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- Ice the area of pain
as soon as possible after an accident
or injury. Generally, it is a good
idea to ice 15 minutes of every
hour until your symptoms become
manageable.
- Do not use neck braces
unless prescribed by a qualified
physician. Studies show that your
results are better when you get
back to normal motion and activities
as quick as possible.
- Use a neck roll and
sleep on your back with your lower
legs elevated with pillows.
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| *Nutrition
Whiplash Tips: |
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- Use
Intenzyme Forte 5 tablets 2-3 times
daily without food until your inflammation
subsides.
- Black
Currant Seed Oil or Bio-Omega 3’s
1 capsule three times daily with
food.
- Bio-C Plus 1000 take
1 tablet three times daily with
meals.
- Bioprotect antioxidants
1 capsule three times daily with
food.
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| *Consult
a chiropractor or medical doctor before
beginning any nutritional program. Please
fill out our online nutritional analysis
for greater details of your individual
case. |
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The trauma related to an auto injury can be not
only physically dehabilitating, but emotionally incapacitating
as well. People often don't pursue care for their
injuries right away because of pain, fear of expenses
and insurance coverage, general difficulty functioning
and often times lack of transportation.
It is important that you receive treatment as soon
as possible when injured in an auto accident. The damage
to your body can be repaired best is treated soon after
the incident.
Dynamic Family Chiropractic will diagnosis your injuries
and work with you and your physician. We will provide
you with the best treatment to help you recover and
restore you to your previous good health.
Whiplash & Neck Injuries
To Millions of people who have sought out care for
their neck and whiplash injuries the chiropractic approach
has been a blessing.
What is whiplash?
Whiplash does not describe a disease, but it is a description
of how an injury occurred. In a whiplash injury the
head and neck portion of the spine are thrown very quickly
in one direction and then rebounded in the opposite
direction. The head is usually “whipped” back
to front, but can also be injured in a side to side
motion [1] In whiplash
injury, the majority suffer misaligned spinal bones
and nerve, joint, ligament, tendon, muscle and disc
stress, irritation, or damage. Vertebral subluxations
(misaligned bones) are the most common source of pain
and discomfort from whiplash injuries. [2]
Chiropractors are the only professionals trained to
correct subluxations. Vertebral subluxations are often
caused by an accident or trauma, such as whiplash, but
can also be caused by micro-trauma such as the build
up of daily stress. Other causes include poor posture,
weak muscles, poor diet, bad sleeping positions and
dental work. [3] A
chiropractic exam always includes a discussion of your
past accidents, injuries and falls in addition to your
personal habits and other situations which may contribute
to subluxations.
Those who have suffered whiplash in an accident may
feel neck pain and stiffness, even headaches. This may
develop into more pain and/or tingling, numbness, or
a pins-and-needles feeling in the arm, between the shoulder
blades, in the fingers or hands. Other symptoms may
include ear ringing, dizziness, hearing loss, eye pain,
blurred vision, nasal problems, low back pain, sensitivity
to light or other internal organ problems depending
upon which nerves have been affected. Research has shown
that a subluxation in your neck can cause decreased
blood flow to your brain. [4]
The result is sometimes whiplash sufferers have memory,
vision, thinking, and psychological problems [5]
despite the fact that they do not have any head or brain
injury. They may, however, have a concussion, a condition
in which the brain is thrown around inside the skull,
just like scrambling an egg without breaking the shell.
If you have had a concussion your symptoms may be insominia,
headache, restlessness, moodiness, emotional jitters,
irritability and depression. These may last for hours,
days or months after the accident. [6]
After an Accident
After an accident, emergency medical specialists check
for broken bones, bleeding, abrasions, internal organ
damage or shock. Patients are often released after
an injury even if they are not yet well. Even though
an X-ray, MRI or CT scan has found nothing, the spine
still has not been analyzed for subluxations. Since
a chiropractor is the only medical professional trained
to find and correct subluxations, it is essential for
the accident victim to be examined by a chiropractor
once their condition has stabilized.
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