Injuries to the neck and back are often treated as “soft tissue” until they’re not. In practice, defenses commonly argue one of the following:
- The symptoms don’t match the crash or incident (common when impact details are disputed)
- You waited too long to get care (a frequent issue when people try to “walk it off” after a busy week)
- Pre-existing conditions were the real cause (common with chronic back issues and prior strains)
- Your limitations are exaggerated (especially when work history changes aren’t supported by records)
In an Enterprise case, those disputes can be intensified by typical local circumstances—traffic patterns that lead to late braking or rear-end impacts, commuting schedules that delay treatment, and employer documentation that may not fully capture functional limits.


