This Accident Guide and the checklists are provided for your safety. Please feel free to print this guide and the accompanying checklists and keep them in your glove compartment in the unfortunate event of an accident.

After an accident has occurred:

When a vehicular accident occurs, you may find yourself in an excited state of shock. If you are not seriously injured, you will most likely be very involved in assisting any injured passengers, removing your vehicle from the flow of traffic, gathering legal information, and talking with police officers.

When you are in a heightened state of excitement or trauma, your body can be in a light state of shock, wherein you may not feel any pain. However, even if you are not aware of any obvious injuries, you may have indeed sustained significant injuries that will show up hours, days, months, and even years after the initial accident occurred.

Therefore, it is very important for you and all of your passengers to get a thorough spinal examination to rule out invisible internal injuries to nerves, muscles, ligaments, and bones. These sometimes "invisible" injuries, left untreated, can create severe and painful postural, extremity, neck, back, and headache problems in future years.

Protect yourself and your loved ones by having a comprehensive spinal exam after involvement in any vehicular accident.

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Accident Checklist
Injury Checklist
Information Form