Auto Injuries Specialist

What are some common auto injuries?

The force from a car accident can cause your body to experience more stress than it’s used to, resulting in various injuries, such as:

Concussions

A concussion is a form of traumatic brain injury that occurs when your head suddenly hits an object, such as a car windshield. Concussions can cause head pain, dizziness, and trouble with memory and focus.

Whiplash

Whiplash happens when your head moves forward and backward rapidly, like a whip. This movement stretches the muscles and tendons in your neck, causing neck pain, stiffness, and a restricted range of motion.

Fractures

The force of a car crash can cause your bones to break. Any bone can fracture in an automobile accident, but it most often affects the arms, hands, legs, and feet. Fractures can cause joint pain, swelling, and deformity.

Sprains and strains

Ligament sprains and muscle strains can cause many types of joint pain, including knee pain, shoulder pain, and back and neck pain.

Back injuries

Auto injuries can cause a wide range of problems that lead to back pain, such as herniated discs, spondylolisthesis, sprains, and strains.

A lumbar herniated disc that presses on a nerve can cause sciatica, which is pain that originates in your low back and radiates into other parts of your body. Sciatica can cause low back pain, hip pain, and leg pain.

How do pain management physicians help treat auto injuries?

The multidisciplinary pain management team at Peak Spine & Sports Medicine takes an integrative, holistic approach to treating auto injuries.

After they diagnose the type and severity of your injury, they create an individualized treatment plan to relieve your pain, increase functioning, and enhance your quality of life.

What does pain management for auto injuries entail?

The highly skilled team at Peak Spine & Sports Medicine provides personalized treatment to address your particular needs. Examples of holistic pain management for auto injuries may include:

• Physical therapy
• Massage therapy
• Back or neck bracing
• Spinal injections
• Joint injections
• Regenerative medicine
• Medication for pain relief
• Spinal cord stimulation

They may also recommend lifestyle changes like exercise, nutrition, and stress management to reduce chronic pain from auto injuries.

For comprehensive care of pain from auto injuries, call Peak Spine & Sports Medicine today or request an appointment online.