Vehicle Damage and Human Injury Are Not the Same Measurement
The medical evaluation should not be reduced to a single assumption based only on visible vehicle damage or a reported collision speed. The relevant question is what forces and movements affected the individual occupant and whether the medical evidence supports injury.
Collision Mechanics
Direction of impact, relative movement, restraint use, occupant position, and other circumstances may affect the forces experienced by the body.
Individual Susceptibility
Age, anatomy, prior injury, degenerative changes, prior surgery, and other medical factors may influence the consequences of an event.
Medical Course
The timing of symptoms, examinations, imaging, treatment, progression, and recovery all contribute to a reasoned medical opinion.
Look at the Whole Sequence.
A useful evaluation considers the patient's condition before the event, what happened during the event, the onset and progression of symptoms, objective findings, treatment, and any competing medical explanations.
That is the same evidence-first method Ellis Clinic uses in other causation questions.
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