HOW CAN CHIROPRACTIC CARE HELP YOU?
Car Accidents
Auto accidents are known to cause a variety of injuries that may not be readily apparent directly after the collision. These injuries can include sprains and strains, herniated discs and whiplash. The good news is that Dr. Dave provides auto accident injury treatments for individuals who have recently or not so recently been in a collision.
Common Injuries Experienced in a Car Accident
When you are in a car accident, your body ricochets between the seatbelt and seat, which can cause whiplash. If you have your hands on the steering wheel and your knees may impact the dash, causing bruising and injuries to the knees. You may also experience shoulder injuries from being held back by the seatbelt and herniated discs in your lower back and neck.
Signs You Have a Car Accident Injury that Needs Chiropractic Treatment
Depending on your auto accident injury, you may experience a wide range of symptoms. If you have whiplash, you may experience an increase in headaches, a stiff or sore neck and sensitivity to light and sound. In severe instances, you may also experience pain and soreness in your upper back and tingling down one or both arms. If you have a joint injury in your knees, wrists or shoulders, you may experience pain, inflammation, and loss of range of motion. If you experience a herniated disc during your accident, you may have pain in the area of the disc herniation as well as pain that radiates into the legs.
Neck and Back Pain
Most neck and upper back pain is caused by a combination of factors, including injury, poor posture, chiropractic subluxations, stress, and in some instances, disc problems.
Most people do not realize how much they move their neck during the day until they are unable to do so. The degree of flexibility of the neck, coupled with the fact that it has the least amount of muscular stabilization and it has to support and move your 14 - 16 pound head, means that the neck is very susceptible to injury. You can picture your neck and head much like a bowling ball being held on top of a stick by small, thin, elastic bands. It doesn’t take much force to disrupt that delicate balance.
The spinal cord runs through a space in the vertebrae to send nerve impulses to every part of the body. Between each pair of cervical vertebrae, the spinal cord sends off large bundles of nerves that run down the arms and to some degree, the upper back. This means that if your arm is hurting, it may actually be a problem in the neck! Symptoms in the arms can include numbness, tingling, cold, aching, and “pins and needles”.
Problems in the neck can also contribute to headaches, muscle spasms in the shoulders and upper back, ringing in the ears, otitis media (inflammation in the middle ear, often mistaken for an ear infection in children), temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ), restricted range of motion and chronic tightness in the neck and upper back.
We associate the neck and upper back together, because most of the muscles that are associated with the neck either attach to, or are located in, the upper back. These muscles include the trapezius, the levator scapulae, the cervical paraspinal muscles and the scalenes, as well as others.
Sports Injuries
If you have ever participated in sport on either an amateur or professional level, you’ll know that the risk of experiencing an injury is fairly high. Most sporting activities require pushing our bodies above and beyond their usual day-to-day movement. Whether it’s a single event or wear and tear caused by repeatedly working our body to the limit, the damage that can occur usually affects the musculoskeletal system – the network of bones, muscles, and connective tissues that enable us to stand and move.
The effects of an injury can vary significantly, from a minor sprain or strain that heals quite quickly, to a serious problem like a muscle tear or broken bone, which could take weeks if not months of recovery time. Chiropractic treatment is just one technique that can help to accelerate the recovery of a patient following a sports injury. Here are a few other benefits of chiropractic care for sports injuries.
You Could Heal Quicker
Reduce Your Need for Medications
Improve Range of Movement
Prevent Future Injuries
Work Injuries
When most people think of workplace injuries, they think of warehouses, factories, and loading docks. But the truth is that injuries occur in any line of work (even a desk job). Slip and fall accidents, overexertion, and muscle strains are some of the most common work injuries in the United States, but there’s one thing they all have in common—they can all be helped by chiropractic care.
Regardless of what stage of recovery you are in, regular chiropractic care is a vital part of addressing your injuries with a drug-free, natural solution that treats the problem right at the source.
Common workplace injuries we treat in our office include:
Back Pain
Neck Pain
Headaches
Sprains
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
And More!
If you’ve been suffering from the effects of an injury at work, Durham Chiropractic Injury Center can offer a natural solution to your pain and discomfort.