Vehicular accidents can lead to various injuries, including back problems. Some patients complain of persistent back pain which affects not only their physical well-being but also their psychological welfare due to the anxiety it causes. If you’re interested but don’t know enough about chiropractic care for car accident back pain, read on and learn about the three techniques that a chiropractor can use to reduce joint inflammation and relieve back pain. (more…)

Low back pain is one of the main complaints for more than 50% of rear-end collisions and nearly 75% of side-impact crashes, according to the Back and Neck Pain Center. Injured muscles, ligaments, nerves, or vertebra may cause short-term or chronic low back pain. Many of these injuries, however, can be treated through chiropractic care.

Back pain is one of the most common health problems with 8 out of 10 people complaining about it at some point in their lives. Oftentimes, back pain goes away after a few days but others are not as fortunate as theirs could last for months or even years. Furthermore, low back pain has two types, acute and chronic back pain. Learn more about these two and what a chiropractor can do to treat both.

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When it comes to pain management, it’s important that a proper assessment and accurate diagnosis of your condition is attained. Only then can you be given an effective treatment program to put you on the road to a quick and full recovery. (more…)

In 2015, around 2.44 million people became injured due to vehicular accidents. Car accident injuries may include mild sprains, disk herniation, bruises, fractured vertebrae, and spinal cord damage. Furthermore, while some people may not experience intense pain immediately after the accident, more than 70% who go to the emergency room report pain 6 weeks after, based on the research of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. Many of these patients complained of low back pain and neck pain. If you've been in an auto accident, you might be interested in understanding why you feel back pain. (more…)

One of the most common work-related ailments is back pain, which is prevalent in physically demanding jobs with frequent lifting and shifting positions. Furthermore, this kind of pain is hard to ignore as it can affect you physically, mentally, and emotionally through directly limiting your range of motion and ability to concentrate, increasing workplace stress in the process. Back pain can impact you financially as well through lost workdays and healthcare costs.

Moreover, different situations can result in work injuries that cause back pain. Learn more about the types of workplace back injuries and how chiropractic care can help treat them.

Car accidents often result in painful back injuries, especially during forceful impacts that jolt your vertebral column sideways, frontwards, or backwards. Minor back injuries can usually be treated by medication and physical therapy. However, many patients also prefer to visit a chiropractor either for complementary or alternative care. In fact, 7.7 million Americans go to chiropractors to obtain relief from persistent back pain. Here are the reasons why you would need a chiropractor for your car crash back injuries. (more…)

When people experience pain on a daily basis, the tendency is to shrug it off and dismiss it as a result of the long hours they put in at work. While this may be true, it may also be due to a chronic condition that is yet to be identified. (more…)

Car accidents, including low-velocity collisions, can result in different kinds of injuries all over the body. Head-on and rear crashes, for instance, may hurt your head and injure the brain. Apart from head injuries, neck and back pain are two of the most common types of non-fatal auto crash injuries. Drivers and passengers on the side that's been hit are particularly prone to neck injuries due to the impact of frontal or side collisions on neck muscles and ligaments. (more…)

Undergoing chiropractic treatment is understandably nerve-wracking for the first-timer. However, there should be no cause for fear, especially if you take the time to first sit down and consult with your chiropractor. Such consultation is standard procedure that affords you a great opportunity to understand exactly what’s going to happen throughout your program. Most commonly, people perceive chiropractic treatment as simply involving manipulation of the spine to achieve realignment. What first comes to mind when this process is mentioned is the “snapping” or adjustment of the neck, which can justifiably cause worry and concern to those who have had no experience with it yet. (more…)

A vehicular accident can cause a wide range of injuries, almost all of which inflict severe pain. From cuts and bruises to whiplash and sprained muscles, or even broken bones and joints, all of these can easily render the victim unable to perform otherwise routine tasks.

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Approximately 22 million Americans go to chiropractors every year for either complementary or alternative care, especially when they have back pain caused by car accidents and sports injuries. Chiropractic has been around for hundreds or thousands of years. It is generally characterized by manipulations done by hand, although tools are now also used to apply chiropractic techniques. If you’re new to chiropractic care and would like to read about the science behind it, here’s what you need to know about what empirical studies say about the safety and efficacy of specific chiropractic methods.

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