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If you and/or your child(ren) have been involved in a car accident, or any type of vehicle collision, you may well be experiencing whiplash, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and/or back pain as sudden force can cause shaking of the brain and can also cause misalignments in the spine causing injury to the discs, joints, ligaments, and/or nerves around it. You don’t have to be driving fast to suffer whiplash or injury to the spine. Some whiplash injuries happen when a car travels at speeds as low as 5 mph. Symptoms may start immediately after the accident, but in many cases, you may not start experiencing pain until hours, days, or even several weeks later. One common reason for delayed symptoms is that our bodies experience a surge of adrenaline and endorphins during a traumatic event like an auto accident.
Symptoms of whiplash, TBI and auto accident injuries can include:
- Restricted Range of Motion (ROM)
- Trouble swallowing
- Loss of voice
- Jaw (TMJ) problems
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Headaches
- Sleep Disturbance (insomnia)
- Sleeping more than usual
- Fatigue
- Visual Disturbances ( blurred vision, flashing lights)
- Difficulty concentration
- State of being confused, dazed or disoriented.
- Short-term Memory loss
- Change in pupil dilation of eye(s)
- Tenderness in the neck
- Muscle stiffness
- Changes in Mood, Mood Swings
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Loss or coordination
- Numbness, tingling, pins/needles, weakness
- Low back pain
- Nerve pain
- Bone fractures
- Facet joint injuries
Symptoms in children can also include:
- Changes in behavior, loss of interest
- Changes in sleep habits, nightmares
- Excessive crying and inability to be consoled
- Fever
- Restlessness
- Irritability
- Drowsiness
Most car seat manufacturers as well as NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) recommend replacing infant carrier and baby seats after a moderate to severe auto accident as there is no way to test the seat, to see if the integrity was compromised.
Happy Bones Health & Wellness serves Clearwater, Clearwater Beach, Belleair, Seminole, Palm Harbor, Largo, St. Petersburg, and other surrounding cities in Pinellas County. Dr Staci Price-McCarthy and her compassionate staff can help by providing gentle Chiropractic Manipulations, Acupuncture, Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT), Physiotherapy and Therapeutic Activities to help reduce inflammation, minimize pain, reduce scar tissue, and restore mobility.