If you are injured in a motor vehicle accident, a slip and fall, or any sort of accident, you may suffer
a host of injuries.
Some of these injuries are obvious: fractures, cuts, scrapes, or
bruises can all be seen – either immediately or through
medical imaging.
Other injuries, however, are not as obvious.
"Myofascial" or "soft tissue" injuries are
injuries that affect your muscles, joints, or surrounding parts of
the body. These are often impossible to see. Psychological injuries
and concussions are also not visible – you have to be
diagnosed by a medical professional.
This matters because in a personal injury claim you are the one
required to prove what injuries you suffered, and their
consequences. If you fractured your leg, that can be shown with an
X-ray. If you suffer depression, have a concussion that affects
your memory, or have soft tissue pain, that cannot be proven in the
same way.
