Many accident victims in our area are shocked to learn that a neck injury can actually lead to sleep apnea. If you are waking up gasping for air or your partner says you snore louder than a subway train, your car accident might be to blame

At Segal Law Firm, we have seen how a simple rear end collision can turn into a nightmare of medical problems including sleep apnea. We fight to make sure you get paid for every single way the accident has damaged your life. Call us today for a free consultation. You deserve to breathe easy again

When you suffer a neck injury from rear ended accidents or construction site accidents, the damage goes deeper than you might think. The muscles, nerves, and tissues in your neck control more than just how you turn your head. They also help keep your airway open while you sleep. 

When another car slams into you from behind, your body moves like a cracked whip. Your head snaps backward, then forward. This violent movement does not just hurt your neck. The same force that causes your neck injury travels down your spine like a wave. Your back muscles, bones, and discs feel the impact too. 

A reasonable settlement offer should cover all of your medical bills, your lost wages, your future treatment costs, and fair compensation for your pain and suffering. If you hurt your back in a trip and fall accident and the doctor says you might need epidural injections down the road, that future cost matters

The first step is getting medical help right away. Even if your neck feels okay at first, injuries like bulging disc problems or soft tissue damage can show up hours or even days later. See a doctor as soon as possible.

Without proper care and treatment, RSD reflex sympathic distrophy can spread to other parts of your body. Your burning pain might start in your hand after a slip and fall accident, but over months or years, RSD reflex sympathic distrophy can move up your arm. Some people with RSD reflex sympathic distrophy see the condition spread to their other arm or their legs.

RSD reflex sympathic distrophy is a condition that affects your nervous system after an injury. It can start after a broken bone, a burn injury, a surgery, or even a slip and fall accident. RSD reflex sympathic distrophy causes pain that seems too big for the injury you had. Your body overreacts to the initial injury, and the pain does not stop the way it should.

CRPS often starts after what seems like a minor injury. You might have been rear ended in traffic and hurt your arm. Maybe you twisted your ankle in a trip and fall accident at work. Sometimes CRPS develops after epidural injections for a bulging disc or even after fusion surgery for a neck injury.

CRPS stands for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. You might also hear it called RSD reflex sympathetic dystrophy. It's a nerve disorder that causes intense, constant pain that's way worse than the original injury should cause.

Here's what makes CRPS so scary. It can start after something as simple as a slip and fall, a minor construction site accident, or even after getting epidural injections for a bulging disc. The injury heals, but the pain doesn't stop. In fact, it gets much worse.