Should I See a Chiropractor After a Car Accident?

It's happened to all of us at least once-you're sitting in traffic or at a red light when suddenly, somebody hits you from behind. It's not serious but it's enough to inflict moderate damage to your bumper and shatter a taillight. Your car will be alright after some body work-but did you make it through the fender-bender needing only a little "body work"?

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Pain Isn't Always Immediate

Just because you feel no pain after a car accident doesn't mean you haven't been injured. At the moment your body is traumatized, endorphins and other hormones flood your bloodstream that help minimize stress and pain. However, within 24 hours to 48 hours of the accident, after your body has "calmed down" and is emptied of endorphins, pain and inflammation start affecting damaged areas as you quickly move from feeling OK to not OK.

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Whiplash and Other Soft Tissue Injuries

Passengers riding in vehicles that are slammed by other vehicles are usually not prepared for the short yet powerful jolt that jerks them around like rag dolls. Symptoms of whiplash or other musculoskeletal injuries typically emerge several days after a car accident, when victims begin feeling discernible stiffness and numbness in their shoulders and back, headaches, dizziness, nausea and inhibited range of motion.

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Spinal Subluxation Caused by Car Accidents

Spinal subluxation occurs when vertebrae are displaced by trauma, such as experienced in a car accident, that causes abnormal interdiscal pressure and chronic pain. When treated wrongly by physicians who are not trained in chiropractic medicine, victims of spinal subluxation and whiplash may experience additional disorders involving the cardiovascular and endocrine system.

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More Reasons Why You Should Visit a Chiropractor After a Car Accident

Chiropractic adjustment in Wilmington and manipulation safely relieves the pain of pinched nerves, strained lower back muscles, neck pain, whiplash and sciatica without surgery or prescription medications. In addition, chiropractic adjustments given by Dr. King decompress a misaligned spine so that blood flow is improved and exchange of nutrients at injured sites is facilitated.

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Insurance Coverage and Chiropractic Care

Most insurance agencies extend coverage to include chiropractic care since the cost of one or two visits to a chiropractor is less expensive than five years of prescription pain medications or repeated surgical interventions.

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Call (910) 777-7228 to schedule an appointment with Dr. King today.