Personal injury is related to bodily harm that comes from being involved in any type of accident or mishap. The difference between personal injury and workers comp is that personal injury takes place outside of work. Chiropractors are professionals at uncovering underlying issues in personal injury accidents. Whether it be a single adjustment or a series of treatment, your chiropractor is one of the best options to get you healing on the right path and back to near perfect. Conservative chiropractic care and spinal manipulation is one of the most popular and effective treatments for whiplash.
Whiplash (one of the most common injuries of a car accident) and the resulting instability of the spine and soft tissues can result in headaches, loss of balance/dizziness, pain in the upper extremity, the inability to turn and bend or difficulty with these motions, and even middle or lower back problems. As the body attempts to adapt, symptoms may not appear for days or weeks. You may continue to suffer low level symptoms and control them with NSAIDs but not fully get rid of them. Then weeks or even months later, those symptoms may get worse and become chronic problems. Patients who have experienced whiplash injuries from a car accident may also develop longer term and more serious injuries. One example of a severe injury would be to the ligaments. If they become too loose and not rehabilitated properly, a patient may experience a loss in his/her curve in the neck. This can in turn lead to chronic neck pain and headaches for many years in the future.
What Will Happen if You Come to Partners in Health & Wellness for Care?
We use conservative methods to treat patients who have been involved in an auto accident. Dr. Hecht typically finds that patients suffering from an accident experience a significant amount of relief once they start care. During the acute phase of care, Dr. Hecht concentrates solely on providing you with the most relief possible. He says, "Once the acute phase of care is completed and the patient is able to move better, I will start the first phase of rehabilitation which is to start to restore more mobility to the muscles and joints. Then, basic rehabiltative exercises will be started to help improve strength and integrated to the damaged tissues." Of course every case may be different and Dr. Hecht will provide a specialized treatment plan to fit your case.
What if the Car is not Badly Damaged, Does That Mean You Can't Be Hurt?
Occupants may suffer more than the car during an auto accident. Often times, insurance companies will suggest that if the car damage is less than a certain amount, there is no way you can have an injury. In accident tests performed on volunteers who were rear ended by vehicles traveling less than five miles per hour, 38% of the test subjects incurred pain and other whiplash-type symptoms. Also noted was the fact that few bumpers were damaged on vehicles rear ended at these low speeds. What occurs in low speed collisions is the impact velocity is transferred from several thousand pounds of mass directly to the occupants.
If you find yourself in a personal injury accident, make sure that you at least get a consultation with a chiropractor as you may have underlying issues that traditional medicine may have missed or took the wait and see approach on. Don't let your injury go unnoticed and cause major issues down the line.
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