The first week after a wreck is when people either get seen or decide the stiffness is "just sore." That decision writes the next month. A clinic note from the week of the crash is a fact. A memory from six weeks later is a story.
We are not a law office and we will not tell you what a claim is worth. We will say that care starts with an exam, and that CDC transportation-safety guidance treats crash injury as something the public should take seriously.
What to bring to the first visit
The date of the wreck. Where it hurts. Whether the pain travels. Whether sleep, driving, or work changed. Which room is closer. Missouri Injury Clinic has rooms in Hazelwood, on Tesson Ferry, and in O'Fallon. Ask them how a visit is billed. Do not invent a lien or a courtroom script from this page.
Featured, compensated: Missouri Injury Clinic's auto-injury page.
If the head is involved
Use CDC HEADS UP for the public warning list, then a clinician. This article is educational, not a diagnosis.