A neck strain is quite a common injury and generally is a mild to
moderate injury which clears by itself within a few days to a week.
Not exact matches
Half of them had
moderate - to - severe head
injuries,
which caused lesions in the brain and required a hospital stay of three days or more.
I find on the evidence that she did suffer a mild to
moderate soft tissue
injury to her neck and back as initially diagnosed in her early months of treatment by Dr. Down
which was caused by the collision.
The first classifying factor is the severity of the
injury which can be mild,
moderate or severe.
The Plaintiff suffered
moderate to
moderate - severe brain
injury with ongoing complications
which were expected to be permanent.
The medical evidence was mostly consistent: her physical
injuries include
moderate right paracentral disc herniation at C3 - 4 on the right side and
moderate paracentral disc protrusion at C6 - 7 on the left causing irritation of the left C7 root; and a bulging lumbar disc irritating the lumbar roots, all of
which result in chronic left - sided neck, arm and low back pain, dizziness and headaches.
The Court found that the Plaintiff «did indeed suffer a severe flexion - extension
injury (whiplash), with acute symptoms lasting approximately one week, but continuing
moderate symptoms
which have persisted to today's date, a full 4.5 years post accident.
The Plaintiff suffered a «mild to
moderate» whiplash
injury which resolved in several months.
A neuropsychological examination is another method that can assist in diagnosing a brain
injury, specifically a mild to
moderate brain
injury which may not have been detected using the imaging technologies mentioned above.