Automobile Accidents
Even a minor automobile accident can have major effects on your health!
When one automobile is struck by another, thousands of pounds of force are exerted on the neck and spine.
Whiplash occurs when the head and neck are thrown or "snapped" back and forth very quickly.
The painful result is injury to the ligaments, soft tissue, and discs of the neck and spine. Whiplash also causes impingement, stretching, or irritation of the nerves and the spinal cord.
Whiplash can also cause headaches, numbness, pins and needles in the face, chest, arms or
hands, anxiety, neck pain, back pain, ear ringing, dizziness, hearing loss and/or blurred vision.
What is Whiplash?
Whiplash is most commonly associated with rear-end car collisions in which the heads of those in the front car are suddenly snapped back and forth by the impact. It is more accurately called cervical acceleration/deceleration (CAD) trauma or syndrome, which describes the rapiad movements that can injure the vertebrae of the neck and the muscles and ligaments that support them.
Who Suffers from Whiplash?
Whiplash is most commonly associated with rear-end car collisions in which the heads of those in the front car are suddenly snapped back and forth by the impact. It is more accurately called cervical acceleration/deceleration (CAD) trauma or syndrome, which describes the rapid movements that can injure the vertebrae of the neck and the muscles and ligaments that support them.
What can chiropractic do?
The sudden accident that caused the whiplash in the first place may fade into memory, but the physical and psychological damage of whiplash can become chronic, eroding a victim's quality of life. Chiropractic techniques and chiropractors' skills are particularly well-suited to relieving the neck pain and other debilitating effects of whiplash because they can
• restore movement lost after the accident,
• overcome muscle weakness and enhance muscle tone,
• speed recovery, and
• diminish chronic symptoms that can persist or recur over many years.
Repeated and effective chiropractic adjustments have proved successful for many thousands of patients. Chiropractic can, in many cases, significantly reduce patients' distress and allow them to return to their normal activities rather than seeing themselves as invalids--as so many whiplash victims do long after their accident.
Chiropractic care can make the difference between true recovery and healing or lingering pain and disability.
Unfortunately, Chiropractic is not yet available in emergency rooms and medical doctors are not trained to locate and correct spinal nerve stress. As a result, millions of accident victims leave the hospital with as much spinal nerve stress as they had when they entered. They may continue to suffer for months, years or even decades afterwards.
Too many people who have been in a traumatic automobile accident do not receive Chiropractic Care. That is the reason why over half of the accident victims never completely recover from their injuries and may live on pain killers for years to endure repeated surgery.
Insurance companies realize the many advantages of Chiropractic Care and treatment is typically covered in full by all automobile insurance policies, whether you are a driver, a passenger, or a pedestrian... and regardless of who is at fault.
Our clinic will assist you in dealing with insurance paper work and filling a claim with your insurance company.
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