MULTIMODAL CHIROPRACTIC CARE FOR WHIPLASH
After a Car Accident You May Wonder What Treatment is Best
What Are Your Treatment Options After a Car Accident Whiplash Injury?
Chiropractic
Chiropractors are doctors who specialize in conditions of the spine. Chiropractors find malfunctions in the spine and correct them by using their hands to unlock stuck joints to restore motion.
Physical Therapy
Physical therapists are trained to care for the physical aspect of the body and improve performance through movement and exercise. Sometimes they apply modalities of heat, electricity and others.
Medications
The traditional medical approach to pain is to prescribe medications such as muscle relaxers, anti-inflammatory or pain medication.
According to Orange County, Car Accident specialist, Dr. Barry Marks, a chiropractor in Orange, CA, he firmly believes the best treatment for whiplash is Multimodal Chiropractic Treatment.
If you are unfamiliar with this term, it just means a treatment that combines different disciplines at one time in one place. Rather than seeing a chiropractor just for adjustments and then a physical therapist for exercises and therapy modalities, why not go to one place that does all that in one treatment?
This is the exact philosophy Dr. Marks has used since 1986.
Multimodal Chiropractic Treatment for Whiplash
After an accident, you have pain and inflammation, muscle spasms and limited range of motion. A multimodal approach looks like this:
Medications
Over the counter anti-inflammatory medications to relieve pain and inflammation for a limited time. Limited to 1-2 weeks to avoid side-effects and also because if used to too long they can impair healing.
Physical therapy
Initially, therapy modalities of heat, electrical stimulation and ice combined with gentle stretching exercises to relieve pain and inflammation and help motion. Later, rehabilitation exercises to strengthen muscles.
Chiropractic treatment
Gentle specific adjustments to unlock stuck or injured spinal joints to free motion. These treatments also stimulate pain fighting endorphins in your brain to relieve pain. Later on, these treatments can help restore spinal curvatures that are often lost due to injury.
Benefits of Multimodal Chiropractic Treatment to You, the Accident Victim
- Effectively reduces pain and inflammation quickly
- Reduces painful muscle spasms fast
- Improves range of motion sooner
- Less time spent going to different doctors and therapy clinics
- One doctor to coordinate care, make referrals for imaging or other specialists and provide critical information to your lawyer.
