Auto Accident Injury Treatment from Our Lexington Chiropractor

If you or someone you know has been involved in an auto accident, you may be all too aware of the physical damage and suffering such an event can cause. Fortunately, the proper care can relieve your pain and restore your functionality. Our Lexington chiropractor, Dr. Mike Nemastil has extensive experience in auto accident injury treatments.

Even a “gentle” collision from a car going only a few miles per hour can do serious harm to the spinal column and its associated soft tissues like muscles, ligaments and spinal discs. While seat belts are a critical safety feature that can prevent head trauma or internal injuries, in some cases they can actually contribute to the spinal problems caused by an auto impact because of the way they restrain the body. A shoulder harness, for instance, usually restrains one side more thoroughly than the other. This may cause the spine to twist or shear during impact, creating vertebral misalignments, disc damage and back pain.

Back pain is a typical problem caused by an auto accident injury, but other areas of your spine, such as your neck, are also injured in many cases and you may not even know it. Since the neck’s motion is unrestrained, the impact will jerk the head forward and then backward, causing whiplash, and this injures the neck. This can cause shooting pain, numbness or weakness in your extremities.

Family Chiropractic Care and Wellness Care for Auto Accident Injury Patients

Our Lexington chiropractor has several solutions for your initial pain management for any auto accident injury. We have diagnostic techniques for evaluating your condition and pinpointing the exact source of your injury. Then, we can utilize the appropriate treatment and rehabilitation to get you out of pain quickly and heal your injured area. 

At LifeStyle Chiropractic, we offer additional supportive therapies such as whole body vibration to help your muscles regain strength when normal exercise is not an option. Once your progression has reached a point that you can safely exercise, we can prescribe gentle stretches and other techniques to make your muscles strong and heal the other injured tissues. We are here to help you with your family chiropractic care, your wellness care, or your auto accident injury, call our Lexington office today so you can "Get back into life!"