, and emergency vehicle travel resulting in many injuries and deaths due to hazardous road conditions every year. All car crashes are different, and the severity depends on everything from speed, …
Don’t Be So Cold- Warming Up for Winter Exercise
It’s cold, but your fitness plans don’t have to lose their fire! You may not be a frequent gym-goer and that’s completely okay, but it’s a very good idea to stay active even when the weather gets too cold to venture outdoors. Staying active at a level that’s sustainable for you will help you to …
Crash Report: The Mechanisms of Injury
Crashing is something that everyone (except crash-test dummies) is trying to avoid for obvious reasons- crashes are expensive, people can get hurt, and the potential for long term injury and psychological harm is present especially for major crashes. As with many things, the best way to avoid injury is to try to avoid crashing, and …
Whiplash and its Lesser-Known Symptoms
Car crashes, no matter what caused them, tend to result in relatively quick collisions. The amount of force the body is subjected to during a standard crash is far higher than anything one would encounter in everyday life, and this poses a risk for injury. One of the more common injuries from modern car crashes …
Collisions: More Than Just a Metaphorical Headache
While car crashes can be a legal, financial, or insurance headache, the fact that even mild car crashes can result in head injuries does not receive enough attention. Head injuries are one of the most feared wounds as we go through life as they can majorly impact the quality of life of victims even …
Winter Driving Means More Auto Accidents
It’ll soon be a winter wonderland out there, and you know what that means: more automobile accidents. Whether an icy road causes a fender bender with the car in front of you, or you slide off the highway in a snowstorm, even a minor winter accident injuries can lead to chronic pain. Common Injuries Trauma …
Postural Muscle Weakness After a Car Accident
Our musculoskeletal system is made up of all of our bones and muscles, working together to help us stand and move. Our muscles are either postural, phasic, or a mix of both. Postural muscles brace your posture as gravity pulls down on it. They have slow-twitch muscle fibers and are made for continued work and …
You’ve Been in an Accident
On average, there are 6 million car accidents In the U.S. each year so odds are, it’ll happen at some point to you. Fender benders make up the majority of these accidents but just because you were in a low-speed accident, it doesn’t mean that you didn’t sustain any injuries, just as it doesn’t mean …
Auto Accident Injuries and You
No one wants to be in an automobile accident but even for the safest, most cautious drivers, they’re almost inevitable. You can do everything right but you have no control over the other drivers, weather conditions, or wild animals that may cross your path. Even a small fender-bender that causes minimal damage to your car …
