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Neck Pain After a Car Accident

Rear view of a young man holding his neck in pain, isolated on wAccording to the U. S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, there were more than five and a half million car accidents in the United States in 2013, and by all accounts, these accidents are up. Especially due to cell phone use and texting while driving, car accidents from minor fender benders to fatal occurrences in the U. S. are on the rise, with millions of victims sustaining injuries. One of the most common of these is injuries to the neck. Neck injuries can happen even in a minor car accident, and the pain that accompanies a neck injury can range from slight discomfort to debilitating and life altering. Below are the types of neck injuries that often accompany car accidents.

What Is a Chiropractic Adjustment?

Chiropractic AdjustmentChiropractic adjustments are used to align a patient’s spinal column when vertebrae are out of place or misaligned, which often can cause pain ranging from minor discomfort, to chronic pain that doesn’t seem to go away, to severe pain that limits lifestyle. Such spinal malalignment can also contribute to diseases of every system in the body. The spinal cord is connected to the nervous system, which is connected to every function of the human body. For this reason, a misaligned spine can cause more than just pain, but can be a contributing factor in disease as well.