Auto Accident Treatment

Paperwork: Adding Insult to Injury

At GetBack Chiropractic, we can not only relieve your injury, we can also help with the paperwork. Our capable, friendly front office staff can assist you with this task. In addition, the doctor is experienced in working with accident cases and can counsel you in handling any problems. Just ask! For example, do you know about Med-Pay?

Did you know that 9 out of 10 people get into car accidents every 10 years? No wonder so many people have headaches and neck pain. Unfortunately, most of those people don’t know if they have Med-Pay or even what it is until too late. So here are the facts: When you buy your car insurance policy, you buy it in different parts. You might buy collision, uninsured motorists, liability, etc. You can also purchase Med-Pay. Med-Pay usually pays 100% of your medical or Chiropractic bills without any wait. There are no co-pays or deductibles in most cases, like your health insurance. Often, your health insurance limits Chiropractic coverage. Your Med-Pay pays for care for each person in the car. Your insurance company cannot raise your rates because you used your Med-Pay.

Whiplash

If you’ve been in an auto accident, then you know how nagging and painful a whiplash” injury can be. Neck injuries are among the most disabling of conditions. Headaches, stiff neck, tightness between the shoulder blades, and lower back pain can be the direct result of a car accident. In a typical accident the head and neck snap backwards. The ligaments and muscles will pull, stretch, and possibly tear in the front of the neck. When the muscles in the front of the neck sense that the head is not in the correct position they tighten, snapping the head forward. This causes damage to the tissues in the back of the neck. All this happens in less than 2/10 of a seconds—so fast that you may not even realize it has happened.

More Damage to You Than Your Car

Don’t minimize your own injuries because your car has sustained little or no damage. An immediate chiropractic examination is essential. Pain pills won’t heal inflamed tendons and ligaments. Muscle relaxers won’t heal torn muscles. A cervical collar won’t restore a graceful forward spinal curve.

Specific chiropractic spinal adjustments, because they can help restore proper motion and position of individual spinal bones, can help assure proper healing. A chiropractor can help you get well and stay well after the trauma of a whiplash injury.

Call GetBack Chiropractic at (408) 730-1991 today for an examination to see if Chiropractic can help you, or contact us by e-mail.