Watch What You Say to the Adjuster After a Fairfax Accident – You Could Have Whiplash

It is in most of our natures to try to downplay the amount of pain we’re in when someone asks. We might comment, “my neck hurts, but it’s not that bad.” If you make this type of statement to the insurance adjuster and it is recorded, you may have just wrecked your Fairfax accident case.

Insurance adjusters often contact people immediately after the accident. They sometimes use the excuse that the details of the crash are fresher in a person’s mind within the first day or two of the incident. However, there is more to it than that. Adjusters also know that the symptoms of some injuries don’t surface immediately.

Chiropractor Talks About Neck Injuries

A few months ago, chiropractor Corey Malnikof discussed one of these injuries – whiplash. According to Malnikof, when you are in a car accident you will be in a bit of shock. Consequently, you will have adrenaline going through you. This adrenaline will block pain. It could take 24 hours for adrenaline to leave your body.

By day two or three, you might find yourself in a lot of pain. Whiplash takes time to heal and can disrupt your life.

If you had made the mistake of telling the insurance adjuster you weren’t hurt or weren’t experiencing that much pain, you could be in trouble. Even though pain from a whiplash injury doesn’t surface instantly, your recorded statement to the insurance adjuster will still be difficult to retract.

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