Being in a car accident can be a physically taxing and emotional experience. Your initial medical exam may reveal no broken bones, and you may be relieved to be seemingly uninjured.
But some of the pain and other problems resulting in a car accidents don’t surface until long after the crash.
Some of the symptoms you may discover long after you had thought the ordeal was over are:
- Blurred vision
- Headaches
- Neck pain
- Back pain
- Reduced range of motion
After experiencing an accident, it is important that you visit a chiropractor as soon as possible if not immediately, not only to have the quickest and most efficient recovery but to comply with insurance laws.
Some of the advantages of visiting Dr. Shane Silver’s office right away are:
- Understand and comply with the state insurance laws
- Diagnose and treat whiplash
- Pain management
- Correct alignment
- Prescribed exercises
He will take you through the three stages of recovery which include:
1. Acute pain relief– The main goal here is to relieve the pain as quickly as possible. This part of the treatment often requires frequent, sometimes even daily visits.
2. Corrective and restorative– The focus will be alignment and restoration. The visits will not be as frequent, but may include prescribed in-home exercises.
3. Maintenance and continued wellness– It is important to maintain occasional, but regular visits to prevent your symptoms from reoccurring and for overall good health.
In addition to the relief from you accident sustained injuries you may be surprised to find too, that you are also enjoying renewed overall vitality and feeling less stressed, just a couple of positive side-effect chiropractor treatment can provide.
Contact Dr. Silver’s office today if you have been in an auto accident
