Livermore Whiplash

Whiplash injury occurs when the body reacts to a deceleration or acceleration force by hyper flexion or hyperextension of the neck. Advanced Health Chiropractic clinic specializes in treating whiplash injuries, auto accident injuries and bicycle accident injuries. Whiplash injuries are very common in car accidents. Whiplash injuries occur, in part, due to the fact that the muscles do not have enough time to brace themselves.

If you have been involved in a car accident, whiplash injuries need to be taken very seriously. Because symptoms of a whiplash injury can take weeks or even months to manifest, it is easy to be fooled into thinking that you are not as seriously injured as you really are. Symptoms from a car accident and whiplash can include anything from radiating pain into the shoulder, elbow pain, wrist pain or hand pain, lower back pain, headaches and more.

Whiplash injuries can manifest themselves in a wide variety of ways, including neck pain, headaches, fatigue, upper back and shoulder pain, and low back pain. Due to the fact that numerous factors play into the overall whiplash trauma, such as direction of impact, speed of the vehicles involved, as well as sex, age and physical condition, whiplash symptoms commonly have a delayed onset, often taking weeks or months to become evident. Unfortunately, if whiplash is left uncorrected it can cause permanent disability. The reason that disability can occur is that left untreated these injuries can cause joints to rub and grind together leading to a secondary complicating condition called degenerative disc disease. The level of degenerative disc disease can be evaluated on x-rays by the doctor during the examination process.

Call Advanced Health Chiropractic today at (925) 373-6363 for an appointment or to discuss any aspect of your post car accident healing process if you have been involved in an automobile accident.

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