#10 What’s the most important thing I can do to recover from my injuries after a car accident?

QUESTION: What is the most important thing I can do to recover from my injuries after a car accident?

ANSWER: The key to recovering from injuries after a car accident is prompt medical treatment. See a healthcare provider immediately to prevent delays in recovery and to avoid skepticism from insurance carriers regarding the extent of your injuries. Follow your medical provider’s advice, including performing prescribed stretches and exercises, and ensure you attend all scheduled appointments. Prompt, consistent medical care and adherence to your treatment plan are essential for a full and swift recovery.

What is the most important thing I can do to recover from my injuries after a car accident?

The most important thing you can do to recover from your injuries after a car accident is to get the medical treatment that you need.

Don’t wait to see your medical provider. Too often we talk with people who are injured in a collision and they wait six, seven, or even eight weeks to see their healthcare provider.

When we ask why they waited so long to see a medical professional after their car accident, we often hear, “You know I just wanted to wait and see if I was really injured. As time went by my injuries just got worse.”

The problem is when you wait that long to be seen after an auto accident and begin getting medical treatment, two things happen. First, it’s going to take longer to fully recover from your injuries from the collision. Secondly, when dealing with the other person’s insurance company — and even with your own PIP coverage carrier —  they may challenge you and ask, were you even injured, because you waited so long to see a medical provider.

Make sure you’re okay and haven’t sustained injuries from the car accident by scheduling an appointment to see your medical provider as soon as possible after the collision.

This is what’s most important in having a full recovery.

Oftentimes, healthcare providers will give you stretches and exercises to do to help with your recovery from your injuries. It’s important to do what your provider advises and follow the treatment plan they’ve set for you. We often hear from our clients who weren’t initially doing their stretches and exercises and who begin following through with doing their recovery exercises say

“Oh my goodness, I can’t believe how much they’re helping.”

Make sure to also keep all of your appointments with the medical providers you’re seeing for your injuries. Like any of us, an emergency can come up and we have to reschedule an appointment — of course, that’s perfectly understandable. It’s important though to let your provider know and set a new time for your appointment.

If your chart notes show a history of missing too many appointments, it’s going to look like you really must not have been injured. Because if you had been, you would’ve been keeping your appointments.

The way to recover from your injuries from your auto accident as soon as possible is to 1) see a medical provider as soon as possible after your auto accident, 2) get the medical treatment you need to recover from your injuries, 3) follow your medical provider’s advice, and 3) keep your appointments. This is how to have a full recovery as quickly as possible.

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