It is typical to experience back pain after even a mild car accident. A rear end collision where both cars were going under ten miles an hour can result in whiplash injury symptoms. A well positioned headrest will decrease the acceleration – deceleration movement of a whiplash, but cannot prevent trauma to the soft tissues of the neck. When a driver sees the impact coming, tensing up the entire body is a reflex, and this can lead to muscle spasms of the hip area, low back, mid and upper back, shoulder area and of course, neck.
The cranial muscles as well can tense reactively, contributing to post traumatic headaches.
It is a miserable experience. While it rarely leads to severe injury, a whiplash injury can still take weeks to completely heal.
Scar tissue forms within twenty four hours, so it is best to see a chiropractor right away, the same day if possible.
A chiropractor knows how to treat car accident back pain, yet it is astonishing that many people do not know this.
A chiropractor does a great deal more than “crack your back”. In fact, after an automobile accident, a chiropractor will probably treat you several times without even trying to perform an adjustment of spinal mis-alignments.
Your soft tissues – muscles, tendons and ligaments, will be sprained and strained. In a severe situation, there may even be tears.
These soft tissues can be treated with ultrasound therapy, electrical muscle stimulation, gentle manual stretching, and ice packs.
Expect to put some time into seeing your chiropractor to heal properly. Remember that lost wages and time to go to the doctor are reimbursed through auto insurance policies.
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Chiropractors follow a standard routine to get information needed to diagnose and treat patients. They take the patient's health history; conduct physical, neurological, and orthopedic examinations; and may order laboratory tests.
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