Following a car accident or a workplace injury in New York, it is wise to see various healthcare professionals, including a doctor of chiropractic. Even if you don’t notice an injury right away, some, like whiplash, can appear later. Chiropractic care can help reduce your symptoms and speed up your recovery.
Get a refresher on what chiropractors do before exploring the various ways they can help after a car accident or workplace injury.
Chiropractors are doctors that specialize in treating bone, joint, and muscle pain and mobility. They often complement other traditional medicine techniques. Importantly, chiropractors treat pain in the jaw, head, shoulders, hips, pelvis, ankles, knees, wrists, elbows, back, and anywhere else in the body. Their knowledge of the entire musculoskeletal system makes this possible.
While most people think of chiropractic adjustments when they think of a chiropractor, these professionals do more than just that. Some of the methods they will use to treat patients include:
Chiropractors may also suggest the following therapies to deliver the same benefits of reduced pain and increased range of motion:
The common theme is that chiropractors rely on hands-on treatments that are non-invasive. Using these procedures can reduce the need for invasive procedures that come with a higher risk. It can also reduce a patient’s need to use prescription medications.
With that understanding of chiropractic care in mind, explore some of the ways that chiropractors can help you recover after a car accident or work-related injury.
One of the most significant advantages of chiropractic care is the way that it can reduce inflammation. Inflammation is a natural result of an injury, whether it is from an auto accident or an injury at work. You want some inflammation, as this means your body is working to heal itself. However, too much inflammation leads to discomfort. It may also limit your range of motion.
New York chiropractors primarily reduce inflammation via spinal adjustments. Realigning your spinal cord can cause your body to reduce the production of inflammatory cytokines. As a result, your body’s inflammatory response lowers.
Another significant way that a chiropractor can help is by reducing pain. This applies to pain for accidents or injuries as well as chronic pain.
This is also a direct result of spinal manipulations. Spinal manipulations encourage your body to release hormones that relieve pain. At least one study has confirmed that spinal manipulation increases levels of cortisol, oxytocin, and neurotensin.
It is common to experience a limited range of motion after a workplace injury or car accident, but this is another area that chiropractic care can help you with. It is prevalent for the loss of mobility to be directly related to inflammation, scar tissue, or your joints being misaligned.
Chiropractic care may resolve some of these issues. We already discussed how it relieves inflammation, and we’ll go into more detail about scar tissue next. Naturally, realigning the spine corrects any misalignment that limits the range of motion.
As mentioned, chiropractic care can also reduce scar tissue. You may not necessarily realize that scar tissue affects your overall health and life. However, scar tissue can lead to stiffness and pain, even long term.
While scar tissue typically heals on its own, this can take a very long time. Chiropractic care speeds up the process of healing. That, in turn, eliminates the stiffness, pain, and lack of mobility associated with scar tissue.
Simply getting treatment from a chiropractor can also reduce the risk of any minor injuries getting worse over time. It can even prevent them from becoming chronic conditions.
It is also worth repeating that chiropractic care is non-invasive. In many cases, expert chiropractic care can eliminate the need for surgery. That is important, as there are more risks associated with invasive procedures than non-invasive treatments.
We also already mentioned that chiropractic care can reduce your need for medication. This is important for several reasons. Without taking medication, you will not have a chance to develop any potential side effects or an addiction to that medication.
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