Chiropractic Care and Whiplash Treatment

After an auto accident, life can quickly become overwhelming. Aside from dealing with the headache of damage to your vehicle, towing charges, and car insurance battles, you also have to get treatment for the injuries incurred in the collision. The hospital and your doctor may treat you for vital injuries and provide treatment for your pain, but you may still suffer from ongoing discomfort such as back pain, headache or whiplash.

Sometimes the symptoms from whiplash and auto accident injuries in your spine, joints, neck and muscles may not appear for many days or weeks following an accident. Once they do appear, they seem to increase in intensity over the years due to the buildup of scar tissue or further damage to untreated auto accident injuries. That is why it's important to see a chiropractor as soon as possible following your auto accident to prevent further damage and treat musculoskeletal injuries as soon as possible.

Encinitas & Cardiff by the Sea Auto
Accident Injury Victims

It is not uncommon for a auto accident victim to visit our Cardiff by the Sea office and report back pain, whiplash or other pain, only to find that he or she is suffering from more serious conditions, such as a herniated disc. In fact, one herniated disc can be the root cause of multiple problems, including leg pain, neck pain, back pain, tingling, numbness in the extremities and other symptoms. For those patients, we may use advanced spinal decompression to bring the discs into proper alignment and, in turn, eliminate painful symptoms.

Patients who need spinal decompression at our Cardiff by the Sea office may lie on our whole body vibration table, called the Pettibon Spinal Rejuvenation Therapy Table, to promote muscle relaxation and disc position. We may also provide the patient with oxygen during the treatment to encourage removal of toxins in the body and enhance the healing effects of the decompression treatment.

In addition to spinal decompression and musculoskeletal manipulation, we may also recommend the services of a massage therapist as supplementation to the care of a chiropractor to help you feel better as soon as possible. Treatment from a massage therapist can help relieve tension and stress in the muscles. Afterward, patients often report feeling less pain. Additionally, relaxed muscles can also improve the effectiveness of chiropractic care, which may expedite overall healing.

If you or someone you know in the Encinitas or Cardiff by the Sea area is suffering from whiplash, back pain or another complication due to injuries sustained in an auto accident, do not put off treatment any longer. Schedule a consultation with a chiropractor at Gold Coast Chiropractic as soon as possible. We will do everything we can to treat your injury and symptoms in a natural and non-invasive way. Our goal is to return you to the pain-free life you enjoyed prior to your collision as fast as possible.