Auto Accidents
Auto accident victims are often left in debilitating pain, even months or years after being involved in an auto accident.
Amanda Harper was about to start her nursing program when she was hit by a drunk driver on a Friday night.
Devastating headaches and blurred vision plagued her for the next several months. The pain was ruining her life and she was increasingly becoming addicted to the pain-relieving drugs she was prescribed by the doctor. Her world seems to crumble right before her eyes, until one day, her friend suggested her seeing a chiropractor.
Skeptical at first, she chose to give it a try.
After a few days of chiropractic care treatment, the results blew her mind. Being under chiropractic care helped her improve her quality of life. She was able to reduce the amount of painkillers and soon was no longer taking those addictive painkillers.
There are many people like Amanda who are able to improve their lives and get rid of prescribed drugs with chiropractic care treatment. A chiropractor is often a beacon of hope for people involved in auto accidents.
Common Auto Accident Injuries
An auto accident can leave you with painful injuries and bad memories that can impact you for weeks and years to come.
Some of the common types of auto accident injuries you can incur include but are not limited to:
- Whiplash
- Scrapes and cuts
- Broken ribs
- Head injuries
- Broken bones
- Internal bleeding
- Knee trauma
- Herniated disc
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Psychological pain
Make sure to seek medical treatment as soon as you can. Sometimes injuries can take time to show up and you may be gravely injured without even realizing it. Reach out to an experienced chiropractor who will help you get treated for your auto accident injuries without surgery or medication.
Without proper treatment, some auto accident injuries such as whiplash can continue to cause pain even after a few months of the accident. Moreover, if your spine is not aligned before scarring sets in, it can inhibit normal functioning and sometimes lead to spinal degeneration.
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Why Should You Choose Chiropractic Care After An Auto Accident?
If you were recently involved in an auto accident, it is common to develop chronic issues as a result of what seemed like a minor accident.
While most people choose to visit the emergency room after being involved in the accident, they don’t think about visiting a chiropractor. However, did you know that chiropractic care is the best solution for people as it does not involve surgery or medication?
Here are a few reasons why you should schedule an appointment with a chiropractor after being involved in an auto accident.
Reduced Inflammation
Auto accidents can result in minor wear and tear in your muscles and ligaments which are often difficult to catch on an x-ray. These microscopic tears in the muscles in often one of the reasons why you may be waking up with a debilitating pain the day after the accident. While everything looks fine on the outside, it really isn’t.
When you visit a chiropractor, he will be able to manipulate the spine and help your body release IL-6, an inflammatory chemical known to reduce pain and inflammation that comes with these microscopic tears.
Restores Motion
When you are involved in an auto accident, you are prone to neck and back injuries. However, it is the inflammation that sets in afterward that causes more problems. As blood and nutrients are not able to reach the affected area, the healing process slows down.
Chiropractic care help mobilize the spine allowing you to experience the healing process faster than normal. You will feel the difference after the first treatment session and even better the following day.
Less Pain
Studies have shown that people involved in auto accidents experience less pain if they receive chiropractic care after the accident as opposed to those who do not choose chiropractic care. This is because physical manipulation of the body helps release pain-reducing hormones that help ease the pain.
While drugs provide short term pain relief and are highly addictive, there is no side effect caused by physical manipulation of the spine. Moreover, after a period of time, medicines can cause more problems than it can solve. Therefore, if you are looking for a non-invasive and drug-free method to get rid of your pain, make sure to visit a chiropractor.
Decreases Scar Tissue
What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the word, “Scar Tissue”? Old wounds? Well, did you know that scar tissues can also form inside the body? After you have been involved in an auto accident, scar tissue can develop inside the body as a body’s natural response to the injury.
While these tissues can heal naturally, they can cause you to feel stiff and uncomfortable. An experienced chiropractor can help target the damaged areas and break up the scar tissues faster. This aids in faster healing of the wound.
Long-Term Healing
Victims of auto accidents often need to learn to live with muscle weakness. This makes them vulnerable to re-injuries. However, chiropractic care treatment involves rehabilitative exercises that help improve flexibility and strength in the muscles that surround the spine.
Chiropractic Care Has Proven to Work
Chiropractors like Dr. James Grant use a non-pharmaceutical approach towards healing auto accident injuries. The focus is on rehabilitation more than pain alleviation alone. This helps to restore mobility to the stiff neck and arms.
Dr. Grant works on patients to help them to restore mobility in the patient’s body before the scar tissue develops on the ligament tears. This helps in long term healing, meaning that not only are the injured muscles nursed back to health; they are also further strengthened to bear any future injury.
Visiting a Chiropractic clinic after being in an accident also boosts your chances of a quicker and better recovery and minimizes your dependency on painkilling medication.
Looking to get your chiropractic treatment started?
Just visit Dr. James Grant at the Accident and Injury Clinic in Salt Lake City.
