After a crash, you have to deal with insurance companies, car repairs, and other annoyances that seem like they will last forever. Nobody warns us about the physical damage that feels like it’s lasting forever, too. As aches, dizziness, headaches, and sleep issues all take their toll day after day, you may start to wonder: “How long do car accident injuries last?”
The answer to that question will depend on the type and extent of your injury. With the help of a chiropractor, you can find relief and know you’re doing everything you can to get better as quickly as possible from many of the most common car accident injuries.
- Whiplash — Neck Pain & Stiffness
- Chronic Dizziness & Headaches
- Herniated Discs
- Shoulder Pain
- Back Pain & Spinal Cord Injuries
- Sleep Issues
- Muscle Strains & Sprains
- Stress Fractures
Chiropractic Treatments Accelerate Car Accident Recovery
Chiropractic treatments naturally reduce pain, increase range of motion, and help your body heal from the inside out. Your car accident chiropractor will create a personalized therapeutic plan of action that targets your specific pain. Your treatment plan may include chiropractic adjustments, manual therapy, electric stimulation, and at-home stretches and exercises.
Uncover & Treat Hidden Injuries
Delaying treatment and ignoring your symptoms can also mean you’re in for a longer recovery period. You’ll want to see a chiropractor as soon as safely possible, not only to treat obvious injuries but to uncover easily missed ones.
Inflammation, stiffness, neck pain, shoulder pain, headaches, dizziness — they can all seem like isolated symptoms of stress and the physical trauma of being jerked around during your accident. A chiropractor will be able to tell if your injury is whiplash and treat it accordingly at every stage of healing.
Reduce Scar Tissue For Faster Healing
The stretches and manipulations your chiropractor recommends will help to break up scar tissue and prevent more from forming. Scar tissue can limit your range of motion, causing inflammation that keeps you stiff and hurting a lot longer than necessary.
Relieve Pain & Inflammation Now
In addition to the shoulder and neck aches that come along with whiplash, you may be limited by chronic back pain. Your car accident injury won’t get better unless you treat the root cause of the pain. A misalignment of your spinal column can result in back pain and inflammation.
Chiropractic adjustments can restore this alignment, reducing painful inflammation and releasing pain-relieving hormones to bring you relief naturally.
Start Today & Get Better Faster
You’ve been through enough. Let us help you heal as quickly and naturally as possible. Contact us at Glacier Chiropractic in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle to schedule a consultation after your car accident.
