How Digital Motion X-Ray Helps When the Accident Story Isn’t Simple
Today, many crashes don’t look like old-school, two-car fender benders. People are injured:
- As passengers in rideshare vehicles (Uber, Lyft, etc.).
- In multi-car chain reactions.
- In side swipes, T-bone collisions, or sudden stops in traffic.
These situations often create complex force patterns on the spine and the injuries aren’t always obvious on standard imaging.
At DMX Miami, we see patients from Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Miami-Dade County, Broward County, and the Florida Keys, along with visitors from Florida, the USA, Central and South America (Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Mexico), and the Caribbean, who were injured in rideshare or multi-impact collisions and still don’t have clear answers.
Why Modern Crash Scenarios Can Be Harder on the Spine
In rideshare and multi-impact collisions:
- You may not see the impact coming and can’t brace.
- You might be twisted, reaching for a seat belt or phone.
- The vehicle may be hit more than once, from different directions.
- There may be multiple changes in speed and direction in a short time.
These factors can:
- Create unusual shear forces on cervical, thoracic, and lumbar ligaments.
- Damage supporting structures without obvious fractures.
- Lead to ligamentous instability and abnormal motion patterns.
Because these crashes are complex, the injuries are often more complex too.
Common Symptoms After Rideshare or Multi-Impact Crashes
Patients often report:
- Neck pain, stiffness, and headaches.
- Mid-back and low back pain that worsens with sitting or driving.
- Dizziness, blurred vision, or difficulty concentrating.
- Radiating pain into the shoulders, arms, or legs.
- Symptoms that come and go, but never fully resolve.
Standard ER workups and imaging are often normal or show only “minor” findings.
Why Traditional Imaging May Miss the Full Injury Pattern
ER imaging is designed to:
- Rule out fractures, internal bleeding, and immediate threats.
- Identify major disc herniations or dislocations.
But it often:
- Uses X-rays or CT scans in static positions.
- Does not evaluate motion under load.
- May not be repeated later when chronic symptoms continue.
Result: Patients are told they had a “minor accident” and “normal imaging,” but they still hurt months or years later.
How Digital Motion X-Ray Evaluates Complexity in a Simple Way
Digital Motion X-Ray at DMX Miami allows us to:
- Examine the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine in motion, one region at a time.
- Measure abnormal sliding, gapping, or tilting between vertebrae.
- Identify specific levels where ligaments have become lax from multi-directional impacts.
- Correlate your worst movements (looking up, twisting, bending, prolonged sitting) with what we see on video.
Instead of trying to guess how multiple impacts affected your spine, we watch how it behaves now.
How DMX Helps Patients, Doctors, and Attorneys in Rideshare Cases
DMX findings can:
- Help chiropractors and physical therapists create safer, targeted rehab plans.
- Assist regenerative medicine doctors in deciding whether certain ligaments need more advanced care.
- Provide attorneys and insurance adjusters with objective evidence that explains ongoing symptoms.
- Clarify the relationship between the unique crash mechanics and the patient’s current pain.
In complex crashes, a motion-based study can simplify the story: “Here’s what your spine is doing now, and here’s where the instability is.”
Why Rideshare and Multi-Impact Crash Patients Travel to DMX Miami
Patients involved in these modern crashes choose DMX Miami because we offer:
- Advanced Digital Motion X-Ray focused on ligamentous instability after trauma.
- Detailed, understandable reports for providers and attorneys.
- Experience with rideshare, multi-car, and complicated collision patterns.
- Bilingual care (English and Spanish) for patients from:
- South Florida: Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Miami-Dade, Broward, Florida Keys.
- The rest of Florida and the United States.
- Central and South America: Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Mexico.
- The Caribbean.
When the Accident Was Complicated, Your Imaging Should Be Better Than Basic
If your crash involved rideshare, multiple vehicles, or unusual forces, and you’re still in pain, you deserve imaging that can keep up with the complexity of what happened.
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Dr. Rodolfo Alfonso, D.C.
Dr. Mark N. Berry, D.C.
Sunset Chiropractic and Wellness
8585 Sunset Dr. STE 102
Miami, Florida 33143