Whiplash can cause short and long term discomfort. At our chiropractic center in Mataró, we offer effective solutions to treat this injury, ensuring optimal recovery.
Chiropractic for whiplash
Do you know how chiropractic can help you with whiplash?
Now with the summer, we move much more by car, vacations, going to the beach or to the mountains, there are more traffic accidents, falls walking, with the bicycle, on skates, on the beach and in the pool, etc. And what happens if we do not check the spine after an accident? We can have long-term effects, some of them very serious.
What is whiplash?
It is the injury of one or more cervical (first vertebrae), which can occur when there is an inertial force on the head, for example in a car accident, you have a blow from behind, a hard fall, a bicycle accident, on skates.
What symptoms do you have?
- Pain in the neck region
- Headaches
- Visual disturbances
- Vertigo and dizziness
- Weakness and lack of strength
- Paresthesias
- Concentration problems
- Psychological alterations
- Litigation neurosis
All these symptoms can be felt within a short period of time after the accident.
And in the long term, you know what happens?
That fall or accident that has not healed properly, that has not treated the cervical spine, will appear in the form of subluxation.
Chiropractic for whiplash is very effective from the first adjustment, as it eliminates the subluxation that is created in the accident, and makes it so that in the future you will not have a chronic ailment, inability to move, or even a disease derived from a miscommunication in your spine.
Recovery with chiropractic for whiplash is not the same for all patients. It depends on the type of accident, what old subluxations the patient has, whether the patient has a medical condition, or whether the patient is an active chiropractic patient.
How can we diagnose it?
First of all, with a cervical x-ray, if that is not enough, your Doctor of Chiropractic will ask for more types of diagnostic tests.
How successful is healing?
If you treat the whiplash in the first 24-48 hours, you have an almost assured success. You have to do a relative rest, without overexertion and follow the guidelines that your Doctor of Chiropractic tells you.
