When Tourists and Locals Are Hurt in Multi-Vehicle, Multi-Insurance Collisions
Miami and South Florida are busy, fast, and full of:
- Uber and Lyft rides.
- Rental cars.
- Tourists unfamiliar with local roads.
- Complex, multi-vehicle crashes.
If you were injured in a rideshare or rental car collision in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Miami-Dade, Broward, or the Florida Keys, your case may involve multiple insurance companies and questions about how serious your injuries really are.
At DMX Miami, we provide Digital Motion X-Ray studies for injured drivers and passengers from Florida, the USA, Central and South America (Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Mexico), and the Caribbean, helping document spinal ligament injuries and instability in a way that static imaging often can’t.
Why Rideshare and Rental Crashes Are So Complex
These cases often involve:
- A rideshare driver (Uber, Lyft, etc).
- One or more private vehicles.
- Rental cars with separate coverage.
- Tourists unfamiliar with local traffic patterns.
- Multiple layers of insurance policies.
When you add in whiplash-type injuries that don’t show up cleanly on basic imaging, it’s easy for adjusters to argue that:
- “It was a low-speed crash.”
- “There’s no objective evidence of serious injury.”
That’s where motion-based documentation becomes valuable.
Typical Injuries in Rideshare and Rental Car Collisions
Common spinal injuries include:
- Cervical sprain/strain and whiplash.
- Lumbar strain with or without disc involvement.
- Thoracic strain from seat belt and torso loading.
- Ligamentous injuries leading to instability at certain vertebral levels.
These may cause:
- Neck pain and stiffness.
- Headaches.
- Mid-back or low back pain.
- Dizziness, fatigue, and difficulty concentrating.
- Pain with driving, standing, or working.
Standard imaging often underestimates the functional impact of these injuries.
Limits of Conventional Imaging in PI and Rideshare Cases
ER imaging and basic MRI/X-rays are geared toward:
- Ruling out fractures and life-threatening injuries.
- Identifying major disc herniations or obvious nerve compression.
They may come back essentially normal, with wording such as:
- “No acute osseous abnormality.”
- “Mild degenerative changes only.”
Yet your pain, stiffness, and functional limitations are very real.
How Digital Motion X-Ray Strengthens the Clinical Picture
Digital Motion X-Ray at DMX Miami:
- Records real-time motion of the cervical, thoracic, or lumbar spine during controlled movements.
- Quantifies abnormal translation and angulation between vertebrae.
- Documents ligamentous instability that appears only with motion.
- Correlates these findings with your symptoms and mechanism of injury.
This does not replace MRI but it adds objective evidence that soft-tissue and ligament injuries are structurally significant, not imaginary.
How DMX Helps Treating Providers and Attorneys
DMX findings can:
- Guide chiropractors, physical therapists, and medical doctors in creating targeted treatment plans.
- Help regenerative providers (PRP/stem cell) pinpoint unstable segments.
- Offer attorneys objective, visual evidence to support claims of ongoing spinal injury.
- Clarify permanency and functional impact in complex, multi-insurance cases.
At DMX Miami, we stay firmly in our lane as imaging providers we don’t provide legal advice but our studies are often used in the med-legal context.
International and Out-of-Town Patients Injured in Miami
People injured in Miami sometimes:
- Return home to another U.S. state, Latin America, or the Caribbean.
- Need advanced imaging that wasn’t done during the initial ER visit.
- Come back to Miami briefly for a cluster of medical and legal appointments, including DMX.
We provide bilingual communication and structured reports that can be shared with your home providers and legal team.
If Your Rideshare Crash Was “Minor” but Your Pain Isn’t, Don’t Rely on Static Imaging Alone
A crash that piles up vehicles and insurance policies can also pile up invisible ligament injuries. Motion-based imaging helps bring them to light.
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Call 305-275-7475 or book your appointment online
Dr. Rodolfo Alfonso, D.C.
Dr. Mark N. Berry, D.C.
Sunset Chiropractic and Wellness
8585 Sunset Dr. STE 102
Miami, Florida 33143