I'm very excited about a patient I've been treating lately. She's very pro-active in her treatments. She was in a horrible car accident a couple weeks ago and called me and her chiropractor FROM THE HOSPITAL to schedule her first post-car-accident appointments! She would have been fine waiting until she got home to call, but she figured she had some time to kill between x-rays and CT scans, why not?
I saw pictures of her car. It was a very bad accident with the front half of her car being completely demolished. She was very lucky to have walked away from the scene. Thank goodness for seat belts and airbags, huh?
We began treatments the day following her accident and twice weekly since (she's following a similar schedule with her chiropractor). She wasn't sore the day after her accident, which is pretty normal - most people don't start experiencing pain for about a week after their accidents! But here's the more surprising part. Other than some back stiffness when she first wakes up in the morning, she's pain-free. Because she sought help early on from her acupuncturist and chiropractor, she is not suffering from the usual injuries that follow car accidents.
If you're in a car accident, consider seeking alternative medical care. There's so much that can be done to prevent the whiplash and back pain from setting in. If you're unable to see someone in time to prevent these injuries, there is still so much that can be done to speed the recovery process.
Becca,
ReplyDeleteWhat style treatment did you do? I would be curious to find out. I use the Manaka IPC treatments with great success with whiplash. Soon as someone tells me they have been in an accident I use Tai Ji or the Whiplash protocol. Works amazingly well...
In general I use TCM-style treatments. What I do for the first couple of weeks is Bl62, SI3, LI4, Lv3, TB5, GB41 and Du 20. Then later I treat specific tight areas. That set of points seems to really spread the Qi around keeping it from contracting and creating that muscle tightness and pain.
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