Car Wrecks in the Rain

Here in the Dallas / Ft. Worth area, we are experiencing very heavy rain fall that is causing an extremely high number of car accidents.  I've been driving back and forth from Denton to Dallas for the last couple of weeks and I've seen a lot of car wrecks.  Most of those were on rainy days.  It seems like some people forget how to drive when it's raining.  They are tense from nervousness.  The heavy rains make for low visibility.  Other cars are weaving in and out of traffic.  Some people don't feel the need to slow down.  Other people don't feel the need to speed up.  And - Oprah would be very upset at the number of people who won't put down their phone, no matter how bad the weather gets.  Texting while driving and talking on the phone are bad enough on sunny days, but on rainy days, even during horrible downpours - really???

Statistically, most auto accidents in Texas happen on clear and sunny days.  That's not a surprise since most Texas days are clear and sunny.  On those rainy days though, car accidents seem to spike.  My advice to all drivers, especially on rainy days:  slow down and pay attention to the road.

Looking down at the radio?  Crash!

Talking on the phone?  Crash!

Just have to send that text message?  Crash!

Speed limits aren't for you?  Crash!

Need to save 2 minutes by weaving in an out of traffic?  Crash!

Surfing the web on your iPhone?  Crash!

Crash, crash, crash, crash, crash, crash!!!  Now what?  Your hurt - badly injured.  Your car's a wreck now.  Since your hurt, you have to miss work.  You call a personal injury lawyer to deal with the auto insurance and you need a doctor (not necessarily in that order of course).  Don't you hope that doctor will work with your attorney?  You sure better.  Otherwise, that car wreck is going to be an even bigger hassle than you ever imagined.

In many cases, the story only gets worse from here.  So, if you were crashed in a car wreck by an impatient or distracted driver, you need to give WOL+MED Medical a call in Denton and Dallas, TX.  You may be in pain, but there's no reason the process of getting better should be an even bigger pain.  WOLMED doctors work closely with auto injury lawyers and we're excellent at treating your injuries and documenting your case in a way that helps your attorney get the best possible outcome on your legal case while you're getting the best possible outcome in your medical care.

Choose WOLMED for your auto injury recovery.  We take the pain out of the process and we want to be your doctor.

With that said - to all of you impatient and distracted drivers out there:  slow down, put down your phone, and keep your eyes on the road.

WOLMED for Auto Injuries

Usually, when a person is hurt in a car wreck, their first thought (after contacting their auto insurance company) is to contact a personal injury lawyer.  Even though they have an auto INJURY, they think lawyer first and doctor sometime later.  Don't get me wrong - personal injury attorneys are great and valuable after you're in a car wreck.  We work with lots of PI attorneys at WOLMED.  However, the backbone of personal injury is the need for recovery.  What would happen if all those people who were hurt in a car wreck just took the legal route and got reimbursed for their pain, suffering and inconvenience, but never saw a doctor and got therapy to get better?  We would have millions of potentially disabled people.

We also believe that dollar amounts in settlements are higher when injured patients come to us for personal injury treatment.  WOLMED doctors are experts in documenting personal injury cases so that you can get better and get a fair settlement.  Attorneys prefer our medical records over other doctors because they are so detailed that insurance adjusters are able to give better settlements.  Our doctors document the mechanism of injury in the initial history and physical and throughout treatment, they document the duration and seriousness of all of your symptoms.  We're able to accurately document both the physical and symptom diagnoses on claim forms and in documentation to help adjusters give fair settlements.

Examples of physical diagnoses are:  lumbar strain, contusion, herniated disk, knee strain, rotator cuff tear, etc.  Symptom diagnoses are things like:  sleep disturbance, headaches, dizziness, muscle spasm, and more.  Being able to fully document all of these areas is critically important to the outcome to a personal injury case.

WOLMED patients achieve excellent outcomes in all aspects of their auto injury.  If you or anyone you know was hurt in an auto accident, give WOLMED a call.  You may also need a personal injury attorney.  If you don't know who to call for legal advice, we can recommend an attorney to you.  At WOLMED, we can help you with every aspect of your auto injury.  We want to be your doctor.