Our Wichita back and neck personal injury attorneys concentrate our law firm practice in helping motor vehicle accident victims with back and neck injuries to get immediate legal representation so that you can concentrate on healing and getting better while we manage all legal aspects surrounding your injury accident.

Neck and back injuries from motor vehicle accidents and workplace accidents happen frequently in Wichita and across Kansas. Wichita is in Sedgwick County and according to the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) had 9,465 traffic accidents in 2021 resulting in 4,278 injuries from motor vehicle crashes and 67 deaths.

Nationally, there are approximately 869,000 neck injuries from motor vehicle accidents per year. Neck or cervical spine injuries are usually from rear end motor vehicle collisions where the neck snaps back and forth. Back injuries happen at the same time, depending on the force of the impact.

Our Wichita neck and back injury attorneys are experienced personal injury lawyers who have medical-legal expertise to help our injury clients find the best doctors in Wichita. Some back and neck injuries are temporary and get better after physical therapy like whiplash injuries. Other more severe back and neck injuries require surgery. Many are due to car accidents. All require concentrated medical care.

Bull Attorneys have helped car and motor vehicle accident victims with back or neck injuries since 1983 helping more than 10,000 citizens of Wichita, Garden City and across Kansas. Our results for personal injury clients are excellent. We assist you to file insurance claims or lawsuits to get financial compensation for medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering, disability and scarring and future medical treatment.

• Whiplash Injury: Whiplash injuries are from strains and sprains to the back or neck. Trauma associated with a car or truck crash can damage the ligaments in weak places in the back like L5-S1 or in the neck at the area of C5-C6. This type of injury usually requires medication like pain medicine, anti-inflammatory medication, muscle relaxants or other prescription medicine. Physical therapy can assist in getting better. Some car accident victims, especially older people, never get over these injuries.
• Fracture to vertebrae in back or neck: When a fractured vertebrae happens, the patient may have to wear a brace in the neck or back for stability. Surgery can be required for severe fractures like comminuted fractures (broken into pieces) or a compression fracture where the vertebrae is smashed down from the trauma.
• Disc injury to neck or back: Herniated discs and disc bulges or annular tears can occur from a traumatic accident in a motor vehicle collision or workplace and farming accidents. This type of injury can require medication, physical therapy, radiofrequency ablation (RFA) or surgical trimming and removal of the disc. In severe cases the doctor will have to perform fusion surgery.
• Spinal cord injury: Spinal cord injury is much more disabling and if not treated immediately can lead to long term paralysis and nerve damage.
• Nerve damage: When a car, truck or motorcycle accident is traumatic the nerve in the area of injury in the back or neck can be damaged causing nerve pain with numbness and tinging or burning called paresthesia. Nerve injuries rarely get better and can go from the neck down the arm to the hands and fingers (radiculopathy) or from the low back down into the hip, thigh, leg and foot (radiculopathy and sciatica).
• Arthritis: When a person is injured in a car accident and has a significant injury to the back or neck it can lead to arthritic development in the spine. When a car accident victim has a prior injury to the back or neck the trauma from the new motor vehicle accident can aggravate the condition making it much more painful and long term.
• Paralysis: Severe trauma from a motor vehicle accident or workplace injury like a fall injuring the back or neck can result in paralysis which may be partial or whole like paraplegia or quadriplegia. The amount of medical bills from medical treatment and rehabilitation needs can be substantial costing millions of dollars for care.

According to KAKE TV, the Kellogg intersections which are the most dangerous in Wichita are Rock Road and Kellogg and Broadway and Kellogg which both had 54 motor vehicle crashes each in 2018. We can help back and neck injury accident victims even if you had a pre-existing condition. Many car accident drivers have prior back and neck conditions that become much worse and more severe after a car or truck accident. Our back and neck injury accident lawyers know how to prove the accident caused your pain.

Causes of Back and Neck Injuries in Wichita and Across Kansas

What causes back and neck injuries?

• Motor vehicle accidents like rear end, side impact and front-end car wrecks.
• Motorcycle crashes where the biker is not protected and has a severe car wreck.
• Pedestrian-vehicle crashes where the pedestrian always loses.
• Workplace injuries from heavy lifting, falling, repetitive tasks causing trauma and on-the-job motor vehicle accidents.
• On the job work injuries from falling, lifting, vehicle crashes, forklift injuries and repetitive work injuries.
• Construction site injuries such as falls from scaffolds, heavy equipment accidents with workers and other hazardous activities.
• Farming accidents from older tractors, combines and implements that do not have roll cages and tip over causing the operator to injury their back, neck and spine.

The Wichita back and neck injury attorneys at Bull Attorneys help back and neck injury victims that occur from many different causes. Call us today for your free consultation today.