The seriousness of your injuries determines your auto accident compensation. Many assume that serious injuries are synonymous with hard tissue injuries, such as bone fractures. However, serious soft tissue injuries are also possible. Therefore, don't settle for inadequate compensation because you have soft tissue injuries.

Below are features of soft tissue injuries that many people will agree are serious.

They Significantly Limit Use of Body Parts

Hard tissue injuries, such as fractures, easily limit the use of affected body parts, but the same is possible with soft tissue injuries. Limited body part use is a serious issue that requires significant compensation irrespective of the affected tissues.

For example, a sprain develops when ligaments (tissues that hold the knee together) are overstretched. A sprained knee is a painful and serious soft tissue injury that limits running, walking, bending, or carrying heavy loads. The injury can even lead to further health complications over time.

They Cause Permanent Scarring and Disfigurement

Soft tissue injuries involving critical body parts can lead to permanent disfigurement. Similarly, soft tissue injuries involving significant areas of the body that are deep enough can cause permanent scarring.

Scarring and disfigurement can affect your mental wellbeing and body functions, among other effects. For example, a big scar across your face might affect your self-esteem. Long-term or permanent scarring and disfigurement constitute damages.

They Can Include Organ Loss

The loss of a body part is one of the most severe injuries you can suffer in an accident. For example, you might lose an internal organ (such as a kidney) in an accident—a serious injury even though the kidney is soft tissue.

They Require Invasive Treatment, Extensive Treatment, or Extended Recovery

Invasive treatments require medical professionals to invade the body, for example, by inserting instruments into the body or cutting through your tissues. Surgical operations are classic examples of invasive treatments. Many courts will agree that injuries that require invasive or multiple treatments are serious.

For example, you have a serious injury if a surgeon has to cut into your chest to correct a lung injury. Another example is a soft tissue injury that requires multiple hospital visits and consultations with different medical professionals. Many of those injuries take a long time to recover, prolonging your suffering.

Multiple factors determine accident compensation. Don't let the classification of your injuries as either soft or hard tissue injuries be the main determining factor. Contact a law office like Buckley  Law Office for more information.