Understanding Your Whiplash Injury

Car accidents are extremely common in today’s car-dependent Southern Utah. We’ve got some of the greatest hits in dangerous intersections, from the merging lanes on Bluff Street to the downhill slope as the Boulevard approaches River Road.  If you are reading this, then you probably have had an accident of your own, or you know someone who has.

As you read this article, you will learn more about what happens with a whiplash injury. You will learn about typical symptoms that people feel after a neck injury, how the damage to your body occurs when you are injured in a car accident, and how even a minor bump to your car can cause damage to your neck. You’ll find out how sprains and strains to ligaments and muscles heal, and what you can do to make the healing process better and faster. You will learn about referred pain, and how an injury to your neck will refer pain down your arm, or how an injury to your mid-back can make you feel sick to your stomach.

You’re going to find out what our choice of pain killer is for acute injuries, and how this pain killer targets exactly the area that you need healing, and not the parts that don’t need it (hint: it’s not a drug that you swallow.) You’re also going to find out a method of care that feels great, makes you move better, and relaxes spasmed muscles. You’ll learn why you need to have a good neurological examination when you go to the doctor’s office, and you’ll find out what your doctors are looking for when they take certain types of x-rays.

Finally, you’ll find out about a specific type of health insurance that is very inexpensive and that you’ll need to increase in case you are involved in another accident.

Keep on reading to find out if your symptoms that you feel are normal, and what we can do to help you with them.