Car Accident Injurues
Unfortunately, if you have been involved in a car accident, you may have suffered serious injuries. Sometimes symptoms of an injury sustained in a car accident can take weeks or even months to manifest. Symptoms from a car accident and whiplash can include anything from radiating pain into the shoulder, elbow pain, wrist pain or hand pain, lower back pain, headaches, jaw pain, and more. Saratoga Springs chiropractor, Dr. Adam Favro, has years of experience treating injuries relating to car accidents.
Whiplash
Whiplash injuries from car accidents can manifest themselves in a wide variety of way including, but not limited to: neck pain, headaches, fatigue, upper back pain, shoulder pain, and low back pain. Additionally, it is important to consider the numerous factors which play a role into the overall car accident whiplash trauma, such as direction of impact, speed of the vehicles involved, the use of a seatbelt and whether or not air bags deployed. More factors not related to the car accident trauma itself can impact symptoms. For example: gender, age and physical condition of the driver and passengers, can influence the severity of symptoms.
A number of conditions those who have suffered from whiplash trauma experience include:
Neck Pain
Neck pain is the single most common concern reported by our patients who have experienced whiplash trama from a car accident. Often the pain radiates across the shoulders, up into the head, and down between the shoulder blades. Whiplash injuries tend to affect all of the tissues in the neck, including the facet joints and discs between the vertebrae, as well as all of the muscles, ligaments and nerves.
Headaches
Headaches are the second most common concern from those involved in a car accident. While some headaches are the result of direct brain injury, most are related to injury of the muscles, ligaments, and facet joints of the cervical spine, which can cause a headache. Accurate and appropriate testing is required to diagnose the difference between brain injury and soft tissue injury from a car accident.
TMJD/Jaw Pain
A less common, but very debilitating disorder that results from a car accident, is temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dysfunction. TMJ usually begins as pain, clicking, and popping noises in the jaw during movement. Our Saratoga Springs, NY chiropractor at Turning Point Chiropractic are specially trained to treat TMJ problems. If we think you need additional care, we will refer you to a TMJ specialist outside our Saratoga Springs, NY chiropractic clinic.
Lower back pain
Car accidents can cause several painful conditions. Lower back pain is also commonly injured as well. Low back pain is found in more than half of rear-impact car accidents in which injury was reported, and almost three-quarters of all side-impact crashes. This is mostly because the low back still experiences a tremendous compression. Disc bulges can also happen in the lower back like the upper back and neck. Our Saratoga Springs chiropractor will order an MRI to diagnose disc bulges so the proper treatment plan can be create to help you recover from your car accident.
Bulging Discs
Car accidents can lead to some very serious including bulging or herniated spinal discs. During your first visit, our Saratoga Springs chiropractor will perform a detailed exam to determine if you are suffering from a bulging or herniated disc. Your chiropractor will then order an MRI which is covered under your car accident insurance benefits. If you have a bulging disc, chiropractic treatment is a highly effective way to treat these conditions. Treatment includes exercises and therapies specially tailored to your current condition.
If you have been involved in a car accident, call our Saratoga Springs chiropractic office to schedule your free consult today to learn why our treatment options are chosen by so many car accident patients. We will verify all of your benefits and handle all of the billing for you so you can focus on you!