Chiropractic Care for Shoulder Injuries After a Car Accident in Edmonds

Optimal Health Chiropractic and Massage in Edmonds can help you heal from your shoulder injury. Chiropractic care is effective at lowering pain and restoring range of motion to your shoulder after it has been injured in a car accident.

Common Causes of Shoulder Injuries During a Car Accident

When you are involved in a car accident, one of your shoulders is held back by the seat belt. The other is free to move forward a few inches until your entire body reaches the end of its ability to move forward and snaps backwards into the seat. This places a tremendous amount of force on the shoulder that is held by the seatbelt, which can result in rotor cuff tears, severe bruising and sprains and strains. Shoulder injuries can also occur if you  impact the door or another object in the car.

Shoulder Injury Symptoms

Shoulder injuries cause a variety of symptoms, including loss of range of motion, muscle weakness, difficulty raising your arm above your head and pain that worsens when using your shoulder or arm. If you have any of these symptoms after your car accident, you should schedule an appointment with our chiropractor for a full evaluation.

Chiropractic Treatments for Seat Belt Injuries

Heat, ice and over-the-counter anti-inflammatories, like ibuprofen, can help provide you with pain relief for the first day or two after your injury, but to prevent continued pain and loss of range of motion, you should consider a visit to our chiropractor. Our chiropractor in Edmonds will evaluate your shoulder, back and neck for injuries. Sometimes shoulder pain is the result of a different spinal injury, like whiplash or a herniated disc in your neck.

After your evaluation, we may recommend chiropractic care, acupuncture and massage therapy for the healing of your car accident related shoulder injuries. Treatment usually starts with chiropractic adjustments and massage therapy. When massage therapy is combined with chiropractic adjustments, inflammation and pain are lowered while flexibility and circulation are improved. Acupuncture sessions can also help alleviate pain and decrease your recovery time.

To schedule an appointment for an evaluation after your car accident, call us at 425-361-1839.