Recover Faster from Car Accident Injuries with Chiropractic Care

It happened in an instant, and it feels like it changed your life. One minute, you were driving down the road, and the next, you were injured in an accident. While accident injuries can feel lifechanging, you can heal with chiropractic care. Find out how your chiropractor can speed up the recovery process.

 

Accelerate the Healing Process

When you suffer an injury, your body kicks into gear, sending additional blood and nutrients to heal the damaged bone or tissue. Unfortunately, this can impede healing instead of helping it. Your chiropractor will manipulate your spine to promote the release of interleukin 6. This natural anti-inflammatory will reduce inflammation, so your body can heal faster. At the same time, your chiropractor will put your spine back in alignment to speed up healing. When combined, the two allow you to heal much faster than you would without chiropractic care.

 

Fast Pain Relief

Most car accident injuries are painful. Whether you have soft tissue injuries or a herniated disc, moving around can be too much to bear. It can take months to heal from some injuries, but that doesn’t mean you have to live with the pain. Chiropractic adjustments release feel-good chemicals that act as natural pain relievers. Coupled with the reduced inflammation, you will be pain-free much faster with chiropractic treatments.

 

Restore Mobility

If you’ve been injured in a car accident, your mobility issues are twofold. Your mobility is reduced right after the car accident due to inflammation. Then, after you heal, scar tissue can affect your mobility. Your chiropractor will address both problems.

First, of course, your chiropractor will reduce inflammation to restore your range of motion. Once the inflammation is gone, you’ll notice that you can move around much easier.

Second, your chiropractor will break up the scar tissue as it forms during the healing process. Then, as you heal, you won’t have to worry about the scar tissue reducing your mobility. As a bonus, this also helps you recover faster. Scar tissue can leave you feeling sore well after an injury heals, so you’ll be back to normal much faster when you undergo chiropractic treatments.

 

Avoid Reinjury

Once a body part is injured, it’s easier to injure it again. For example, if you sprain your neck in a car accident, your neck will be vulnerable to another soft tissue injury. When you visit a chiropractor, your treatment plan might include exercises that strengthen the muscles around the injury, so you can avoid injuring that body part again. You won’t just recover quickly from your accident with the help of a chiropractor. You will recover for the long term, so you won’t have to deal with the same painful injury again. That makes it easier to get back to normal life without any worries.
 

Are you ready to begin the recovery process after a car accident? Call Cashae Spine & Sports at (240) 219-8975 to schedule an appointment. Dr. Casha Smith provides various treatments that can help you recover quickly.