The neck, back and shoulders are the body parts most often injured in car crashes.  However, keep in mind that any part of your body may be injured.  Your knees may slam against the dashboard.  Your foot/ankle may get sprained or strained from hitting the brakes with much more force than normal.  You might sprain [...]

Dedicated doctors continue to further their skills and knowledge throughout their careers.  For a chiropractic physician who treats primarily persons injured in automobile accidents there is no better training than that offered through the Spine Research Institute of San Diego (www.srisd.com).  Doctor Hartwig is one of the few doctors in the Portland area to be [...]

The amount of car damage from an accident has NO correlation to the severity of injuries sustained by the occupants of the vehicle(s).  In fact, it is quite common to see worse injuries when there is little vehicle damage than when a car is totaled following a wreck.  Remember this if you happen to get [...]

The Spine Research Institute of San Diego is the leading provider of continuing education in the field of whiplash and auto-injury management.  Both Dr. Hartwig and Dr. Marcum have taken all of the course offerings and are graduates of the advanced seminars.  These courses set them apart from others because they understand the proper way [...]

25 mph is the speed you would be going if you fell from a third floor balcony.  Think that might hurt when you hit the ground?  Then why wouldn’t you be injured in a car wreck at the same speed?  As a matter of fact, you almost always are injured in a car wreck, even [...]

Insurance companies will often tell people involved in motor vehicle accidents that their injuries must be minor because there is very little damage to the car.  Property damage is neither a valid predictor of injury nor of symptom duration. Countless peer-reviewed studies have shown that car damage does not correlate to injury occurrence or duration.  [...]

More than 50% of all low speed rear impact crashes (LOSRIC) that produce injuries occur without vehicle damage.  Think about that.  Wow. Insurance companies know that there is no correlation between vehicle damage and occupant injuries.  However, they will not tell you this.  More often than not insurance adjusters will rhetorically ask you “how can [...]

Following a motor vehicle accident insurance companies often tell the occupants that there is no way they can be hurt when there is very little or no damage to car.  Last time I checked, humans are not made out of steel, rubber, plastic, etc.  Besides, today’s vehicles are designed to absorb certain levels of impact- [...]

It is common to experience little to no symptoms of “whiplash” for a day or two following a car accident. Many times the symptoms will not appear until 3-5 days following the wreck. Studies have shown that people who have a delayed onset of symptoms are usually hurt worse than those who feel symptoms immediately. [...]

Every year in America approximately three million people suffer whiplash injuries.  Half of these people will develop chronic pain.  More than 10% (332,000) will become disabled due to the injuries. There are specific treatments that will lessen the chances of developing chronic pain and/or disability.  The staff at Marcum Chiropractic Clinic specializes in treating people [...]