The Award-winning
Mr. Jon Leigh
Gillingham Clinic Of Complementary Medicine The team at the Forensic & Expert Witness E Magazine are delighted to announce, Mr. Jon Leigh of the Gillingham Clinic of Complimentary Medicine as the deserving recipient of :
The Medico Legal Award for Occupational Injury 2015.
The Award reflects the outstanding professionalism and quality of reporting that is offered by the clinic's Lead Practitioner. Registered Osteopath, Naturopathic Physician and Expert Witness, Mr. Jon Leigh has been in practice for over forty years. His areas of expertise include instructions on injuries caused by motor car accidents, occupational injuries and sports injuries. Mr. Leigh is registered with the General Osteopathic Council. He established the Gillingham Clinic of Complementary Medicine in 1982 and has also taught at the British College of Naturopathy and Osteopathy where he trained; the European School of Osteopathy in Maidstone, and the International College of Osteopathy & Alternative Therapies.
This fast whip like action of your head is what causes the strain and sprain in your muscles, tendons and ligaments. In severe cases, this whip action can create disc injury in the spine. And it is this motion which creates your pain. Symptoms of Whiplash can include:
i. Neck pain and stiffness (often in the front of your neck too) ii. Headaches, often at the base of the skull iii. Dizziness iv. Blurred vision v. Fatigue This can result in difficulty concentrating; ringing in the ears; sleep disturbances; irritability; emotional upset- from fear, to crying to anger, unexpectedly. As well as speech changes; difficulty swallowing; memory problems and even concussion.
During forty years of prominence within the Expert Witness field, Mr. Leigh has instructed on numerous cases involving motor car accidents, occupational injury cases and sports injury related cases. One of the most common claims features individuals suffering from the whiplash complaints.
In recent years, many cases of whiplash have been suspected fraud. However, from a medical point of view fraud is very difficult to spot due to evidence being difficult for a physician to spot. A classic whiplash injury occurs when the head is thrown directly back then forwards, usually the patient will have been wearing a seatbelt however, sometimes a seatbelt may increase the whip of the neck by holding the body back. As a physician or expert the question as to whether or a not a seatbelt was being worn at the time of impact would be asked.
Whiplash gets it's name from how your head and neck move when someone crashes into you. Unfortunately, during the accident, your head is often powerfully snapped back and forward so fast you don't even notice it happening.
Due to the onset of whiplash symptoms not happening until the few days after the accident, most patients go the see their GP rather than go to A&E, this means that they are examined, given advice and sent home with pain relief.