Have you been injured in a motor vehicle accident? Preferred Physical Therapy Associates may be able to help provide the relief you need to start feeling better. Our physical therapists are trained in motor vehicle accident injury recovery and have the tools to help you recover from all types of motor vehicle injuries.
Even if your injury occurred years ago, there is a chance you’re still living with pain symptoms that have yet to be addressed. Contact our clinic today to schedule an appointment with a physical therapist who may be able to help you find the long-lasting relief you’re searching for, and in the meantime, keep reading to learn more about the benefits of therapy for accident injury recovery!
Common motor vehicle accident injuries
Recovering from a car accident can be a very lengthy, tough road to go down. The number of ways a person can be hurt from the impact of an accident is endless, however, there are quite a few common ones that Preferred Physical Therapy Associates’ physical therapists treat on a daily basis.
Head injuries from a car wreck are typically the most serious. They can lead to vision problems, skull fractures, and concussions. With a concussion, you may experience dizziness and headaches.
Back pain is a common experience after car accidents, especially when it comes to herniated discs. This condition often occurs when a person’s vehicle is rear-ended, or hit from behind. Many people don’t even realize that they’ve sustained this injury until much later, but it can have lasting symptoms that disrupt their daily lives.
Herniated disc pain can happen anywhere along the spine, but the lower back area is the spot most commonly affected. If the cartilage in your spinal disc is damaged after an accident, the gel-like substance that makes up your discs can break through. This herniation will result in added pressure on the nerves. The result is intense pain in your lower back. Even small amounts of pressure on your spinal nerves can cause numbness, weakness, and pain.
Whiplash can be very painful and restrict movement. The sudden movement of the neck and head in a car accident can cause whiplash. Blunt force trauma from a car accident can collapse lungs and break ribs. This injury happens when the weight of the head and spine is whipped back and forth with the fast movement; the muscles in the neck don’t have time to react, which then results in strains and tears of the surrounding muscles, ligaments, and tissues.
Due to the initial shock and trauma following the accident, whiplash typically feels worse 1-2 days after the injury, as inflammation sets in and tissues become swollen. This can lead to headaches, pain with movement, and even a numbness or tingling sensation in the upper extremities.
While these injuries are very painful and can cause lasting side effects that are difficult to get rid of on your own, the good news is physical therapy offers a variety of treatment methods that can help you kick your pain once and for all.
How can a physical therapist help me?
There are many, many reasons to undergo physical therapy after you’ve been in a car crash, as it supports the recovery process and can also prevent long-term damage from a car accident, including migraines and chronic pain.
After a car accident, you may experience pain, reduced range of motion, headaches, or stiffness. Keep in mind that not all symptoms may not appear right after a car accident. When they do show up, physical therapy can help you to keep pain symptoms at bay, improve flexibility, increase strength and recover faster.
The sooner you receive treatment after a car wreck, the better chance you’ll have at avoiding chronic pain later down the road.
Preferred Physical Therapy Associates takes a holistic approach to healing for car accident injuries. Types of physical therapy treatments used to treat motor vehicle accident injuries include:
- Soft tissue mobilization
- Manual therapy
- Icee and cold therapy,
- Specific exercises, targeted resting positions, stretching
- Aquatic therapy
The goal of a physical therapist is to help reduce your pain. Manual therapy and therapeutic exercises pump oxygen, blood, and nutrients to the injury site and enhance healing.
Every exercise and stretch prescribed by a physical therapist has a specific goal for recovery and improves function and mobility. The skilled therapists here at our clinic will develop a personalized treatment plan targeted to your motor vehicle accident injury, regardless of how long ago it happened!
Don’t live with the pain any longer
We understand that living with pain can take a huge toll on your physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Our clinic is here to provide you with reassurance, guidance, and the highest quality of care when it comes to treating your pain.
Physical therapy is a safe and natural way to treat pain that is plaguing you from a car accident. Instead of turning straight to pain medications and/or expensive surgeries to solve the problem, why not give Preferred Physical Therapy Associates’ therapeutic methods a try first?
Call us today to schedule an appointment; we can’t wait to help you get back to feeling your best!
