Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Learn How A SE Portland Chiropractor Helps Alleviate Whiplash Pain

By Judie Vivien Pullido


Auto accidents, whiplash and chiropractic care: these items are all linked. Whiplash is one of the most frequent results of a car accident. Fortunately chiropractic care provides one of the best methods to relieve the pain associated with whiplash.

A SE Portland chiropractor can help relieve the pain associated with this quite painful and sometimes hard to determine soft tissue injury. Many times what was thought to be just a strained muscle at the time of the incident will become very painful several days after the wreck, because of inflammation.

A whiplash injury occurs when the body is thrown in one direction and the head and neck is snapped the other way. This violent movement can be repeated several times before the vehicle comes to a stop.

A whiplash injury could cause severe neck pain, a reduced range-of-motion in upper body and neck, stiff muscles, dizziness, muscle spasms, and much more. What will an SE Portland chiropractor use to help reduce whiplash pain?

Spinal manipulation, either with assistance from a specialized tool or by hand, will be performed by the chiropractor, who will try to lightly push your spine back into a natural position so joints may function properly again. He can use manual joint resistance, which is a sequence of techniques that employs natural muscle energy to help to repair and reposition joints.

Massage is useful to relax tightened muscles, plus increase blood circulation to the injured area helps to speed up healing and reduce pain. A Graston technique - soft tissue therapy - may be done by passing hand-held instruments over any soft tissue injuries, using the gentlest of rhythms. Low-frequency interferential electrical stimulation may be applied to help to reduce swelling.

Finally, direct pressure may be applied to special trigger points in your body to help relieve pain and loosen tight muscles. This may also work by helping your bones move back into more normal positions.




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