Was this you? You had just set off in your vehicle or you are heading home in it, after a hard day at work.
Then out of the blue your car is shunted from behind.
Your head is violently jerked forward and then back and your neck starts to hurt.
The next morning your neck is very sore and stiff, so you have to take time off work and out of the blue you find your life is in turmoil.
As mentioned above, it can take 6 to 12 hours for the whiplash symptoms to become apparent.
The pain and stiffness is often worse on the day after the whiplash injury.
The pain may continue to get worse during the days after the injury.
Whiplash symptoms to look out for include:

• neck pain and stiffness,
• neck swelling,
• tenderness along the back of the neck,
• a reduction in or loss of movement in the neck, and
• headaches.
  

Other symptoms of whiplash can include:

• lower back pain,
• pain, numbness or pins and needles in the arms and hands,
• muscle spasms,
• dizziness,
• tiredness,
• difficulty in swallowing,
• blurred vision,
• vertigo (the sensation that your are moving or spinning), and
• tinnitus (a ringing in the ears).
  

Following a whiplash injury, the dizziness, headaches, blurred vision and problems with swallowing should only last for a short while.
However we advise you to always see your GP if you have any of these signs after a Road Traffic Accident.
We know about these problems, about your concerns when suffering this type of whiplash scenario.
We deal with whiplash claims like this on a daily basis.
Then as you rest your whiplash injury at home, you get a phone call from the third parties car insurance company offering you a small amount of compensation for your whiplash injury.
Which of course is what an insurance companies job is - to settle claims for the least amount of money they can get away with.
Wouldn't be doing there job if it was any other way.
You naturally start to think over or worry about what you should do when you receive this phone call? Do you accept the insurance company's offer? Do you contact a solicitor? If you do what will it cost? Should you take action immediately or should you wait to claim for whiplash compensation? We have the answers to these questions and many more you may have about whiplash, we can inform you about all aspects of Whiplash from Whiplash Symptoms to Whiplash Compensation and as to whether you qualify and if you do, how to claim.
The first thing you need to know is that to claim whiplash compensation you have to have been in a non-fault, road traffic accident.
If you where the driver at fault then regrettably we can not help you, however if you were just a passenger in the car whose driver was at fault then you could be entitled to make a claim.
The second is that you, in most cases, have up to three years in which to make a claim from the time of the accident.