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Some guy ran into me at the lights last week. Basically I have whiplash (the ligaments up my whole spine between the vertabrae and the surrounding muscles are strained).
It's more painful than I thought, but I'm coming good now. The doc said it can take MONTHS to recover properly.
He said i am fine to go back to weights though as long as I don't work the neck and I reduce the weight I'm lifting. But he said I cant surf or swim because it is too much strain on my neck.
What would you guys do? What sort of weights should I look at?
Should I be dropping back to 10 and 15kgs or something? Or just test it out until I feel pain? I'm a bit hesitant as I don't want to slow down the healing or make things worse. But I've been getting some great results lately so I want to keep it going.
The sensible thing to do is have a week or 2 weeks totally off but if it was me id just train if i was in the mood to. It depends on how you feel tho. The human body is stronger than people give it credit for.
It's your call.
However, if you don't make a claim now, and a year or so later you are having chronic pain, discomfort and disability, all as a result of this accident which was not your fault, you will regret it.
The damage may be worse than it seems.
It's not about being a bludger and a scammer.
You may have a geniune claim.
I was a passenger in a car and hurt my knee which recovered. I got $40,000 (well, perhaps less after the lawyer took $$$ out).
Whiplash can be really serious and can leave you with permanent damage. I would definitely see a solicitor, and make sure you have records of any doctors you have visited. If an ambulance attended the scene, even better (an ambulance did not attend the scene where I was, but the towtruck driver gave me a lawyer's card (must have got some compensation for that)).