When you experience a collision, sometimes the headaches, neck pain, and shoulder or back pain don’t start to become worrisome or severe until anywhere from a few hours to a few days after the accident. This is because it takes some time for inflammation to really set in, and it also is because you may very well have been “in shock” at first. In situations like that your body compartmentalizes the pain and permits your brain and body to function in order to ensure you are out of danger.

Imagine getting bit by a tiger and still needing to escape. You will be “in shock” and you will run for safety. Once you are safely tucked away in a cave or whatever, that’s when the body starts really talking to your brain about the extent of your injury. It’s a simple and silly analogy, but it gets the point across.

Sometimes clients will have already called their insurance company and told the person on the phone that everything is OK, “the car is looking really bad but I am not that hurt”. They then find a ride home and finally get to take a deep breath and sit down and then it becomes clear that something is wrong. The pain setting in feels like the kind that may very well stick around.

It’s a decent likelihood that spinal ligaments were stretched enough to have been sprained, that the stabilizing and supporting muscles of the shoulder, head, and neck were damaged, and it’s likely that the joints of the spine were injured at the moment of impact. Quite often these types of injuries heal slowly, and without proper treatment these injuries may never fully heal back to the way you were before the crash.

That’s why it is important to see someone who will assess your condition and document your injuries. You pay so much for car insurance for a reason, and that reason is times just like this. If you are concerned about your injuries then you should give Park Bench Chiropractic a call and let the front desk know you’ve been in a car accident. Our attentive and friendly staff will get some information from you, set up your consult and first appointment, and you can let us handle the details from that point on. Your only concern should be your physical health and a full recovery.

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