Neck Pain and Whiplash
Neck pain is common after a car accident. The treatment that you receive following that accident can have an impact on your spinal health for the rest of your life.
Whiplash does nasty things to your joints and the muscles and ligaments that support them. Sometimes these processes are painful immediately and other times they don’t become symptomatic until years later. The key to relieving pain now and / or avoiding future episodes of pain or disability is to get treatment for your whiplash as soon as possible.
Tremendous amounts of force are placed on the muscles and ligaments when we are involved in whiplash accidents – these forces far exceed normal movements that we purposefully engage in. The force of a whiplash accident tears muscles and ligaments resulting in swelling, pain, spasms and scar tissue formation. Scar tissue can not only become a source of pain but it can severely restrict your range of motion as you age.
We all know those older (and sometimes younger) people who have to turn their entire bodies in order to look behind them. Those people have limited range of motion of the joints in their necks. With rare exception, this limited range of motion is caused by scar tissue formation and arthritis that has accumulated from old injuries.
Chiropractic treatment helps with many different conditions and is even beneficial as a health maintenance type of treatment. That being said, chiropractic care is the perfect therapy for most injuries that are related to whiplash. Chiropractic care helps control the pain associated with torn muscles and ligaments and it is also very effective with breaking down excessive scar tissue that restricts normal range of motion.
We have successfully treated hundreds if not thousands of patients who suffer from either current whiplash injuries or the later effects of those injuries in my San Diego chiropractic office. Chiropractic treatment combined with a structured stretching / exercise program and proper nutritional support can be the difference between chronic long lasting pain and a healthy pain free spine.
Have a great day!
Dr. Jones
(619) 280-0554
