Georgia automobile accidents (which include car wrecks, motorcycle accidents, trucking accidents, pedestrian accidents, bicycle accidents, and other personal injury claims) can cause severe back injuries. Georgia motor vehicle accidents can involve enormous force to the occupants of the vehicles. This force is generated by vehicles colliding, by the vehicles spinning out of control, by vehicles rolling over, and other sudden movements that occur to the vehicles and their occupants in Georgia automobile accidents. Additional injury often occurs as glass is broken and metal is crushed around the occupants. Injuries can also result from the air bags and seat belts as these devices act to protect the occupants of the vehicle.

Common injuries from car wrecks and other Georgia motor vehicle accidents include soft tissue (muscle and ligament strains), joint injuries, fractured bones, lacerations and contusions, as well as, bulging disc, herniated disc, protruding disc or ruptured disc injuries. The human spine is made up of three separate areas which are the cervical spine (neck region), thoracic spine (middle portion of the spine) and lumbar (lower) spine. The vertebra are the bony sections of the spine that are separated by discs. The discs act as the body’s shock absorbing system to protect the spine and to allow the spine to have extensive movement. The discs are made up of soft, rubbery tissue that is surrounded by a tough outer layer called the annulus. The impact caused from car wrecks and other motor vehicle accidents can cause disc injury such as herniated discs, ruptured discs, bulging discs, protruding discs, and other spinal injuries. Spinal cord injuries can even leave the victims of Georgia car wrecks with the nightmare of dealing with being paralyzed.

The force from Georgia car wrecks can cause injury to the discs and vertebra. Disc injuries can include bulging discs, protruding discs, herniated discs, and ruptured discs. Ruptured disc injuries result when the annulus (tough outer layer of the disc) is ripped or torn which then allows the soft inner tissue of the disc to protrude. Protruding discs, bulging discs, and herniated discs can even compress or touch the nerves of the spinal cord that pass through the vertebra and into the body. This type of disc injury with nerve root compression can often require extensive injection therapy (trigger point injections, epidural injections, and other pain management) and surgeries (disc fusion surgery, laminectomy surgery, diskectomy surgery, etc.). Pressure on the disc tissue or nerve root can cause extensive pain and can cause radiating pain and numbness into someone’s arms and legs. Disc injuries often cause significant pain and can greatly reduce someone’s range of motion.

Disc injuries and spinal injuries can be very disruptive to someone’s ability to function. Often people injured in car wrecks suffering from bulging, protruding, herniated, or ruptured discs find it difficult to work and to carry on with their daily activities. The personal injury attorneys at Griffin Law Firm specialize in handling disc injury cases. We strive to level the playing field to make sure that adjusters do not get away with underpaying your claim. We have a proven track record of handling ruptured disc injury cases making sure that our clients are fully compensated for their personal injury claim. You can review many of the large settlements and verdicts Griffin Law Firm attorneys have recovered under the Firm News page of this website.

If you or someone you know has a personal injury claim involving bulging, protruding, herniated, or ruptured discs, we encourage you to contact us for a free consultation today. You can call us at 866-847-6545 for our intake department. You can also submit your case for a free settlement evaluation by using our “Contact Us” form or “What is My Case Worth” form that is found through out our website.