Neck Injuries
Neck injuries from car and trucking accidents can have serious long-lasting implications for your health, well-being, and quality of life. Even minor neck injuries can cause nagging pain and limitations that interrupt your lifestyle. No matter how severe your neck injury is, it’s crucial you receive skilled medical treatment as soon as possible to make the best recovery. The attorneys at Jackson Injury Law can use their experience to empower you to get the best medical treatment available to recover from a neck injury as quickly and completely as possible. They can also help you get the fullest financial recovery available under the law. Read below to find out what type of treatment can help you recover from a neck injury.
Physical Therapy
Physical therapy exercises and modalities, such as stretching, strengthening, and manual therapy, can improve flexibility, strength, and function while promoting healing and preventing recurrence of neck injuries.
Chiropractic Care
Chiropractic care offers a holistic approach to treating neck injuries, focusing on restoring proper alignment, mobility, and function to the spine and surrounding structures. Chiropractors employ various hands-on techniques, such as spinal adjustments, mobilizations, and soft tissue therapies to alleviate pain, reduce inflammation, and promote healing. By addressing biomechanical imbalances and dysfunctions, chiropractic adjustments can help relieve pressure on injured tissues, restore proper joint function, and enhance the body’s natural ability to heal itself.
Medications
Over-the-counter or prescription medications, including nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), muscle relaxers, and pain relievers may be prescribed to manage pain and inflammation associated with neck injuries.
Surgery
Neck surgeries aim to address underlying structural damage that cannot be effectively treated through conservative measures. Common surgical interventions include discectomy, laminectomy, spinal fusion, and artificial disc replacement. Neck surgeries are typically considered when conservative treatments have failed to provide necessary relief, and the benefits of surgery outweigh the risks.
Injections
Injections are commonly used by medical doctors as part of a comprehensive treatment plan to alleviate pain and inflammation associated with neck injuries. These injections deliver medication directly to the affected area, targeting specific sources of pain and reducing reliance on oral medications that may have systemic side effects. Epidural steroid injections can provide relief by delivering corticosteroids and local anesthetics into the epidural space surrounding the spinal cord, reducing inflammation and blocking pain signals. Facet joint injections target the small joints in the spine, providing pain relief and improving mobility by injecting a combination of local anesthetic and anti-inflammatory medication directly into the affected joints. Injections can offer significant pain relief.