Sunrise Solicitors are UK's leading injury lawyers acting on No Win No Fee basis dealing with all types of personal injury claims. Our injury lawyers specialise in No Win No Fee injury claims particularly whiplash injury claim and claims for injuries at work. Our injury lawerys will deal with your injury claim free of charge as we reocver our legal costs from the other side. You keep 100% of your compensation claim for your personal injury. Our Personal Injury Claims Calculator can be used to determine the estimated compensation you are likely to receive if your personal injury claim is successful.

If you received a personal injury in an accident within the past 3 years and it was not your fault, then you maybe able to make a  claim for compensation. To discuss your injury claim for free, please call our injury lawyers on 020 8543 0999 or complete our Claim Online Form and our injury lawyers will contact you as soon as possible. You can also contact our injury  lawyers through our Live Online Support / Live Chat.

Whiplash Injury

Whiplash is a very common injury in road traffic accidents, although you can sustain whiplash injuries in other situations as well. Whiplash is caused by the sudden and forceful movement of your head whilst your body generally remains still, e.g. when you are wearing a seatbelt. The movement causes tension in the tissue in the neck and back and these are the areas that are the most painful.

 

Whiplash Symptoms

Whiplash can be categorised as:

  • acute whiplash – where there is sudden hyperextension, hyperflexion or rotation of the neck that causes neck pain and other symptoms
  • chronic whiplash – where symptoms persist for more than six months after an acute whiplash injury and are characterised by a number of specific symptoms

Hyperextension and hyperflexion are where the tendons and ligaments of the neck are forcefully extended or flexed beyond their normal limits.

Following an accident, the symptoms of whiplash often take a while to develop. Any inflammation (swelling) and bruising that occurs in the neck muscles will not usually be evident at the time of the accident.

It may take 6–12 hours for the symptoms of whiplash to become apparent, and the neck pain and stiffness is often worse on the day after the injury. The pain may continue to worsen for several days afterwards.

The common symptoms of whiplash include:

  • neck pain and stiffness
  • neck swelling
  • tenderness along the back of the neck
  • reduced movement in the neck or loss of movement
  • headaches

Other symptoms of whiplash can include:

  • lower back pain
  • pain, numbness or paraesthesia (pins and needles) in the arms and hands
  • muscle spasms
  • dizziness
  • tiredness
  • difficulty swallowing (dysphagia)
  • blurred vision
  • vertigo– the sensation that you are moving or spinning while standing still
  • tinnitus– the perception of noise in one ear, both ears or inside the head

Following a whiplash injury, the symptoms of dizziness, headaches, blurred vision and problems with swallowing should only last a short while. Visit your GP if any of these persist.

Sometimes, whiplash can also cause:

  • memory loss
  • poor concentration
  • irritability

Chronic whiplash

The symptoms that are associated with chronic (long-term) whiplash are:

  • neck pain and stiffness
  • persistent headache
  • dizziness
  • paraesthesia in the upper limbs (arms) and hands
  • psychological and emotional symptoms, such as anxiety and depression

Whiplash Compensation

Why Choose Sunrise Solicitors For Your Whiplash Injury Claim?

Our whiplash injury lawyers are experts in dealing with whiplash injury claims. You can contact us if you are seeking legal help from injury lawyers in London in relation to your whiplash injury claim.  Our injury lawyers act for clients from all over the country and we will instruct medical experts local to you.  Our injury lawyers will provide a fast, friendly, reliable and professional personal injury claim service in relation to your whiplash compensation claim.

If you instruct us with respect to your whiplash injury claim then we will do the following casework for you: 

  • Our injury lawyers will discuss your compensation claim for wihiplash injury with you and advise you about the relevant legal issues in relation to your injury claim;
  • Our injury lawyers will assess your whiplash injury claim and advise you about the merits of your compensation claim;
  • Our injury lawyers will arrange legal insurance for you, if needed;
  • Our injury lawyers will explain the procedure of making a claim for compensation and guide you through the entire process;
  • Our injury lawyers will liaise with the Defendant, their insurers and solicitors for the entire duration of your whiplash injury claim;
  • Our injury lawyers will actively progress your whiplash injury claim and keep you informed of the progress at each stage of your whiplash compensation claim;
  • Our injury lawyers do not deduct any money from your damages as we recover our costs from the defendent.

How To Make A Claim For Your Whiplash Injury?

You are entitled to make a compensation claim for your whiplash injury if you meet the following criteria:

  • The whiplash injury was sustained within the last three years

  • The accident that caused whiplash injury was not due to your fault

  • You received medical attention for your personal injuries

If you sustained a whiplash injury within the past 3 years as a result of a road traffic accident and it was not your fault, then you maybe able to make a personal injury claim for compensation. To discuss your whiplash injury claim for free, please call our injury lawyers on 020 8543 0999 or complete our Claim Online Form and our injury lawyers will contact you as soon as possible. You can also contact our injury lawyers through our Live Online Support / Live Chat.

Claim Online for your Whiplash Injury

Start your whiplash injury claim now by simply completing the Claim Online Form below and our injury lawyers will call you back to discuss your whiplash injury claim.









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