The Importance of Prompt Care for Injuries

Car accidents can produce a range of painful injuries, including whiplash, herniated discs, back and neck pain and severe headaches. Without prompt treatment, these injuries can last months and even years, and injuries like whiplash and herniated discs may never heal properly on their own.

Benefits of Timely Chiropractic Treatment after a Car Accident

From the moment an injury occurs, the body starts to try and heal it. Normally, this is ideal. We want the body to heal and rejuvenate itself. Unfortunately, injuries like whiplash and herniated discs do not heal properly without medical intervention. Untreated whiplash can result in severe inflammation and soft tissue damage if individuals wait to receive treatment until after the symptoms start. This is because the symptoms of whiplash can take several days and even weeks to appear. By this time, the body’s healing process is in full effect, creating soreness, stiffness, inflammation of the soft tissues and severe headaches and migraines.

The discs between the vertebrae provide cushioning and mobility to the joints. When they slip out of place or rupture, they can put pressure on the nerve roots, spinal cord and soft tissues in the back, and since the discs do not contain blood, they do not receive the oxygen and nutrients that would normally facilitate the healing of an injury.

For these reasons, our chiropractor urges anyone who has recently been in a car accident to seek chiropractic care for their muscle, soft tissue and back and neck injuries.

Prompt Exams with our Tracy Chiropractor

Our Tracy chiropractor can assess the sources of your pain and recommend holistic treatments to reduce your symptoms and heal the injuries. Chiropractic care is a non-invasive approach to treatment that compliments the body’s own natural healing ability. We offer chiropractic adjustments, massage therapy, corrective exercises and nutritional guidance to help reduce your back and neck pain and headaches and heal your car accident injuries. To schedule an appointment with our chiropractor, please call %CLIENT_PHONE%.