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Consulting a chiropractor after a car accident is always a good idea. A chiropractor is able to treat neck injuries/ whiplash, back injuries and soft tissue injuries after the accident has occurred. Sometimes injuries will not become noticeable until days after the accident, however, these still need to be looked at. Your chiropractor will be able to assess your injuries and decide on the best possible corrective treatment to help you properly heal.
Over the past few years, research has been done that proves that injuries do occur in low impact collisions, with whiplash being the most common. Whiplash was proven to occur in car accidents at as little as 2.5 miles per hour. Surprisingly, standards in automobile bumpers are made to withstand up to 5mph; however, our bodies are a lot more fragile. Often times, injuries in a car accident cannot be seen externally, such as soft tissue injuries. If left untreated, scar tissue can form around car accident injuries and cause headaches, neck pain, arthritis and much more, later on in life.
If you have been in a car accident recently or in the past, and are experiencing pain, please contact us at Towne Lake Family Chiropractic, Woodstock, GA.
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