>> Well, this is fascinating.
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>> Found this in the Guardian: tinyurl.com/n95z4nd
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>> Dr Stuart Matthews, consultant surgeon in major orthopaedic trauma at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals. :
>> “There is not a single test that shows abnormality directly attributable to this condition. Diagnoses
>> are purely on the say-so of the person involved. Many orthopaedic surgeons do not believe
>> it is a genuine condition.â€
>>
I’ve had someone run into the back of me, at speed, on the Milford sliproad off the A3 southbound. I was in a then new shape (and indeed almost brand new) Megane with active headrests and while I didn’t get whiplash I was pretty sore across the shoulders the day after, and had pain in my lower back.
I still get the odd twinge in the lower back even now, more than 10 years later. Now the closing speed between me and the Volvo that collided with me was more than 10 mph, but I can quite believe that with poorer head protection some form of short, medium or even long term effects could result from a relatively low speed collision.
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