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Recovering from an Auto Injury

More than 1 million men and women are hurt in rear-end collisions every year in the US, and a significant fraction of auto injury cases contribute to pain for years or even decades. The good news is that chiropractic has been found to be a highly effective way to treat whiplash injuries and avoid chronic pain. Dr. Holland has helped many St. Louis, MO, residents who have suffered from an auto injury and we might be able to help you, too!

A 1996 British research study sums up the challenge:

"The 'whiplash' syndrome is a collection of symptoms produced as a result of soft-tissue injury of the cervical spine. The accumulated literature suggests that 43 percent of patients will suffer long-term symptoms following 'whiplash' injury. If patients are still symptomatic after three months then there is almost a 90 per cent chance that they will remain so. No conventional treatment has proven to be effective in these established chronic cases."

The authors of this paper studied the effectiveness of chiropractic in twenty-eight patients with long-term whiplash pain. The patients were referred to the chiropractic physician an average of 15.5 (range, 3-44) months after the crash, and were questioned before care by both an third-party chiropractor and an orthopedic physician. The patients were assigned to one of four classification groups: A - No symptoms; B - Symptoms are a nuisance; C - Symptoms are intrusive; and, D - Symptoms are disabling. The initial evaluation placed 27 of the 28 patients in groups C or D.

"Following treatment, 26 (93 per cent) of the patients had improved: 16 by one symptom group and 10 by two symptom groups. This improvement was independent of whether it was assessed by an orthopaedic surgeon or a chiropractor. In the group that had improved, 17 had stopped their treatment at the time of assessment; symptoms had recurred to a minor degree in four (24 per cent) of these patients and they were considering further treatment."

This confirms what we find in our clinic here in St. Louis, MO. Chiropractic is a wonderful method to help you heal from auto injuries and reduce the risk of long-term pain and disability.

Don't endure old or recent auto injuries! We have been helping auto injury patients in St. Louis, MO since . Call our clinic today at (314) 588-9100 to see how we can help you.

Woodward MN, Cook JCH, Gargan MF, Bannister GC. Chiropractic treatment of chronic -whiplash- injuries. Injury: International Journal of the Care of the Injured 1996;27(9):643-645.

March 07, 2015
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We have a long-standing track record or helping people get out of pain with chiropractic care. Whether you were injured last week, or have been suffering from chronic pain for years - It might only take one visit to our office in Downtown Saint Louis, MO to get you back on the path to everyday health.