Woodland Park Chiropractic Helps Alleviates Pain From Auto Accidents

By Darryl Kendricks

Car accidents are disturbingly frequent worldwide. People are unaware that some consequences will only become apparent weeks later. A Woodland Park chiropractor can alleviate such biomechanical trauma to the spine, neck or head.

Originally cars had a hard body that did not absorb the impact of a crash but transferred it to the 'loose' bodies travelling in the car causing severe injuries or death. Cars are now designed to crumple around the passengers to absorb the worst of the collision. The chances of surviving a crash are greater but so are those of permanent injury or disability.

Even a relatively small accident will cause damage to the spine, neck or joints such as whiplash. Nerve impulses travel via the spine from the brain to the extremeties and will be affected by the jarring or jolting associated with the crash.

It is not easy to treat whiplash unlike a clearly broken limb or damaged organ. Your neck may be sore directly after the accident but within a few days it will be forgotten. Months later when problems develop in the back, neck, shoulders or jaw, the whiplash will not be blamed. Tiredness, headaches, numbness, vertigo, nausea and loss of balance are all symptoms of whiplash.

the neck controls your sense of where you are in space as well as your balance. It needs to get good neurological signals from the neck, legs, vision, inner ear and spine to do this job. Unlike a sprain in another area of the body, your neck has to remain free to move when healing.

It is only when the pain and frustration has lasted for a while, tablets have stopped working and the accident victim is at their wit's end that a Chiropractor will be consulted. A full description of the trauma is necessary for the Chiropractor to prescribe a therapeutic regime.

Chiropractors have specialized in biomechanical trauma and know how to get the nerves flowing again. A Woodland Park Chiropractor includes exercises, diet, balance therapy and other therapies that will help return you to full functioning.

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