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Back & Neck Injuries

Posted by: at 9:06 AM on August 12th, 2018

Back and neck injuries are seen more than perhaps anything else in a personal injury law practice. These range from soft tissue whiplash injuries which can be quite debilitating to spine fractures and spinal cord injuries resulting in permanent disability.

The spinal column is a stack of bones called vertebra. Between the vertebra are natural shock absorbers called intervertebral discs made up of a tough outer layer surrounding a jelly-like inner core, sometimes compared to a “jelly donut.