Car accident injury
Car accident injury treatment
Comprehensive recovery care after a car accident: whiplash treatment, soft tissue rehabilitation and postural assessment, aimed at reducing pain, improving mobility and restoring natural alignment.
Chapter 01
Whiplash: realigning the neck and spine after impact
A sudden-force impact throws the neck and spine out of the position they were in a fraction of a second before, and whiplash is what that sudden motion leaves behind. Whiplash treatment here is aimed at realigning the neck and spine after that kind of impact, rather than only managing the pain it causes.
It is common for whiplash to be worse the day after an accident than it was at the scene. That delay is exactly why the assessment looks at the whole neck and spine, not just the spot that hurts first.
The X-ray room at the Germantown office, with imaging equipment and wall charts
Soft tissue rehabilitation, for what an X-ray won't show
The force of a collision does not stop at the bone. Muscles and ligaments absorb a large share of that impact, and soft tissue rehabilitation is built specifically for that kind of injury, where the damage is real but does not show up the way a fracture does.
Rehabilitation here means working the muscle and ligament back toward its normal function, not just waiting for the soreness to fade on its own.
Chapter 03
Postural assessment, so today's injury doesn't become next year's problem
An accident can quietly shift the posture and stability a person had before it happened, and that shift is often invisible until it has already become a habit. Postural assessment is aimed at aligning posture and stability to avert exactly that kind of long-term complication.
The three pieces work together: whiplash treatment addresses the neck and spine, soft tissue rehabilitation addresses the muscle and ligament, and postural assessment makes sure the two don't leave the rest of the body compensating for years afterward.
Work injuries, accidents and sport, under one roof
The practice treats work-related, automobile-accident and sports-related injuries across all three offices. That range matters here because the recovery approach above, realign, rehabilitate, reassess posture, applies whether the impact happened on a job site, on the road or on a field.
The American Chiropractic Association estimates chiropractors treat over 35 million Americans annually, which is the scale of how ordinary this kind of care actually is. On coverage: Most major insurance plans accepted. Because policies and benefits vary, contact the specific office you plan to visit for detail on your own coverage and billing.
Chiropractic Memphis — Most major insurance plans accepted. Call (901) 861-1212.