You’re waiting at a stoplight. The sound of screeching tires is followed by the harsh sound of metal hitting metal. Your car is suddenly being pushed forward!
You’re being rear-ended!
In a split second, your body is pushed against your seat. Your head, isolated by your neck, delays its reaction.
Then, your body changes directions, moving forward to the limits of your seatbelt. Then your head is snapped backwards! You can’t stop it.
Even a minor fender bender can produce a whiplash injury. It may take a day or two, or sometimes months to years for symptoms to appear. Often small shifts and changes from earlier incidences build up over the course of years of stress and trauma, creating a much more significant problem down the line. Most commonly headaches, neck pain, shoulder pain, arm pain, and vertigo are common signals that body is suffering.
Best course of action after a car accident is to get checked by a Chiropractor.
At Vitality Family Chiropractic, we specialize in helping individuals recover not just from acute whiplash injuries but also from uncorrected injuries that may have happen decades prior. Specific chiropractic adjustments, because they can help restore proper motion and position of individual spinal bones, can help promote proper healing and restore the health of your spine and nervous system.
The longer you wait the more unseen damage there is and the longer it seems to take to recover.
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Frequently Asked Questions:
- [toggle title=”Why do I have pain in my arms and hands?”]Because the nerves to the arms and hands exit the spine through the injured area of the neck, numbness and tingling are common. Even lower back pain can result directly from the trauma, or as a reaction to the loss of proper spinal curves.[/toggle]
- [toggle title=”Why did my headaches start more than a week after my accident?”]Whether you’ve been in an accident, stressed at work, or over-exerted yourself in the garden, your body is constantly adapting to the environment. When your capacity to adapt is exhausted, symptoms can appear. This can take days, weeks, months or years to occur.[/toggle]
- [toggle title=”Why do minor collisions cause so much trauma to the spine?”]Without getting into the laws of physics, the simple explanation is that in a more forceful [automobile] accident, the car itself absorbs much of the energy. In the more common parking lot “fender benders”, the energy is more directly transferred to the driver and passengers.[/toggle]
- [toggle title=”Can I prevent a whiplash injury?”]Since car accidents are the major cause of whiplash injuries, defensive driving skills can help. Be sure your taillights and turn signals are properly working. Allow enough stopping distance in front of you. When you slow down or stop, always check your rear view mirror to see if the driver behind you is paying attention.[/toggle]