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Accidents Injuries and Chiropractic |
Our Dangerous WorldAlthough accidents may be unavoidable, much of the physical damage and suffering resulting from accidental injuries may, in many cases, be avoided with chiropractic care. Anyone who has been in an accident should make sure that the trauma has not misaligned their spinal column. Vertebral misalignments upset body balance and can cause malfunction and disease Anyone who has been in an accident needs a chiropractic spinal check-up to ensure their spine is free from these abnormalities. Only a chiropractor is trained to analyse the spine in this way. Minor AccidentsMost accidents are minor. In
those cases chiropractic care should be sought out as quickly
as possible. Too often severe health problems first began as
a little fall, whiplash, bump or shakeup that may have caused
some pain initially but was later forgotten. Many times chiropractic
patients have discovered that the cause of their present complaint
was a childhood fall or even birth trauma. They may have been
no broken bones or serious bleeding but there was spinal damage
that was never corrected. Often however, many people who have
been in an accident never receive chiropractic care and never
truly recover from their injuries.Within their spine is nerve
pressure (or spinal nerve stress) that continues to cause damage
and interfere with their body's After the Accident?Residual problems may linger
for months, years, or decades after an accident. There may be
musculo-skeletal problems or neuro-musculoskeletal (the nerves,
muscles and bones are affected). Commonly called "trapped"
nerves there may be pains or muscle spasms in the neck, shoulders,
arms, wrists, hands, legs, back, face or head upon movement or
when standing or sitting for long periods. The pain may radiate
to other parts of the body. Victims may continue to Like a Walking Medicine Cabinet"I felt like a walking medicine cabinet", is too often the lament of the post-accident victim. Sometimes they have flare ups every so often that may debilitate them for days, weeks or months. Being drugged all the time may deaden the pain, but does precious little towards healing. "You'll Have To Live With it".These people are often told that
nothing more can be done, that they'll just have to learn to
live with their problems. It is an unfortunate fact but based
on medical statistics over half of the victims of They need to know that in many cases chiropractic care may totally eliminate or greatly reduce their problems safely, quickly and without drugs or surgery. All people who have been in an accident or trauma should see a chiropractor to have their spinal column checked for nerve pressure caused by vertebral subluxations or spinal stress. |