Automobile Accident
If You Have Been in an Automobile Accident…
It’s usually best to wait 48-72 hours after the accident before you come in to our office.
During this time, your body is experiencing an acute inflammatory phase in which you’ll likely feel worse before you feel better.
Often, a chiropractic treatment within this 48-72 hour window will provide temporary relief.
However, symptoms tend to return and even worsen after some more time has passed.
To ensure that you gain the optimal benefits from your treatments, we recommend waiting out that initial
48-72 hours and then coming into our office for treatment.
In the meantime, you can perform these at home care practices to help alleviate the pain:
- Apply ice to the areas that are sore. Only do this for 15 to 20 minutes per hour.
- Apply Arnica Gel to the sore areas. Arnica will help with not only the soreness, but any bruising that may exist.
- Drink copious amounts of water. We recommend 8 8-oz glasses of water per day at minimum.
It is important to remember, however, that you should try to come in for a treatment as soon as possible once that
48-72 hour window has passed to ensure that you obtain the treatment you need before scar tissue begins to form, which could prolong your symptoms.
All patients that have been in an automobile accident need to complete paperwork to document the accident.
Please take the time to fill out the following forms before coming in for your treatment.
New Patients that have never been to our office before need to fill out:
Established Patients that have been in our office before but have recently been in a car accident need to fill out: