These days, women wear down the tire tread as they rush from school to work to the grocery store. All that hustle and bustle not only puts a real spin on the odometer, but it also increases the chances a woman will be involved in an auto accident.
Why is this important? As it turns out, women are also more likely to incur neck injuries in a collision because their neck muscles are smaller.
Women, when you are hit from behind, those neck muscles will undergo a traumatic and sudden force.
Even if it seems like just a small bump from a driver who needs another lesson in parallel parking, you may be surprised at the discomfort you’ll feel 24 to 48 hours later.
One government-sponsored study looked at head and neck motions in both male and female volunteers in rear-end collisions. Results indicated the female subjects had a more pronounced rebound motion in an auto accident than their male counterparts in the study. So what do these results tell us?
For women, even a minor bump from behind could result in significant pain in the hours and days following a rear-end fender bender.
That’s why it’s important to obtain automobile insurance information from the other driver, even though you may feel as fit as a fiddle. Swelling often takes some time to develop, but when it does you may find yourself experiencing a significant amount of pain.
As soon as you’ve exchanged insurance information with the other driver, call your chiropractor and make an appointment. Even if you think you were fortunate enough to have escaped any significant injury, you may feel very different the next morning. Fluid can build up during the night from inflamed, traumatized tissues. Take note of any new symptoms that may appear over the course of the next several days, and follow up with your chiropractor regardless of how well you feel. A sudden impact can really throw a body out of whack.