text: It doesn't work that way.\n\nYou see a doctor when you're sick or injured.  You go whenever you feel bad enough to need a doctor.\n\nNow, as a matter of proof, it makes sense that the longer after an auto accident you go, the harder it is to prove your injury was caused by the accident.\n\nBut:  1)  If you're hurt, go to a doctor and don't worry about any of that.  Let the lawyers and insurance agents deal with it.  2)  There are whole books of injuries that take time to appear.  A bruise that slowly gets bigger until it's pressing on your spinal cord, for instance.  Or a blood disease you got from an infection at the scene of the accident.  \n\nSo get treated, tell your lawyer as soon as you get treated and drive safe.