Whiplash Blog
Whiplash Treatment in Lacey
What is Whiplash? Did you know that whiplash is a 30 year old term? Whiplash describes the neck and or back condition that patients commonly suffer after a side or rear end auto accident. If proper treatment isn’t immediately taken, 40% of whiplash sufferers will be...
Are Whiplash Cervical Collars Needed?
Lacey Chiropractor and the Possible Need for Whiplash Cervical Collar If paramedics detect a neck injury after a car accident, they will usually use a cervical collar to immobilize the neck for transport to the emergency room. There, a more in-depth exam will take...
Whiplash Vision Problems Lacey
Whiplash Vision Problems Around half of patients with chronic whiplash associated disorders are estimated to experience vision related issues like poor reading concentration, light sensitivity, visual fatigue, and eye strain. Whiplash vision problems are rare, but...
What to Do if You’ve Been in an Accident
Auto accidents happen all the time. It takes a wrong decision or slow reactions and boom, you've been hit. With more and more drivers on the road every year, accidents are more and more common. While new technology has been designed to help curb these incidents, such...
What Should You Do if You’ve Been in an Auto Accident?
Weather related accidents are the most common cause of auto accidents according to the US Department of Transportation. Annually, some 5.8 million accidents occur with almost a quarter being directly related to the weather conditions. These adverse weather conditions...
The Severity & Impact of Whiplash
Whiplash is the common disorder that occurs from many auto accidents each year. Some 300 out of 100k people can be affected by it, which of course is a great deal of people. Even here in Lacey, whiplash incidents are high and early intervention with the injury is...
The Whiplash and Tinnitus Connection
Tinnitus affects some 50 million Americans every day. It's the constant ringing or hissing in the ears that only the sufferer can hear and depending on its severity, it can be debilitating, even leading to depression, anxiety and at the worst, to suicide. There is no...
Ways to Prevent an Accident
There are many things in life that we take for granted and don't really pay much attention to until something bad happens. Car accidents is one such thing, and it's surprising how little thought goes in to how to prevent an accident. The attitude of 'it won't happen...
Is There a Difference Between Whiplash and Regular Neck Pain?
What do you think when you hear the term whiplash? You probably think car crashes and you'd be right. But whiplash can occur from other ways too, such as falling awkwardly and in sport too. We see many whiplash injuries at our chiropractic office in Lacey and love to...
Lacey Chiropractic Explains Whiplash Disorders
Whiplash-associated disorders or more easily known as (WAD) is defined as “an acceleration-deceleration mechanism of energy transfer to the neck.” WAD can be caused by rear end or side impact vehicle collisions, sports related injuries, falls, assaults, and more....
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