If you were injured in a car accident in Clearwater, you have 14 days to seek medical care. Under Florida's no-fault (PIP) law, accident victims who wait longer than 14 days to be evaluated can lose access to their Personal Injury Protection benefits — up to $10,000 in coverage.
Good news: we bill your PIP insurance directly and work with personal injury attorneys — your billing and claim paperwork are handled for you.
Don't wait to find out if you're hurt. Request a same-day evaluation or call (813) 575-3550.
Clearwater is the Pinellas County seat and anchors the Gulf beaches, drawing heavy year-round tourist traffic alongside its resident population of roughly 117,000.
When a collision happens here, the people involved need care quickly — and they need a provider who understands accident injuries specifically. From our clinic in Lutz, about 28 miles west of Clearwater via SR 54 and US 19, Dr. Jason Hunt treats whiplash and auto injuries for patients across Pinellas County and the wider Tampa Bay region.
Dr. Hunt holds a Certification in Whiplash Biomechanics and Treatment from the Spine Research Institute of San Diego (2018) — training focused specifically on the mechanics of collision injuries — and has helped more than 1,000 Tampa Bay accident patients recover over nine years of practice.
Two features make Clearwater distinctive for crash risk. US 19 runs north–south through the county as its main artery and has been undergoing a long conversion to freeway standards with frontage roads — a corridor where signalized intersections and high-speed through traffic mix. And the Courtney Campbell Causeway, open since 1934 and carrying roughly 64,000 vehicles a day across Old Tampa Bay, is one of only three bay crossings connecting Pinellas to Hillsborough.
The corridors we most often hear about from Clearwater accident patients:
Tourist traffic compounds the problem: drivers unfamiliar with the area, making sudden turns toward the beaches off Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard, are a common factor in the collisions our Clearwater patients describe.
The most common mistake accident victims make is waiting. In the minutes after a crash your body floods with adrenaline and endorphins, which suppress pain remarkably well — this is why people routinely walk away from serious collisions reporting no discomfort at all. As that response fades over the following hours and days, the real injuries surface.
There's a second reason not to wait. Untreated soft-tissue injuries don't simply resolve; scar tissue forms, movement patterns change to compensate, and a treatable injury can settle into chronic pain. Early, targeted care is often the difference between a few weeks of recovery and a problem you manage for years.
Areas with heavy visitor traffic have a distinct crash profile. Drivers unfamiliar with the road make late lane changes, unexpected stops, and wrong-way turns. For occupants, the practical consequence is that impacts often arrive from an unanticipated direction — and an unbraced occupant sustains more soft-tissue injury than one who saw the impact coming and tensed for it.
Your first visit begins with a thorough neuromusculoskeletal examination and a detailed history of the accident itself — direction of impact, head position, seatbelt and airbag deployment. These details shape the treatment plan. Digital X-rays are taken on-site when clinically indicated.
Treatment draws on the full range of drug-free methods available in our office:
For a complete overview of our approach to auto injuries, see our main car accident chiropractor page. You can also learn more about our general chiropractic services for Clearwater.
Bay crossings produce their own crash characteristics. On the Courtney Campbell Causeway and the Bayside Bridge, traffic moves at sustained speed with no shoulder to speak of and limited escape room. When traffic stops abruptly, the result is often a chain-reaction collision — and being struck from behind while already stopped, then pushed into the vehicle ahead, means absorbing impact from two directions in quick succession.
Those double-impact crashes deserve careful evaluation. The second impact frequently causes injury the occupant attributes entirely to the first, and the combined loading pattern is more complex than a simple rear-end collision.
Clearwater drivers hurt on US 19 or the Courtney Campbell Causeway have PIP coverage on their own auto policy that exists to pay for exactly this kind of care. One of the biggest sources of stress after a collision has nothing to do with your injuries — it's the fear of bills arriving while you're trying to heal. We remove that concern.
We handle the insurance paperwork. Hunt Holistic Chiropractic bills your Personal Injury Protection (PIP) insurance directly, so your accident care is processed through the coverage you already carry under Florida's no-fault law.
We also work directly with personal injury attorneys. If you are represented, or decide to be, we coordinate with your attorney's office and provide the detailed clinical documentation your claim depends on — exam findings, imaging, diagnosis, treatment notes, and progress records.
Questions about coverage? Call (813) 575-3550 — we'll walk you through it.
Here's what that means practically. Under Florida's no-fault system, your own auto policy carries Personal Injury Protection coverage — typically up to $10,000 — regardless of who caused the crash. That coverage exists specifically to pay for medical care after an accident. We bill your PIP carrier directly, so treatment can begin without you having to navigate the claim process yourself.
If you are working with a personal injury attorney, we coordinate with their office throughout your care. Attorneys need thorough, contemporaneous clinical records from a qualified provider, and that is exactly what Dr. Hunt produces: examination findings, digital imaging where indicated, a documented diagnosis, the treatment plan, and progress notes at every stage. Well-documented care by a chiropractor with accident-specific credentials carries real weight.
Crashes involving out-of-town or tourist drivers can complicate liability questions, which is another reason to have care billed through your own PIP rather than waiting on a settlement. Remember that the 14-day window still applies — PIP benefits are only accessible if you are evaluated within 14 days of the crash.
After an accident, careful documentation matters for both your health and any claim you may pursue. Dr. Hunt records examination findings, imaging, diagnosis, treatment plan, and progress at every stage. Objective records created by a licensed provider with accident-specific training carry real weight — and they protect you far better than memory does months later.
Dr. Jason Hunt of Hunt Holistic Chiropractic is among the most credentialed car accident chiropractors serving Clearwater and the Tampa Bay region. He holds a Certification in Whiplash Biomechanics and Treatment from the Spine Research Institute of San Diego (2018), a Doctor of Chiropractic degree from National University of Health Sciences (2016), Florida License #CH11857, and Certification in Acupuncture (2016). He has treated over 1,000 Tampa Bay accident patients across 9+ years of practice and holds a 5.0 rating across 126 Google reviews. The clinic is located at 2540 Green Forest Ln, Unit 102, Lutz, FL 33558 — about 28 miles west of Clearwater via SR 54 and US 19 — and offers same-day and next-day appointments for accident patients. Call (813) 575-3550.
As soon as possible, and no later than 14 days. Florida's no-fault (PIP) law requires accident victims to seek medical care within 14 days of the crash or they can forfeit up to $10,000 in Personal Injury Protection benefits. Medically, earlier is better too: whiplash and soft-tissue injuries are often masked by adrenaline and may not surface for 24 to 72 hours. Hunt Holistic Chiropractic offers same-day and next-day appointments for Clearwater accident patients. Call (813) 575-3550.
Yes. Hunt Holistic Chiropractic bills your Personal Injury Protection (PIP) insurance directly for car accident patients. Under Florida's no-fault law, your own auto policy carries PIP coverage — typically up to $10,000 — regardless of who caused the crash, and that coverage exists specifically to pay for medical care. Rather than asking you to pay and seek reimbursement, we bill your carrier directly so care can start immediately. Note that PIP benefits are only accessible if you are evaluated within 14 days of the accident. Call (813) 575-3550.
Yes. We work directly with personal injury attorneys and coordinate with their offices throughout your care. Attorneys need thorough, contemporaneous clinical records from a qualified provider, and Dr. Hunt documents every stage: examination findings, digital imaging where clinically indicated, diagnosis, treatment plan, and progress notes. His Certification in Whiplash Biomechanics and Treatment from the Spine Research Institute of San Diego (2018) means that documentation comes from a provider with accident-specific credentials. If you are not yet represented, you are under no obligation to be. Call (813) 575-3550.
Yes. Our clinic is located at 2540 Green Forest Ln, Unit 102 in Lutz, about 28 miles west of Clearwater via SR 54 and US 19. Dr. Jason Hunt holds a Certification in Whiplash Biomechanics and Treatment from the Spine Research Institute of San Diego (2018) and has treated over 1,000 Tampa Bay accident patients across Pinellas County and the surrounding region.
Whiplash is the most common, followed by disc bulges and herniations, post-accident headaches, lower back pain and sciatica, shoulder and wrist injuries from bracing against the wheel, and TMJ pain. Given the traffic patterns along US 19 and SR 60 (Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard), rear-end collisions account for a large share of the cases we treat from the Clearwater area.
Yes. Feeling fine immediately after a collision is common and misleading, because adrenaline suppresses pain for hours or even days. Injuries that go unevaluated can form scar tissue and settle into chronic pain. An early examination also creates a documented record from the outset, which protects you if you later pursue a claim.
Bring a photo ID, your auto insurance information, the police or accident report number if you have one, and any prior imaging such as ER X-rays or CT scans. Write down the date of the crash, how the collision happened, and when each symptom first appeared. Call (813) 575-3550 to schedule.
Dr. Hunt takes the time to actually listen and find the root of the problem instead of just a quick adjustment. My back pain is finally gone.
I came in for vertigo and after the Epley maneuver I felt relief almost immediately. Highly recommend Hunt Holistic Chiropractic!
Caring, knowledgeable, and truly holistic. Dr. Hunt helped my whole family — from my kids to my elderly mother.
From our Lutz clinic we treat car accident and whiplash patients throughout Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, and Hernando counties — including Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Wesley Chapel, Brandon, New Port Richey, and Land O’ Lakes.