Most Common Injuries after a Car Accident
- Whiplash: The most common injury after a car accident affecting the muscles and ligaments in your neck.
- Lower Back Injuries & Sciatica: The 2nd most common injury after a car accident. It can cause low back pain and stiffness, muscle soreness and spasm, as well as sharp shooting pain down your leg.
- Herniated Discs: This can happen with an injury to your neck, mid back, or lower back. Causes shooting pain down your arm or leg.
- Headaches & Neck Pain: Commonly experienced along with a whiplash injury, or because of a concussion.
- Seat Belt Injuries: Often seen in the chest area or ribs due to the pressure of your seatbelt across your body during the impact of the accident.
- Concussions / Head Injuries: This can happen from a direct hit to your head or from your head getting moved quickly in various directions.
- Broken Bones or Fractures: Commonly seen after higher impact accidents in the spine or in the arms or legs.
- Shoulder Injuries: Rotator cuff injuries are very common in even minor accidents due to the position of the body, arms and seat belt.
- Anxiety, Fear of Driving: Commonly experienced after serious accidents
- Leg Injuries: Typically occur from a forceful thrust to the dash.
How can Chiropractic Care Help After a Car Accident?
After a car accident, it’s common to experience pain, stiffness, headaches, dizziness, and a loss of mobility.
Chiropractic care after a car accident can provide relief and help you recover more quickly. It can help reduce pain and prevent long-term damage from a car accident including chronic pain and migraines.
At your initial visit, your chiropractor will ask you questions about your pain and injuries, do a physical exam, and create a personalized treatment plan that will provide pain relief, restore normal movement, and help you get back to doing the activities you love to do.
Chiropractic treatment after a car accident typically includes 1:1 hands-on treatment to release sore muscles and stiff joints, massage, acupuncture, laser or ultrasound, exercise therapy, as well as lots of information and reassurance about your injuries and recovery process so you understand what to expect along the way.
If you have more questions about how chiropractic treatment can help you after a car accident, call us at (437)747-6236 or contact us to schedule a complimentary consultation with one of our chiropractors where you can ask questions and get some treatment advice.
Whiplash Injuries and Treatment
Whiplash is the most common neck injury after a car accident. It happens when there’s a sudden and forceful back-and-forth or side-to-side movement of the neck that damages the muscles and ligaments in your neck.
Common symptoms of whiplash include neck pain or stiffness, headaches, tenderness in the neck, shoulders, and upper back, and tingling and numbness in your arms.
Chiropractic treatment for whiplash after a car accident includes a variety of techniques including hands-on treatment to release tight muscles and stiff joints, exercise therapy, laser, ultrasound or acupuncture.
At your initial visit, our chiropractor will ask you questions about your whiplash injury and pain, do a thorough physical exam, and then come up with a treatment plan that will give you pain relief and help you achieve your goals.
If you have questions please contact our clinic today.
Lower back Injuries and Sciatica Treatment
Lower back pain and sciatica are two of the most common injuries that people have after a car accident. Symptoms of lower back injuries or sciatica can include lower back pain and stiffness, muscle tenderness, and spasm, as well as sharp or shooting pain down your leg.
Symptoms often appear within a few minutes or hours after your accident, but in some cases, they can start a few days after the accident and are often made worse with certain movements or activities.
Chiropractic treatment for lower back injuries and sciatica includes a wide variety of techniques such as soft tissue release, massage therapy, exercise therapy, laser, ultrasound, and acupuncture.
After a detailed assessment and physical exam, your physiotherapist or chiropractor will create a customized plan of care that will give you relief and help you achieve your goals.
If you have more questions about how chiropractic treatment can help you after an auto accident, call (416) 760-8280 or contact us to to schedule a complimentary consultation with one of our physiotherapists or chiropractors where you can ask questions and get some treatment advice.
Concussions & Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries Treatment
Concussions are caused in a car accident by a direct hit to your head or by a force to your body that causes your head to rapidly move in different directions. These rapid forces cause trauma to the brain, which is called a concussion.
Common symptoms include headaches, dizziness, nausea or vomiting, changes in vision, altered balance, difficulties with concentration or memory, and sensitivity to light.
With the right treatment, most people with a concussion can recover fully and get back to their normal routine.
Chiropractic treatment after a concussion focuses on a gradual return to cognitive and physical activity that helps minimize symptoms, promote recovery, and help you regain your balance, coordination, and focus, so you can get back to all of your usual activities.
It may also include hands-on treatment of your neck because many people with a concussion also have whiplash.
In some cases, referral to a vestibular physiotherapist, occupational therapist, neurologist, or optometrist is needed to address persistent symptoms.
Your chiropractor will guide you all along your path to recovery and ensure you get the medical care you need.
If you have questions please contact our clinic today.
Trauma and Fracture Treatment
Broken bones or fractures are common after motor vehicle accidents. While some fractures require surgery to realign the broken bones, some are treated with a brace or cast that immobilizes the area and allows the bone to heal.
After your surgery (or once your cast is removed) most people will experience significant pain, stiffness, and weakness making it difficult to function normally, which is why it’s important to see a physiotherapist.
Chiropractic treatment after a fracture is very important to ensure you regain full mobility, function, and strength in the affected area.
Bone stimulators can be used to help speed up bone healing or to help a bone that is not healing as quickly as expected.
If you have questions please contact our clinic today.
Treatment after a car accident
- Hands-On Treatment: Soft tissue techniques to decrease pain, release muscular trigger points, and regain muscle length. Spinal/Joint mobilization is used to restore the range of motion and function. Taping techniques decrease pain and facilitate postural control.
- Advice & Guidance: We’ll help you take control of your pain: Ice vs. Heat. Advice on neck/back bracing. The ideal posture for sleep, work, and recreational activities, including type and number of pillows, mattresses, chairs, car seats, desk height, computer, and lighting. Correct ergonomic positions will decrease stress on the injured muscles, ligaments, and joints.
- Exercise Therapy: A graduated exercise program to regain flexibility, strength, and function. It involves retraining stability, core strength and focuses on regaining functional independence so you can resume your normal activities. It includes a home program, as well as 1:1 sessions with our physiotherapist, trainer, or physio-pilates instructor.
- Acupuncture/IMS: Helps to reduce pain, release scar tissue/ painful trigger points, and promote healing.
- Electrotherapy: Laser, Ultrasound, Interferential, and TENS can be used for pain relief, to help reduce inflammation, and to promote healing.
- Taping: This can assist in supporting the injured area to help reduce pain, spasms, and swelling. It can also help to improve pain-free mobility and function as you heal.
- Products & Equipment: We provide equipment and products to promote and assist with optimal healing and functional ability.
