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CRASH! What was that sound?

Did you know that automobile accidents often cause injuries that can be extremely painful and debilitating?  Whiplash injuries are among the most common form of injury that results from a minor fender bender all the way up to a totaled car.  A whiplash injury occurs during a car accident when someone’s head is thrown forwards and backwards (or side to side) due to an abrupt force and results in tearing of the muscles and ligaments.  Patients will sometimes not even feel the pain until they wake up the very next day after the inflammation has set in.  I’ve had patients say that they felt like a train wreck waking up the next day when they felt nothing the day of the accident! Just how does chiropractic help? Chiropractic is known to have a great success rate in treating whiplash injuries by helping your body heal itself without the use of drugs. Patients are often amazed even after the first adjustment when they feel their pain decrease and notice that they regain their range of moti