Biomechanical analysis provides a critical link in understanding the relationship between personal injury and injury-producing events. Whether the events and injuries are minor, as in the case of the low speed automobile impact, or they are sudden, violent and death-producing, the biomechanical analysis can be critical in demystifying the relationship between the event and the damage to human tissue. This is especially true when there are no witnesses or the witness testimony is conflicting.

The basis for all biomechanical analysis is a solid grasp of human structural and functional anatomy. The application of Newtonian physics and the mechanics of materials to the human body, and its various tissue-types, provides the overlay context for matching force and acceleration loading to the potential for damage to human tissues. Through the use of standard research methods, it is often possible to structure the physical evidence in a manner that will produce a clear understanding of an injury-producing event based on evidence and scientific method, even in the absence of accurate witness testimony.