| Do you need to seek out chiropractic care | | | | medications? That may be your best first course |
| following an auto accident? My answer is a | | | | of treatment for a couple of days following your |
| resounding "yes!" Why is it so important? Why | | | | accident, but certainly can't be the best choice |
| can't you just rest and take the medications that | | | | long term. The medications are there to help you |
| were prescribed by your medical doctor? Is the | | | | with pain, to help you get through the difficulty of |
| insurance company going to give you a hard time | | | | the initial phase of your injury. However, they're |
| about it? | | | | certainly not fixing anything. |
| The reason why chiropractic care is so important | | | | In addition to the chiropractic adjustment, you can |
| after an accident has little to do with you being in | | | | typically receive additional therapies that will help |
| pain (although it's good for that too). A vertebra | | | | your muscles and other soft tissue heal more |
| that moves out of its normal alignment can | | | | quickly than just "resting" alone. The additional |
| wreak havoc on your neck and its associated | | | | therapies also help with pain, swelling, and |
| nerves. You may not be in a lot of pain | | | | inflammation and can be a big help in the speed of |
| immediately following the accident, but research | | | | your recovery. |
| indicates that most people will experience a bulk | | | | Will your auto insurance or health insurance |
| of their symptoms after a few days. | | | | company give you any trouble? You have |
| Once you start to feel symptoms, this is a good | | | | insurance for just this type of situation, when you |
| indicator that something has moved out of place, | | | | need health care and you can't afford to pay for |
| and likely that you're experiencing a sprain/strain | | | | it yourself. Your health insurance company may |
| kind of injury. Sprain and strain don't sound | | | | have issue if the accident wasn't your fault and |
| horrible, but really they are describing tears of | | | | the other person should be paying for it (or their |
| various tissues in your body. The severity of the | | | | insurance), but otherwise you shouldn't have |
| tear will indicate the type of treatment you should | | | | trouble here. |
| probably consider first. The chiropractor can help | | | | Your auto insurance policy will determine the |
| make the determination. | | | | amount of coverage and just how much help the |
| Eventually, your body will heal with scar tissue. | | | | company has to give. Still, it's your body and your |
| Scar tissue is more sensitive than the previously | | | | health and you'll need to make sure your injuries |
| uninjured tissue that you had within you before. | | | | are taken care of following the accident. Where |
| Once scar tissue sets up (this takes about 3 | | | | you will have trouble is if months have gone by |
| weeks following the trauma), it will become | | | | and you haven't gone to see any doctors, just |
| increasingly difficult to get you back to your | | | | hoping it will go away. Then you decide to tell |
| pre-accident state. Receiving some chiropractic | | | | your insurance company that they need to pay |
| adjustments to your spine will help assure that | | | | for it all. That doesn't go over too well. |
| your spine is in its best position as that scar tissue | | | | If you've been in an auto accident, it's a good idea |
| begins to form. The better your spine is when all | | | | to see a chiropractor and do it as quickly as |
| of this occurs, the more likely you can return | | | | possible once you realize you've been injured. The |
| pain-free following your therapy and treatment. | | | | faster you get some type of treatment, usually |
| So why can't you just rest and take the | | | | the better your results. |