Albuquerque car accidents are as common as Albuquerque sand and wind. It’s not the first guy running the red light you need to worry about, it’s the 4th guy running the red light that’s the problem.
And since the human body is not designed to withstand the forces involved in even the smallest accident, anyone who has been in an accident needs to get their spine checked, by a chiropractor, as soon after the injury as possible.
Immediately after an accident some people may not feel a lot of pain. In a lot of cases, the nerves that are damaged in the accident are the same ones responsible for reporting pain to the brain. In these situations, your spine may not start to hurt until those nerves begin to heal, a long time after the accident. If that happens, it may have been so long we don’t associate the pain with the accident. We think we slept funny or have a crick in the neck from looking at our phone too much.
That’s why it’s important to have your spine checked with neurological testing that will measure how your body is functioning rather than going by how you feel. Only this kind of testing will help your chiropractor determine if, where, and how bad your problem actually is.
The goal of chiropractic in auto accident cases is not just pain relief but to also to help minimize any residual effects of the injury that happened in the accident; to make sure that the spine heals in the proper position; and to help the spine retain flexibility.
Neurological testing is also important because it will allow your chiropractor to determine when complete healing of your spine has occurred. Guessing has no place in health care when objective testing is available.
The doctors at Health Quest have over 80 years of experience helping people recover from the devastating effects of automobile accidents. If you or anyone in your circle of friends and family have been in a car accident, please make sure everyone gets their spines checked. You can reach us at (505) 407-3084