Our Dangerous World
It's a rare life that hasn't been punctuated by a traumatic brush ( or collision) with reality. And although accidents may be unavoidable, much of the physical damage and suffering resulting from them may, in many cases, be avoided or mitigated with chiropractic care.
Why is that? Because accidents cause vertebral subluxation complexes in the body, a serious condition that distorts your structure, irritates nerves, bones, ligaments, and discs and can damage your overall health. Any accident, no matter how mild, can create nerve-damaging vertebral subluxations.
It is for that reason that if you have ever been in an accident or fall, no matter how minor, you need a chiropractic spinal checkup to ensure your spine is free from these health-destroying abnormalities. Only a chiropractor is trained to analyze your spine for the vertebral subluxation complex.
Minor Accidents
Most accidents are minor. In those cases chiropractic care should be sought out as quickly as quickly as possible. Too often severe health problems first began as a little fall, whiplash, bump or shake-up that may have caused some pain initially but was later forgotten.
Many times, chiropractic patients have discovered that the cause of their present complaints was a childhood fall or even birth trauma. There may have been no broken bones or serious bleding, but there was spinal damage that was never corrected. The medical doctors may have checked them and said that they were fine, but M.D.s do not know how to analyze the spinal column for subluxations nor do they know how to correct them. Millions of people leave emergency rooms unaware that they are carrying around hidden spinal distortions may may cause severe health problems at a later date.
What About Serious Accidents and Trauma?
Is chiropractic care helpful in serious accidents? Absolutely! But in such situations it is necessary to first attend to any life-threatening emergency such as bleeding or hemorrhage, stoppage of breath, loss of fluid electrolytes, internal organ damage, broken bones, serious contusions or abrasions, shock and the like. This is the specialty of the medical profession. It must be emphasized that chiropractic is not against necessary medical care. The M.D.s will work at stopping bleeding, stitching broken skin together, setting the broken ends of bone together, removing bullets, supplying lost bodily fluids, controlling shock and other procedures to stabilize the patient so that they are out of immediate danger.
But after the medical doctors have done their work there is a pause. In that pause, everyone sits back and waits for the real healing to begin. Thats the scene in the movies when they say"We've done all we could, now it's in God's hands."
What Heals?
Although the surgeon may set the ends of broken bones together, the pieces do not automatically heal. And although a doctor may sew the torn flesh with stitches, the skin does not automatically mend. It is your innate healing ability that will knit the pieces to become one bone again. It's the body's healing ability that will turn the fragments of skin into the seamless surface it was before the injury.
It is not stitches, medicines or artificial devices that heal. If that were true, then a corpse would heal when given the right pills, surgery and fresh donor blood.
After The Accident?
Long-term damage to the spine and head is especially common in auto accidents. Doctors of chiropractic have for years recognized that most victims of automobile injuries do not fully recover under medical care—they may continue to have problems for years after the accident because their structure is often ignored.. This is especially the case of those who have whiplash and concussion injuries as well as other accident victims. New medical terms acknowledging the incomplete healing of accident victims have recently arisen: Post Concussion Syndrome (PCS), Whiplash Syndrome (WS), Mild traumatic Brain Injuries (MTBI) and Mild Head Injury (MHI).
Residual problems may linger for months, years or decades after an accident.. They may be musculoskeletal, (the muscles and bones are affected) or neuromusculoskeletal (the nerves, muscles and bones are affected). Commonly called "pinched" nerves, there may be pains or muscle spasms in the neck, shoulders, arms, wrists, hands, legs, back, face, or head upon movement or when standing and sitting for long periods. The pain may radiate to other parts of the body.
Other post-accident problems may include insomnia, mental dullness, nervousness, anxiety, depression, constipation, diarrhea, headache, hearing and vision problems or reduced joint motion and other symptoms.
Weakened Immune System
It is not unusual for serious health conditions to develop after an accident due to trauma, creating severe vertebral subluxations, weakening the body's immune system and/or its ability to respond to environmental stress. A body in a weakened, run-down state can develop conditions its predisposed to, reveal genetic or constitutional weaknesses or "awaken" old "sleeping" injuries or weaknesses. This isn't only true for physical health but for mental health as well. It's not unusual to hear of relatives or friends noticing a loved one's personality change after an accident or trauma. This is sometimes referred to as "post-traumatic stress disorder."
Even after the best medical care, accident victims often continue to suffer from pain, weakness and disability. Such victims may continue to take painkillers, muscle relaxants, various therapies or repeated surgery for years after the accident.
"You'll Have To Live With It"
Based on medical statistics, over half of the victims of auto accidents never fully recover under medical ( including orthopedic) care. There are still pain, disability, and other constant reminders that they were hurt and haven't fully healed. These people need to know that a very important aspect of their care is still missing.
All people who have been in an auto accident or trauma should see a chiropractor to have their spinal columns checked for nerve pressure caused by verterbal subluxations. A chiropractic adjustment can make the difference between life and death, between a life with pain, disability, and sickness and a life of true recovery, activity and accomplishment.
If you have been in an accident, we would love to see how we can best treat you and your symptoms to get you back to optimum health and vitality.
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