A car accident is the last thing anyone wants to deal with. In addition to the physical damage sustained to your vehicle, you may also suffer from car accident injuries after the collision. In addition to their physical consequences, injuries from a car accident can cause added strain on your life, forcing you to take off time from work or preventing you from completing certain tasks. Here is when and why you should consider consulting our chiropractor in Gainesville, FL, at Tucker Chiropractic.
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Combat Inflammation
Inflammation is among the most common physical injury results, such as those sustained during a car accident. While some degree of inflammation is normal, too much inflammation can be painful and harmful. Our chiropractors can help you combat inflammation by manipulating your spine to realign the spinal cord. Your body may respond to this by reducing your body’s inflammatory response. If you experience symptoms of excessive inflammation in the spine, such as stiffness or pain that increases after you’re inactive, which often presents when you first awake, you should call the chiropractor for treatment.
Minimize Pain
Car crashes can cause injuries that may require care from a chiropractor. Even minor accidents may result in chronic pain if not properly treated, such as whiplash, soft tissue injuries, ligament injuries, back injuries, neck injuries, spine injuries, and chronic soreness. Visiting the chiropractor after a car accident can help minimize body pain. During spinal manipulation, the body naturally releases pain-relieving hormones, helping you feel better quicker, potentially without invasive procedures.
Restore Range Of Motion
If you sustain injuries in a car accident, your neck and/or back may lose flexibility due to misalignments of joints in your spine, which creates scar tissue and/or inflammation. Receiving treatment via a chiropractic adjustment can help restore your range of motion by mobilizing your spine and restoring alignment to your neck and back joints and ligaments. Chiropractic treatment can be used to treat a range of motion issues resulting from various causes. Contact Tucker Chiropractic to learn more about the benefits of our services.
Reduce Scar Tissue
Following a car accident, it’s normal for the body to develop scar tissue in the injured areas. When tendons and muscles sustain damage, the body’s natural healing process kicks in, attempting to heal the injuries by forming scar tissue around them. Unfortunately, scar tissue can result in long-term pain, inflammation, and general stiffness. Oftentimes, the affected tissue will heal naturally over time, eventually functioning like the normal surrounding tissue. However, scar tissue can take significant time to heal, and it may not heal in a way that restores its natural function. If scar tissue causes discomfort, our chiropractors can use specific techniques to help break up the scar tissue, allowing the area to heal quicker.
Heal With Non-Invasive Treatment
The majority of individuals who suffer trauma from a car accident prefer to avoid surgery and other invasive treatments if possible. Yet, for some people, the longer they wait or put off treatment for their injuries, the fewer treatment options they have. If you wait too long to treat them, surgery may be your only option. In contrast with surgery and other invasive treatment methods, chiropractic treatments are non-invasive and can align the spine in the right patients without surgical intervention. Visiting your chiropractor sooner rather than later may help reduce the chance that you will require surgery for your injury.