Too many individuals who are involved in automobile accidents refuse to pursue any medical examination, insisting that they feel fine. But stiffness, sore muscles and ongoing pain after a car crash may not show up until several days have passed. People often pop a few aspirin and ignore the warning signs of neck pain and whiplash. It’s crucial to ongoing good health to get a chiropractor exam as soon as possible after an automobile accident. What’s revealed during the process of an examination in a chiropractic clinic can help prevent the patient from experiencing severe chronic symptoms that develop years later. Symptoms that may eventually require such drastic measures as spinal surgery to correct.
A chiropractor specializes in injuries to soft tissue sustained after a traumatic event. A family doctor may simply prescribe prescription pain pills as a solution for neck pain or whiplash, but this course of action will merely mask the cause of the problem and result in a patient experiencing constant pain, numbness, headaches, decreased mobility and other symptoms as long as 10 to 14 years after the auto accident happened. Prompt examination in a chiropractic clinic of a car accident victim, even one who is feeling in good health, can determine if treatment is necessary to prevent the gradual deterioration of neck and spinal bones that can be triggered by the trauma caused in an auto accident.
A chiropractor gains valuable information from a patient following an automobile accident by knowing the type of accident that occurred, whether or not the patient was restrained by a seat belt, if any part of the patient’s head or body was struck by any portion of the vehicle, where the patient’s head was positioned at the time of impact, the speed at which the collision occurred and the amount of damage sustained by the automobile. The doctor will then do a hands-on examination of the patient to determine mobility. This will evaluate whether any functions of the neck or back, two of the most vulnerable areas often sustaining injury in car crashes, have been compromised due to the crash. A symptom that a patient might dismiss as being unimportant or temporary in nature, such as tingling in the arms and legs or a feeling of weakness, provides important clues to chiropractic professionals when treating victims of car accidents.
The diagnosis provided by Premier Health Chiropractors not only proves helpful in starting a treatment program that will eliminate the development of worse problems down the road, but also prove invaluable in providing information to the patient’s insurance company so that he or she can receive the proper medical payments coverage they are entitled to. If you’ve been involved in a car accident, call Premier Health Chiropractors today for valuable information.