Long after the dust has settled and the repairs are made, a car accident can still cause lasting damaging to your body. During an accident, serious trauma can occur to the musculoskeletal system, causing a misalignment that leads to chronic back and neck pain. In fact, even accidents at speeds as slow as 5mph can cause serious whiplash injuries.

Unfortunately, many car injury patients wait weeks or even months before they seek treatment. The prompt diagnosis of any personal injury will prevent the build-up of scar tissue, which aggravates pain and blocks healing.

At Injury Chiropractic, our chiropractors have provided natural pain management and healing care for Phoenix, Glendale and Mesa car accident injury victims. Wondering if chiropractic care can make a difference for you? Here are four common auto injuries – and four ways we can help.

4 Common Glendale, Mesa and Phoenix Car Injuries

1. Whiplash auto injury: The force of a rear impact accident can whip the cervical spine beyond its normal range of motion. When this occurs, injury victims may suffer from chronic neck pain, migraines and difficulty concentrating on simple tasks. Chiropractic adjustments help restore proper alignment in the cervical spine.

2. Sore or stiff muscles: When the neck is abruptly whipped forward and backwards, the soft tissues in the neck may be strained or sprained. Injury victims may struggle to turn their heads from side to side and also be unable to comfortably look up or down. Corrective care exercises can help restore a full range of movement to the neck.

3. Herniated disc: While a seatbelt is an important life-saving device, it also prevents the lower body from moving naturally during an accident. Due to this restricted motion, the body may move forward while the pelvis area stays in one place – causing a herniated disc in the lower back.

4. Sciatica: If a herniated disc in the lower back compresses the sciatic nerve, car accident injury patients experience a radiating pain sensation in the legs and lower back. Gentle adjustments can help the herniated disc return to its proper position – relieving pressure on the sciatic nerve.

Has chiropractic care helped you recover from a car accident injury?

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5 Valleywide Locations to Serve You!

WEST PHOENIX (75th Ave & Thomas Rd)
GLENDALE (51 St Ave. & Thunderbird Road)
NORTH/CENTRAL PHOENIX (19th Ave & Camelback)
EAST/CENTRAL PHOENIX (16th St & Thomas Rd)
MESA (Gilbert & Southern)

Injured? Call Our Auto Accident Chiropractor

Well over 6 million car accidents happen on American roads every year, at least half of which result in minor to serious injuries. While we urge our readers to slow down, hang up and buckle up at all times to avoid auto injury, we realize that not everybody on the roads will take this advice. Accidents will happen. Hundreds of people around Phoenix, Glendale and Mesa will still need help from an experienced auto accident chiropractor this year, and fortunately our team of chiropractors and physiotherapists are ready to help.

Chiropractic Care Helps Accident Victims

If you suffer an injury in a car accident, chiropractic care can help you get back on the road to pain-free living. When you first come into one of our offices, we will give you a thorough exam and listen to your story. Understanding what happened and providing a complete diagnosis helps us map out a treatment plan that can provide natural pain relief and help your body heal.

We then employ the combination of treatments and techniques that will most effectively help you recover from your auto injuries. For problems like whiplash, neck pain, back pain and headaches, we often employ a course of precise spinal adjustments to realign out-of-place vertebrae. This relieves pinched nerves and pain. Our physiotherapy techniques and therapeutic exercises and stretches address soft tissue injuries, helping you regain strength, flexibility and normal range of motion. These treatments also help support a healthy spinal alignment, which can bolster your overall health and well being.

So whether you were in a serious accident that involved multiple injuries that are taking a long time to heal, or whether you were in a minor fender bender that you walked away from, call or come into one of our five conveniently-located offices today for a complete exam and consultation. And tell us, how did your accident happen? What injuries did you sustain and what treatment have you received so far?

Let us know! We want to help you feel better.

InjuryChiropractic
623-748-7870

5 Valleywide Locations to Serve You!

WEST PHOENIX (75th Ave & Thomas Rd)
GLENDALE (51 St Ave. & Thunderbird Road)
NORTH/CENTRAL PHOENIX (19th Ave & Camelback)
EAST/CENTRAL PHOENIX (16th St & Thomas Rd)
MESA (Gilbert & Southern)

Stay Calm with Effective Action:
Five Things to Do After a Phoenix, Mesa or Glendale Car Accident

Auto accidents can be scary, but having a plan of action can help keep you calm and collected immediately following an accident. As a chiropractor that focuses 100 percent of our care on Mesa, Glendale and Phoenix accident injuries, Injury Chiropractic has seen people effectively take action directly following an accident, just as we have helped many on the road to post-accident recovery.

First Steps Involve Treating Injuries, Staying Safe

1. Your first priority following an accident is to tend to the most severe car accident injuries that require immediate treatment. Calling 911 is essential for the most severe trauma, while keeping an emergency kit and first aid kit in your vehicle is another good idea. The emergency kit should include a pen, paper, disposable camera and list of medical conditions and allergies. The first aid kit should include bandages and peroxide for immediate wound relief. A cell phone is also a must.

2. Staying safe remains a priority. Remaining in your car is recommended as you wait for help to arrive. Walking across multiple lanes of traffic increases your chances of an auto injury. Put on your hazard lights to increase your visibility and alert other motorists.

3. & 4..Exchanging and documenting information are the next two tips. Exchange insurance and personal information with other drivers involved in the accident, including phone numbers and vehicle types. Document the damage with the camera from your emergency kit. Write down how and when the accident happened so you can properly relay the information to authorities and your insurance company.

5. You are not done just yet, as one more priority following a car accident is receiving a chiropractic evaluation, even if you think no injuries have occurred. An injury such as whiplash can take days or even weeks to manifest, and the sooner you begin treatment the sooner your recovery can begin.

How has chiropractic care helped you after an auto accident?

InjuryChiropractic
623-748-7870

5 Valleywide Locations to Serve You!

WEST PHOENIX (75th Ave & Thomas Rd)
GLENDALE (51 St Ave. & Thunderbird Road)
NORTH/CENTRAL PHOENIX (19th Ave & Camelback)
EAST/CENTRAL PHOENIX (16th St & Thomas Rd)
MESA (Gilbert & Southern)

Whiplash: Most Common Phoenix Accident Injury

At least 3 million people report suffering whiplash from car accidents around the United States annually. It is also the most common of the Phoenix accident injuries that we treat in our five clinics around town. The neck is the most vulnerable part of the spine, balancing the weight of your head on a delicately balanced network of vertebrae supported by muscles, tendons and ligaments. Even a collision as slow as 5 mph can cause a painful car injury to your neck, all within a fraction of a second. As the crash occurs, the body and head are whipped in different directions, causing the vertebrae in the neck to grind against each other while also straining the muscles and other connective tissues.

Overcoming Car Accident Neck Injuries

The notorious thing about this neck injury is that, particularly at low speeds, the pain may not show up initially. This is why so many cases go unreported, and why so many people suffer for  months and even years with the neck pain, back pain, headaches, difficulty concentrating, vision problems and other symptoms that attend this neck injury. We have patients from all over Phoenix, Mesa, Glendale and the rest of the valley who come to us struggling with symptoms of whiplash. Often, because the injury may have taken place weeks or months ago, many patients do not necessarily attribute their pain to an auto accident injury.

This is why it is important, even after a minor fender bender, to come in for a complete exam as soon as possible. We have years of experience diagnosing and treating neck injuries like whiplash. We know what to look for and how to help you find relief. Through a personalized plan of chiropractic spinal adjustments, corrective exercises and other physiotherapy modalities, we can help stop the pain and encourage your neck to heal naturally so you can enjoy life again.

Have you ever walked away from a minor car accident, only to succumb to neck pain days later? How did you find relief?

InjuryChiropractic
623-749-7870

5 Valleywide Locations to Serve You!

WEST PHOENIX (75th Ave & Thomas Rd)
GLENDALE (51 St Ave. & Thunderbird Road)
NORTH/CENTRAL PHOENIX (19th Ave & Camelback)
EAST/CENTRAL PHOENIX (16th St & Thomas Rd)
MESA (Gilbert & Southern)

New Blog Series for Injury Chiropractic

We've jumped into the world of blogging, and couldn't be happier to share the news with our patients! We have five locations across the valley, including Phoenix, Mesa & Glendale locations. We work with Phoenix accident injury patients and because of the fact that we focus mainly on auto accident injuries, it allows us to treat car injury problems with the experienced care and knowledge such injuries require.

Blogging on Auto Injury and Personal Injury Topics

We know that your auto injury or personal injury can cause you a lot of pain, stress, and confusion. We are here to explain your accident injuries to you, to help you understand that nature of car injury, and to help you get onto the road to recovery once again. The chiropractors here at all five Injury Chiropractic locations will help Phoenix and Glendale area patients to understand their injury and to start healing.

Most of our treatments begin with gentle spinal manipulations, but a treatment plan is always custom designed just for you. Every person is unique, and every accident injury is also unique. Whether you require a long term rehab course or just a few weeks of treatment, we will help you to feel just as well as you did before your car accident.

The reason so many patients choose chiropractic treatments today is that they can get pain relief through something as simple and pain free as a spinal adjustment. No drugs, no surgeries, and no long recovery periods. We work alongside our patients -- in fact our doctors need your help to get your body to respond to treatment -- to get the ultimate results in natural healing.

Our new blog will be talking about the different types of chiropractic therapy that may be used in your treatments, about lifestyle tips from our doctors, and about how your whole life can be improved when you work at whole body wellness.

Do you have ideas for the next blog issue topic?