When You’ve Had A “Whiplash,” You Need Chiropractic!
Have you noticed that your neck is suddenly feeling stiff or sore? Are you experiencing pain between your shoulders? Is it getting more difficult to turn your head from side to side? It sounds as though you may have had a whiplash! Whether you’ve just been in a car accident or are suffering from an old neck injury-chiropractic can help you!
What Causes Whiplash?
Most people associate whiplash injuries with car accidents. But did you know that playing a weekend game of football, being pushed from behind, taking a nasty fall, or even a violent sneeze can produce a whiplash-type injury? That’s right!
Any sudden stop of your body that forcefully snaps your head and neck forward, backwards, or sideways can severely injure your neck’s soft tissues, muscles, ligaments, tendons, and nerves, as well as the vertebrae. Even “minor” accidents can cause a “major” whiplash injury.
Following an injury, no matter how much you believe “nothing” happened, and no matter what the cause, you need a chiropractic exam to be sure that serious damage hasn’t occurred!
You don’t have to suffer needlessly. Read on to find out how chiropractic can get you “on the road” to recovery for whiplash!
What Is A "Whiplash Injury"?
A ”whiplash injury” occurs when the head is suddenly forced beyond the normal limits of motion. In the case of a rear-end collision, the neck muscles violently snap the head forward. Then, an immediate reflex causes the head to propel backwards.
In a whiplash injury, the supportive soft tissues in you neck are often over-stretched or torn and spinal joints can become misaligned.
Misaligned vertebrae can cause the nerve roots and blood vessels in your neck to become compressed, stretched, or irritated. This may interfere with nerve transmission and blood supply to vital body functions.
The normal curve of the cervical spine is altered and joint motion becomes restricted. Weakened tissues are no longer able to support the vertebrae in proper position. That’s why it is so difficult to keep you head upright after a whiplash! The instability of the structures within your neck can cause anything from dizziness and pain, to loss of strength and limited movement.
Chiropractic care can relieve the symptoms of whiplash that you’re now experiencing, and can often prevent you cervical spine from developing serious problems later on in life!
Chiropractors are the Whiplash Experts!
Specific chiropractic adjustments not only relieve your immediate discomfort, but can also restore healthy spinal joint function and balance to prevent problems from occurring the future.
Doctors of Chiropractic receive extensive training to help remove nerve interference, break down scar tissue from old injuries, increase circulation to enhance healing, and reduce inflammation. In fact, studies have shown that chiropractic adjustments can eliminate or reduce joint pain and restore normal range of motion to specific areas of injury.
Proper care of your whiplash injury is essential to prevent a lifetime of problems. Let us help you resume your normal routine without pain, without drugs, and without surgery!
