If you’re a tennis player, it’s common to get tennis elbow. Runners get shin splints. Football players tear their ACLs. There are specific injuries that most commonly occur with certain sports because of the way in which the body typically moves while participating in them. The same can be said for automobile accidents. Even …
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Slip and Fall Injuries
You don’t have to be Wile E. Coyote with his latest mail order from Acme to suffer a personal injury. Falling over something left in the way, slipping on wet floors, tripping over an uneven sidewalk―these can all lead to serious injuries that require treatment. Slips and falls can vary in severity and the …
Low-speed Car Accidents: How Your Body is Damaged Even If Your Car Isn’t
If you’ve been in a low-speed accident, that’s one that’s under 10 mph, your vehicle may come out of it virtually unscathed, but your body? Not so much. Why? Newton’s First Law states, “An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the …
Car Accidents and Chiropractors
Did you know that car crashes are the number one cause of injury in the United States? Injuries can occur even in collisions under 5 miles per hour, so “minor” incidents can have long term consequences, not just for your health. Sometimes accidents leave you struggling with lengthy legal issues, especially if you don’t take …
Winter Weather and Whiplash
The holidays are a wonderful time to spend with family and to reflect on everything we have to be grateful for. Watching the snow fall is beautiful, but the weather outside can be frightening too! Almost one hundred million Americans will be traveling this holiday season and one patch of ice or a moment of …
How do I know if I have Whiplash?
When you think of whiplash you probably think of a car accident. That is one of the most well known causes of whiplash. Whiplash can occur at other times, like during sports, or more rarely, during a fall. Whiplash occurs when the neck is jerked back and forth, stretching or tearing the muscles and tendons …
Factors that Affect the Severity of Whiplash
There are many different factors that can affect the severity of a whiplash injury. Whiplash describes damage to both the soft tissues and the bone structures of the neck. If you have been in an auto accident you need to visit a doctor. North Country Pain Relief Center can help with transportation if your vehicle …
What is Whiplash?
The Most Common Car Accident Injury Whiplash is the most common injury that people suffer from in car accidents. It can occur in high speed collisions as well as very low speed accidents. Whiplash develops when the head is whipped back and snaps forward very quickly. The severity of the injury depends on many different …
Whiplash: The Signs & Symptoms
Whiplash is the most common type of injury after a car accident; it is also called a neck sprain or strain. It is caused by the abrupt jerking motion of the head, forward or backward, often due to a car accident. Intervertebral joints, discs, nerve roots, cervical muscles and ligaments may become damaged due to …
Car Accident Whiplash: What Works
Any sort of car crash can cause you long term pain. Even in low impact accidents, collisions at less than ten miles per hour, you can experience whiplash. Be aware that any accident can leave you with long term injuries. You should visit a chiropractor even if you don’t feel immediate pain. It is a …
