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CHIROPRACTIC CARE & AUTO ACCIDENTS
Chiropractic Care and Auto Accidents
Unfortunately, even a minor automobile accident can have significant implications to your health. That is because when one car or truck hits another, in many instances, literally thousands of pounds of force are exerted upon your neck and spine.
Whiplash occurs when your head and neck are thrown or "snapped" back and forth very quickly with resulting injuries to the ligaments, soft tissue, and discs of the neck and spine. Whiplash may also cause the following:
• impingement
• adverse stretching
• irritation of the nerves and the spinal cord
• headaches
• numbness
• tingling arm
• pins and needles in the face, chest, arms or hands
There is much evidence to suggest that people who have been in a traumatic automobile accident that do not receive chiropractic care may never completely recover from their injuries and eventually live on pain killers for years to come and possibly endure repeated surgery. Chiropractic care has the potential to make the difference between your true healing and recovery or life long lingering pain with possible permanent disability.
Because Chiropractic Care is not yet available in emergency rooms and medical doctors are not trained to locate and correct spinal nerve stress and subluxations, you may leave the hospital with as much spinal nerve stress as you had when you entered. This could make you suffer for months, years, or even decades afterwards. Chiropractic care helps restore nervous system function, helps heal sore muscles and damaged ligaments, and helps ensure rapid and potentially complete recovery after an auto accident.
Some auto accidents have been known to cause post-traumatic osteoarthritis which can ruin your posture (giving you a slumped or hump back appearance). Osteoarthritis can also cause the discs in your spine to degenerate and create scar tissue formation leading to chronic stiffness and the inability to move properly.
Important decisions need to be made after you or a loved one has been injured in an automobile accident. Getting chiropractic care is one of them.
Insurance companies realize the many advantages of Chiropractic Care. This treatment is generally covered in full by your automobile insurance policy, whether you are a driver, passenger, or a pedestrian... and regardless of who is at fault. Although insurance companies are not responsible for pre-existing injuries; they are responsible for your injuries sustained from the accident. Almost all Chiropractic offices have experience in dealing with insurance claims and can assist you in dealing with all the paper work involved when filling a claim with your insurance company.
Anyone who has been in a traumatic automobile accident, even if there are no obvious symptoms should get a Chiropractic examination. Any damage to your spinal nerve stress could take months or even years to surface. A simple Chiropractic exam and proper treatment can save you, the accident victim, from suffering much pain and possible long-term disability later in life. Even if you are just sore, you should get checked out immediately because you may experience pain, numbness, headaches, muscle stiffness, fatigue, and other problems including arthritis many months down the road.
Remember, nothing is more important than your health, especially when you start to lose it.
• anxiety
• neck pain
• back pain
• ear ringing
• dizzines
• hearing loss
• blurred vision
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