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Auto Accident Injuries can be devastating Short term and Long term, initially the body produces a protective hormone known as Adrenaline, this can disguise the severity of pain short term but once this wears off you will notice neck aches, back pain , headaches, shoulder pain or lower back pain. How Long Will It Take For The Pain To Show Up? It can be immediately but it might only
show up as stiffness in the neck or back-DO NOT IGNORE-your body is giving you a warning signal that something is not right! The human body is designed to heal itself and within 24-48 hrs. your body is already laying down scar tissue, treatment of whiplash injuries should commence immediately as to allow the proper reorganization of this disorganized scar tissue deposition. These injuries of the Whiplash type trauma are often referred to as soft tissue injuries and are believed or suggested to be self resolving, nothing can be further from the truth, in fact research has shown complications of neck and back injuries sustained in an auto-accident is the number one reason for chronic degenerative spinal changes. How Long Does Whiplash Treatment Take To Resolve? Rapid and appropriate treatment is the key to recovery. Chiropractic adjustments with therapeutic intervention such as ice(cryotherapy) is necessary initially to reduce inflammation to damaged soft tissue structures. Mobilization not casting or cervical collars are vital to the reorganization and restoration of scar tissue damage following whiplash acceleration-deceleration injury. Typically speaking it takes 3 months for injury to ligaments, muscles and tendons to repair, this is due to the lack of blood flow to these structures. Complicated soft tissue structures such as the disc or ligaments will take longer and possibly have long term residual implications. Affordable Neck/Back Pain Treatment for Auto Injuries! In many cases your treatment will be Free to you-Why?-if you are not at fault, the person who caused the accident along with their insurance will be responsible for reimbursement of medical expenses incurred to resolve the injuries to neck pain, back pain, headaches or other soft tissue structures. If the accident was your fault the care may still be of no cost to you. If you are suffering from neck pain, lower back pain, shoulder pain, or headaches you can receive affordable treatment or free if you have an auto insurance policy that includes med-pay. Each time you receive a statement it includes a declaration page that states your overall coverage, the average policy coverage is $5,000, it can range from as low as $1,000 to as high as $25,000. This will take care of the necessary treatment for relief of your neck pain,mid back pain, low back pain, shoulder pain, and headaches free. In our offices, we have a motto that “We Will Leave No Stone Unturned” meaning, if you aren’t responding to the conventional pain relief treatment we will run additional diagnostic tests. If an MRI shows disk bulging then Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression will be needed to be performed for the best results. Great Research Studies on Whiplash
Correlating Crash Severity With Injury Risk, Injury Severity, and
Long-term Symptoms In Low Velocity Motor Vehicle Collisions
Med Sci Monit. 2005 (Oct); 11 (10): RA316–321
A substantial number of injuries are reported in crashes of little or no property damage. Property damage is an unreliable predictor of injury risk or outcome in low velocity crashes. The MIST protocol for prediction of injury does not appear to be valid. Significant Spinal Injury Resulting From Low-level Accelerations:
A Case Series of Roller Coaster Injuries
Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2005 (Nov); 86 (11): 2126–2130
The results of this study suggest that there is no established minimum threshold of significant spine injury. The greatest explanation for injury from traumatic loading of the spine is individual susceptibility to injury, an unpredictable variable.
