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Why You Keep Hurting After a Car Accident Even When the Tests Are Normal

Dr. Dr. Heo Ji-young, Director of Kyunghee Meerae Korean Medicine Clinic, Gwangjin
의료 감수 Dr. Heo Ji-young Representative Director · KMD

If the tests after a car accident say "nothing wrong" but your body still feels heavy and stiff, it may be a problem with the muscles and ligaments.

X-rays and CT scans look at bone fractures or major damage. But muscles and ligaments that have been stretched or strained by the impact of an accident don't show up well on these tests.

  • Started hurting a few days after the accident
  • Tests are normal, but the neck and lower back feel stiff
  • Catches and tingles in certain positions

In cases like this, you have to look at the symptoms and movement together, rather than the test numbers. Aftereffects of a car accident can be treated through auto insurance.

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Dr. Dr. Heo Ji-young, Director of Kyunghee Meerae Korean Medicine Clinic, Gwangjin

Dr. Heo Ji-young Representative Director · KMD

A graduate of the College of Korean Medicine at Kyung Hee University, with master's and doctoral degrees in pathology — the mechanisms of disease — from its graduate school. Later served as a research professor in the university's Herbology department, studying medicinal substances. Studying both disease and medicine from both sides is the foundation of this practice: explaining "why a given medicine works for a given illness" in the language of both pathology and pharmacology. Explains autonomic, chronic, and intractable conditions — and structural problems of the body — in the language of modern science, and proposes treatment matched to the cause. Has taught prescribing and clinical practice to Korean medicine doctors for over ten years, and is a co-author of "Korean Medicine, Explained by Korean Medicine Doctors," selected for the 2018 Sejong Books list (general category).

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