| The injury known
as "Whiplash" happens often in auto accidents. Whiplash can happen even in minor
accidents, but your M.D. won't tell you that it can have major, permanent effects on your
life and your health
 Whiplash injuries affect the lives
of over 1,000,000 people in the U.S. every year, and experts estimate that between 25-40%
of these people will have chronic symptoms. Whiplash is a huge problem. The situation is made worse by the fact that insurance
companies claim that whiplash is not a real condition. What the insurance companies don't
want you to know is that the medical literature is quite clear that whiplash is real, and
literally hundreds of articles have been published that help us understand what causes the
condition, and what kinds of symptoms occur from a whiplash injury .
Consider the fact that your head weighs about the same as a bowling ball and it sits on
the slender, most flexible, and most fragile part of the spine. When whiplash occurs and
you are struck by another vehicle, thousands of pounds of force are exerted on the neck
and spine. In the first milliseconds of being struck from behind your auto is accelerated
forward and your body sinks backward into the seat flexing the seatback backward like a
diving board. When your body and the seatback can't go any farther, the seat and the torso
are accelerated forward, but the heavy head is still going backwards relative to the auto
causing the neck to be bent backward and damaging muscles, ligaments, discs and other soft
tissues. Often the body "ramps" upward and the head goes over the top of the
head restraint adding to the injury. Sometimes the occupant will hit the top of the car,
jamming the neck. Finally the head and neck are accelerated forward with the
"whiplash" motion, causing more injury. Lifesaving restraints such as seatbelts,
shoulder harnesses, airbags, and head restraints can increase the forces delivered to the
head and neck, causing more soft tissue injury.
Autos today are designed to sustain minor impacts without visible damage, but research
has conclusively proven that the forces from even low speed rear impacts can result in
very significant occupant impulses and injury.
Have you been in an Auto Accident? Many people think their
injuries or conditions are minor...even non-existent. Only later did they discover they
had received major, lifelong damage and trauma. Your “minor” auto accident or
injuries might turn into lifelong pain. Worst of all, all this is usually avoidable if you
get proper early treatment. The longer you wait, often times the more damage your body
incurs living with this trauma.
AUTO ACCIDENT INJURIES NOT TAKEN CARE OF,
ARE LIKE CAVITIES LEFT UNATTENDED:
The more you ignore it, the more painful it gets!
I don’t know what your problem is. Maybe you’ve been in an auto accident.
Maybe you’ve experienced a whiplash injury.
Did you know many doctors do NOT specialize in spotting and treating auto accident
victims’ injuries? You wouldn’t take your car to a dentist to get fixed, or go
to a brain surgeon for legal advice. You should only deal with a clinic that specializes
in traumatic injuries, people involved in “minor” auto accidents, whiplash
injuries, and the like. Why? There are specific “hidden signs” that a
non-specialist might easily overlook.
Even if you’ve already been examined by a trained professional, or emergency room,
many of our patients come to us for a second opinion.
I know that right now you might be in pain due to your injuries, or wondering what to
do now. But you might be afraid to visit a doctor, or weren’t sure
what to do as the next step. As a Chiropractor I’ve dealt with hundreds of patients
with questions, concerns, and fears similar to your own. Hopefully you look to me as your
consultant and caregiver during this period of your life. We’ve been very successful
helping patients involved in every imaginable accident – from major auto accident
collisions, to minor falls, and every day aches and pains.
If your auto accident injuries are major or if you are in pain, call me today, at(978)
373-9330. If your injuries seem minor or you or if you feel like nothing’s wrong,
it's wisest to have your neck checked anyway. Often, pain may not occur until a later
date. Or: call us now to get a check-up exam to insure no serious injuries have occurred.
You may have “silent” symptoms. Why wouldn’t you get it checked out? It can
only help you.
It is the people with so-called “minor” accident injuries that scare me the
most. They don’t see their problem as urgent. You see, rarely do people do
what’s most important. Instead their lives are a rush of doing what’s most
urgent, like a rat on the treadmill. If you don’t see the need to come in and get a
thorough examination from our clinic, you’re doing what’s most urgent to
you...not what’s most important!
Call us today! |
