Car Accident

I got in a car accident last night. I was stopped at a red light (in the right lane) with about 4 or 5 cars in front and a few stopped behind as well. When the light changed to green the first car, who was turning right had to wait for a pedestrian to cross the street. I leaned back against my headrest patiently waiting when BAM!! Apparently the car behind me saw green and decided to nail it without noticing that no other cars were moving yet. The second the car hit mine, I felt shooting pain spread all through my back. Immediately after I was very shaken up and my back started to throb. We both pulled off the road to exchange info and I was quite surprised by my car's rear end. Judging by how hard the guy had hit me and how bad my back was hurting, I expected major damage to my rear end, but there isn't much. The guy that hit me didn't have much damage either. I took some advil right away, but it didn't help the pain at all. After filing a claim with my insurance and driving home, I sat on the coach and tried to distract myself, but I kept thinking about the pain. I called my mom's chiropractor to find out their hours and was shocked when they answered and said they would wait for me if I came in right away. Thank goodness I did. I felt so much better after. My back has still been aching all day today, but I really think the chiropractor helped tremendously. I still can't believe it happened. It's crazy how fast things like that happen!