Discover Relief From Auto Accident Pain With Ellenville NY Chiropractic Office

By Katy Parfait


If you were in an automobile accident you will remember how fear tensed up the shoulder muscles. A whiplash incident causes significant pain. You can find relief in the office of an Ellenville NY Chiropractor who has an extensive education.

Whiplash is a condition resulting from your head being abruptly stopped as the automobile crashes. It is jerked in a fast and rough motion from front to back. Both neck and upper back may be injured. It is the same pain baby suffers when shaken.

While your body is held securely in place by the seat belt, your head is able to move. A rear end collision, even if it is caused by a slow moving car, can result in whiplash. A strange fact about whiplash is there may be no pain until hours or days after the accident.

Chiropractic care begins with an office appointment to assess the injury. Your range of motion will be measured. Often you will not be capable of turning your head from the right side to the left. The cervical vertebrae may suffer severe subluxation. In addition the muscles may be uncomfortably tight.

In spite of being called a backbone, it is not one solid bone. It is made up of thirty-three vertebrae with only a few fused at the lower back. A collision, in a car or on a football field, can jar them out of position. This may cause pressure on one or more nerves

Many people want to avoid taking pain medicine. They are afraid of becoming addicted. It only serves to mask the pain anyways. Chiropractic methods of care lift the pressure from the nerves, which corrects the condition that is the source of pain.

The evaluation often leads to recommending spinal adjustments as the best type of care. Massage may be added to the plan. With each adjustment, the pain may be lifted a little more. Gradually, a return to work is made possible.




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