Is Chiropractic Care Effective in Treating Post-Concussion Syndrome?

You are experiencing dizziness. Your head hurts all the time and your ears are ringing. You even started throwing up after returning home from the accident. When the automobile slammed into yours, you knew you struck your head, but it did not feel that painful at the moment. Well, despite how it may have appeared, there's a strong likelihood you received a concussion and possibly whiplash as a result of the accident. But you are not sure what to do now.

What is a concussion?
A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury (TBI) that occurs when the brain moves rapidly back and forth inside the skull as a result of a bump, blow, or jolt to the head or an impact on the body. A concussion can occur as a result of a variety of injuries. Falls, automobile accidents, sports injuries, and other factors are common causes. If you've been in a car accident, you may have suffered a concussion as a result of your head colliding with the dashboard or a window or something striking your head during contact. It's critical to detect the symptoms of a concussion and seek treatment as soon as possible.

What are the symptoms of a concussion?
A concussion's signs and symptoms can be subtle and may not appear right away. The signs and symptoms might linger for days, weeks, or even months. Many people mistakenly believe that a concussion requires loss of consciousness, although this is not the case. When someone gets a concussion, many of them never lose consciousness. Concussions have historically been under diagnosed due to this misperception.

Headache, memory loss, and confusion are common signs of a traumatic brain injury or concussion. Amnesia refers to a loss of memory that occurs as a result of forgetting the event that produced the concussion.

A concussion's physical signs and symptoms may include, but are not limited to:

• Headache
• Ringing in the ears
• Nausea
• Vomiting 
• Fatigue or drowsiness
• Blurry vision
• Confusion or the sensation of being in a fog
• Memory loss
• Loss of consciousness or blacking out
• Dizziness or "seeing stars"
  

As previously said, symptoms can continue for days, weeks, or even months. If your symptoms remain after the expected healing time, you may have post-concussion syndrome.

What is post-concussion syndrome?
When concussion symptoms remain longer than the normal healing period following the initial injury, this is known as persistent post-concussive symptoms or post-concussion syndrome. Depending on the severity of the damage, the healing time can range from weeks to months. Headaches, dizziness, and problems with attention, balance, and memory are some of the symptoms that may persist. The collision that caused the concussion often causes structural damage to the brain or disrupts the signaling system within the nerves, resulting in post-concussion syndrome.

Concussions and post-concussion syndrome are devastating injuries that occur frequently in car accidents. Whiplash is another form of injury that may appear similar and is a common vehicle accident ailment.

How is a concussion different from whiplash?
Whiplash is a neck injury produced by a quick, powerful motion of the neck back and forth. By pushing your musculoskeletal system out of alignment, whiplash injures your bones, discs, soft tissues, and nerves.
Rear-end crashes, in which one car slams into another, are the most common cause of whiplash. Passengers' heads and necks may shake violently back and forth because of this. The brain can jolt due to this violent back-and-forth motion, resulting in a traumatic brain injury or concussion. The force can potentially injure the back and neck's bones, discs, ligaments, and soft tissues. You may have suffered both whiplash and a concussion if you were involved in a violent accident.

How can chiropractors for auto injuries help with concussions or whiplash?
You might be wondering how a chiropractor can help if you have a concussion, post-concussion syndrome, or whiplash. In addition to rest, research shows that chiropractic manipulative therapies, myofascial release, instrument-assisted soft tissue technique, and therapeutic exercises can help you heal faster than if you went to another sort of doctor. In the field of vehicle accident injuries, chiropractors are the industry leaders. They understand how to realign your body in the most secure manner imaginable. It is critical to ensure that your body is in an appropriate alignment for all of your systems to work effectively. These methods can help reduce the symptoms of a concussion or post-concussion syndrome and treat your physical whiplash injuries.

One of the most essential reasons to consult a chiropractor for a concussion, post-concussion syndrome, or whiplash is that they will treat you without using any medications. Our doctors and staff at Dr. Karl Jawhari Clinic will create a comprehensive and tailored plan of hands-on therapy and rehabilitative activities to help you heal your injuries safely and holistically. Allowing someone to write you a prescription to mask the symptoms of something that can and should be addressed organically is not a good idea. The goal of our doctors is to always get to the root of the problem. Our combination chiropractic and rehabilitative exercise method are more efficient and effective than either strategy alone.