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For individuals who’ve been involved in an automobile
accident, the symptoms of neck and back pain resulting from an injury can be
disabling. The greatest issue with neck and back pain caused during an auto collision
involves the continuous cycle of the body when it reacts to injury. Due to the
traumatic nature of the accident, the damage or injury to the spine most often
causes a chemical response to trigger, leading to symptoms of pain,
inflammation, and swelling, well-known signs that unfortunately don’t resolve
quickly.
Many chiropractors commonly diagnose and treat neck and back
complications affecting individuals after being involved in an auto accident. After
suffering an injury, it’s important to seek immediate medical attention to
begin treatment for your injuries. When the body experiences trauma from an
injury, its normal for the body to produce inflammatory chemicals that cause
the region surrounding the tissue damage to become inflamed and swollen but if
the individual doesn’t receive medical treatment, the chemical process will
continue, causing worse symptoms to develop.
Through chiropractic treatment, a chiropractor may use
spinal adjustments, manual manipulations, and occasional exercises to increase
blood flow throughout the site of the injury, in order to ultimately help
reduce the inflammation and pain as well as loosen stiff muscles and restore the
original function of the body.
In addition to chiropractic care, applying ice therapy to
the area of the injury and staying active can help improve the symptoms of the
injury. Using ice can help temporarily reduce the inflammation on the muscle
tissues and it also offers relief from the pain. Walking, for example, is a
simple physical activity that can help stimulate the body to produce natural
pain killers as well as help maintain the body’s flexibility. Its important to
avoid staying inactive while recovering from an automobile injury because doing
so will only cause the body to become stiffer and create more pain.
A chiropractor can easily diagnose the source of your neck
and back pain to decide which spinal adjustments, exercises, and stretches will
be the best option for your type of injury and level of symptoms in order to
speed up the healing process and promote the best recovery.
By Dr. Alex Jimenez
