How To Speed Up Recovery After A Car Accident | Personal Injury Chiropractor in Newport Beach, CA
Car accidents are not only scary, but also extremely stressful and can have long-lasting effects. That’s why it’s important to get checked by a chiropractor immediately after an accident, so that we can determine if you were injured and the extent of your injuries. With accurate information, we can help you heal faster.
Role of Chiropractic Care Post-Accident
Chiropractic helps alleviate pain by targeting where you have interference in the nervous system and the damage to your spine, ligaments, tendons, or muscles, and determine the amount of damage which was done by the accident. You received these interferences put pressure on your nerves, causing pain and weakness. Adjustments reduce inflammation by improving blood flow to your injured areas. Inflammation is a natural part of the body’s healing process, but too much inflammation can slow healing and cause additional pressure and pain. Scar tissue can also form after a car accident, which leads to pain and stiffness. The adjustments help to break up scar tissue, improve flexibility, and help you heal faster.
Comprehensive Assessment at Priestley Family Chiropractic
At Priestley Family Chiropractic, we will start by performing a thorough consultation and evaluation of your action and injuries. We will feel your spine for any misalignments, which we call subluxation. Next, we analyze your posture, because posture is the window to your spine. Then we’ll have you stand on bilateral balances to see if you’re carrying more weight on one side or the other. When you have pressure on the nerves in your neck from an injury like whiplash, because pain that radiates into your head, your shoulder, arms, and hands, as well as muscle weakness and numbness, our nerve studies will check your Heart Rate Variability to tell how your body is handling the stress caused by the pain you are in. This is very important after a stressful event, like a car accident. We also do electromyograph scans to see if there is any nerve interference causing muscle tension. We will then take digital X rays, if necessary.
Treatment and Recovery Process
Then, as a team, we sit down to review the findings and report to you what we found and where the chiropractic can help your neck or low back pain. We will give you our best recommendations to begin correction of your problem. We perform specific adjustments to your spine, which remove pressure from your nerves and allow your joints to move easier. Injuries from car accidents can be resolved through chiropractic care, but can also take time, especially if you have previous health issues or injury. Removing interference from your spine, proper function can be restored to your nerves, and symptoms like whiplash, headaches, and low back pain will diminish.
