Whiplash/Car Accident Injury Pain Relief In Roseville, Minnesota

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Whiplash is common injury that results from being involved in a car accident.  In whiplash, various tissues such as discs, muscles, joints, and ligaments are stretched beyond their normal capacity resulting in injury and pain.  Some of the most common whiplash symptoms would include:

In this article we will focus on some of the key things you can do to help improve your pain and effectively recover from your whiplash injuries.  In the first 3-5 days following the injury it is very important to try to reduce and control the inflammation in the injured tissues in your neck and back.  It is simple, but an effective way to help reduce inflammation is icing.  You will want to ice for 20 minutes at a time and then take 1-2 hours off before icing again.  The more frequently you can ice, especially in the first week following the injury will be key for pain reduction.  Those seeking Whiplash/Car accident injury pain relief in Roseville, Minnesota will want to consistently do this simple activity.

Another key recommendation to help improve your pain faster is that continuing to move is key.  Now, when we talk about movement we are talking about relatively pain free movement.  For example, if you are experiencing neck pain you will still want to move your neck around and through its normal ranges of motion.  The key is that if you perform a movement that is painful, STOP at that point.  Do not fight through any pain.  Thus, you want to keep you neck and back moving through what is a comfortable range of motion, knowing that your range of motion may be limited at this point in your recovery.

Lastly, if you are seeking whiplash/car accident injury pain relief in Roseville, Minnesota seek chiropractic care ASAP.  Spinal manipulation is very effective at improving neck pain, back pain, and headaches associated with whiplash, especially when these treatments are started shortly after the whiplash injury occurs.  For effective whiplash pain relief, call our office today at 651-779-5998 to feel better faster.  Dr. Eric Lund

We serve many patients in Roseville, MN, Saint Paul, MN, Falcon Heights, MN, Arden Hills, MN, and Shoreview, MN.