Many headaches are caused by the daily stresses of life. These certain types of headaches, known as tension headaches, form when there is a buildup of tense muscles in the neck, shoulders and back, creating a headache that can become unbearable. A chiropractor is able to loosen those muscles and reduce the headache with their spinal manipulation techniques. The chiropractor will give you advice for stretches and exercises that will help reduce the tense muscles.

A misbalance in the neck region is found to be the cause of other certain types of headaches, and with chiropractic care the neck can be corrected with adjustments, making chiropractic care the most common alternative therapy for headache sufferers. Posture issues can correlate with headaches as well, another issue that can be corrected with chiropractic treatment.

Headache sufferers notice pain decreases after several treatments as their muscles become less tight and nerve irritation decreases. By using chiropractic adjustments, stretching, nutrition and exercises that correct the spine, a patient is able to achieve optimal results. Chiropractors don’t use medications or surgery as a form of treatment, therefore your headache treatment will be handled with spinal adjustments and other hands-on techniques that your chiropractor has determined to benefit you the most. Your headache pain can diminish in a non-invasive way that is meant to help prevent headaches in the future and promote overall health.

Chiropractic adjustments have significant effectiveness for people who suffer from headaches. Patients that experience headaches of any sort benefit from chiropractic treatment with their hands-on techniques and spinal manipulations. Our chiropractic offers headache treatment in Denver to better enhance your well-being.

Contact Denver Chiropractic to learn more about headache treatment in Denver. For those seeking a chiropractor in Plantation FL, consider the help of Westside Chiropractic. Their Plantation chiropractor, Dr. Lisa Owen, can help through specialized treatment and care.

Below is a table summarizing whiplash injury treatment in Colorado from an auto accident chiropractor. Whiplash is also termed cervical acceleration deceleration syndrome.  The grading of your injuries will be determined by your personal injury chiropractor.

1. Adapted from Croft AC:   Treatment paradigm for cervical acceleration/deceleration injuries (whiplash).   Am Chiro Assoc J Chiro 30(1):   41-45, 1993.

2. T_D indicates treatment duration; T_N treatment total number;

3. Possible follow-up at 1 month.

4. May require permanent monthly or p.r.n. treatment.

As you notice, treatment frequency is daily for the first week for the most minor case that could last 11 weeks with a total of 21 visits. If your Denver car accident doctor evaluated you and recommended such a treatment length it is because whiplash injuries take time to heal with proper treatment. Without proper treatment they may never heal properly and preclude you to chronic pain.

As a Denver car crash specialist, I regularly get the deer in the headlights look when I explain to people that they will need approximately 20 plus treatments. I understand that this seems like a lot of treatment, but then again you just had a 3,000 pound vehicle slam into you. Auto accident injuries are unique in that the crash imparts a tremendous amount of force on the vehicle occupants in a very short amount of time (mass=force x acceleration).

If you were in an auto accident in Denver, we can help. If you do not have med pay on your auto insurance, we can provide treatment to you on a lien. A chiropractic lien in Denver is paid off at the end of your treatment through the settlement by the at fault insurance company.

It is very important for you to have patience as your car accident whiplash injuries take time to heal. It is also important to know that you will have aggravations of your injuries, and that healing is an up and down process. Your car accident chiropractor will know if you need to see a specialist or get imaging.

Please feel free to add a question to the comment section or email us at the clinic.

Chiropractic treatment became relevant to patients of arthritis since a woman benefited from it. This woman went to a chiropractor for bilateral polyarthralgia, which she endured. Her toes, knees and fingers were attacked by it. Since she was an Arthritis patients she used to take prescribed medication but to no effect. Hypolordosis and subluxation were diagnosed after series of tests. Irritation to nerves of spine is called subluxation and diminution of lung scope is called hypolordosis.

While chronic inflammation is caused due to subluxation, immunity gets reduced due to Hypolordosis. Thus, reduction of irritation relaxes nerves, which reduces inflammation of organs. Apart from that, WBC have been found to increase due to Thoracic adjustment. Besides, upper vertebral adjustment and consequent correction of posture ultimately assists in repair of immune system.

The end result is relief. In case of the mentioned woman, degree of pain that she endured before treatment and that she endured after treatment had reduced from 9 to 1 on scale of 10. Such remarkable effect of chiropractic treatment has rekindled hope of relief among sufferers. Insurance coverage has made the treatment affordable too.

About The Author

This post was contributed on behalf of Dr. Chad Polley, a Chiropractor providing chiropractic services in Brandon and Riverview Florida.

Injuries

1. Be Patient – You will get better, but it can takes months of healing as your body experienced a very large amount of force.
2. Flare Ups – It is normal to have aggravations of your injuries. Healing is an up and down process.
3. Getting to 100% – Follow your treatment plan! National statistics show an average number of treatments is 26 for whiplash injury.

Treatment 

1. Chiropractic Adjustments – Spinal manipulation is very important as your injuries produce spasms, stiffness, and tight muscles. This causes the spine to not work properly. Restoring the motion and alignment of the spine is paramount to your recovery.
2. Physiotherapies – This includes exercise, electrotherapy, moist heat, myofascial release, massage, cold laser therapy, etc.
3. Initial and Final treatments – It is important for the insurance company and the attorney to have a formal discharge from our clinic. Our clinic produces an extensive initial narrative and a final narrative that is very important for your case.
4. Duration and Frequency – People respond the best with the following:
   1. 3 times per week for 4 weeks
   2. 2 times per week for 4 weeks
   3. 1 time per week for 4 weeks.
5. Referral – If you are not responding to care, (you should experience some improvement with each treatment) or need co-managed, we have an extensive network of professionals that we work with.

Who Pays for Your Treatment

1. Med Pay (your auto insurance) – By default you get $5,000 with certain policies to use for medical bills. It is your advantage to use your Med Pay
2. No – Med Pay = Lien (others auto insurance) – The at fault auto insurance will not pay medical providers directly and will only pay through settlement via an attorney at the end of your treatment.
3. Health Insurance/Cash Visit – We don’t accept health insurance or cash prices as our contracts and cash prices do not include the documentation services we provide for auto injury patients.

Attorneys

 Need or Not Need? – If you have been injured and the damage to your car is greater than $1,000 then you need an attorney. If you are being treated on a lien, you need an attorney

1. Which Attorney? – We have a list of attorneys that we have found reputable and professional that we prefer to work with, but you are free to use your own attorney.

Following a Whiplash accident, there are a host of different common symptoms that can happen.  Some of the more common symptoms include neck pain, headaches, pain at the base of your head, shoulder, and even jaw pain.  Other symptoms include but are not limited to numbness and tingling, muscle spasms, difficulty sleeping, irritability, memory loss, ringing in the ears, weakness, and concentration issues.

Although the term whiplash is the most commonly used term it is archaic and the more recent and more explanative terms are CAD (cervical acceleration deceleration) injury and cervical hyperextension injury, although for the purposes of this article I will use the term whiplash for simplicity.  Analyzing slow motion videos of auto accidents easily gives reason for the updated terminology.  On impact the head whips forward or back and then recoils the opposite direction, in a fraction of a second.

The most common mechanism of injury is an auto accident.  It is very important that your doctor asks the right questions and documents them accordingly.  It is the little details that matter in an accident and this is especially important when it comes to settling your case.  Damage that occurs to ligaments, discs, and joints can be significantly worse if your head was turned looking into the rearview mirror or talking to a passenger.  While driving with one hand can cause rotation in your mid back or having one foot on the brake can torque your pelvis.  As you can see it is the minute details that mater and if the doctor you are seeing is not asking these detailed questions you should probably be asking yourself if you are in the right place.

How long it takes for you to heal whiplash syndromes depends on how severe the trauma sustained to your body is and what structures and tissues were damaged.  But for a quick guideline, muscles usually heal the quickest, taking a few months to repair, ligament and tendons can take six months or more, and discs can take over a year to heal completely.  If you have pain that lasts more than 4-6 months it is often associated with a spinal problem in your spine involving the facets (a part of your vertebrae), ligaments and/or discs that is most likely affecting your nervous system slowing the healing process.

Whiplash treatment in Fort Collins and other cities can be quite diverse.   And if you have read this far you can see the value of finding the right doctor.  You need a doctor, who is detail orientated, trained in soft tissue injuries, and who is genuinely concerned about you, not just a pay check.  When you head to the hospital they will check your vitals, look for broken bones and life-threatening conditions and release you with some medication for the pain.  Their focus is on life and death and not on treating underlying musculoskeletal problems that often lead to future pain and degeneration.  What you need to understand is that pills will not correct structural or soft tissue damage, there are specialized therapies designed for treatment of these injuries that some chiropractors will utilize.

There have been numerous studies that have shown early manipulation and mobilization have better outcomes than waiting weeks or months to seek chiropractic care.  Our Fort Collins whiplash treatment goal for you is to get you back to pre-accident state as quickly as possible.

It’s pleasant to think that all your bills will just be magically paid, but you will soon realize once Mr. Postman delivers the first bill that you will need a game plan. Insurance adjustors are hard to get on the phone without getting their voicemail, and it may be difficult or seem impossible to get a return call from them. A typical bill from the emergency room that did a CT scan is $7,000. Wow! I’m sure the insurance company is just beating down your door to pay that for you.

This is when your own auto insurance policy needs to be examined. You have been paying every month to have auto insurance, but what does it exactly cover? If you are like the average Joe, you have no idea what it covers. Hopefully, you have what is called MedPay or PIP as a benefit on your policy.

In Colorado, by default you get $5,000 in MedPay, which covers medical expenses, regardless of who is at-fault. This benefit can help you out quite a bit, but you have to check your declarations page or call your auto insurance to see if you have this benefit. By law you have to sign a waiver to not have this benefit. I know, I know, the other insurance company said they will pay your bills and you don’t want to tap into your precious insurance because you are afraid that your premiums will go up. When you use your benefits that you have been paying for, your premiums will not go up. You have a right to use your MedPay benefits, even if the other insurance company said that they will pay your bills.

Let’s hypothetically look at a car accident situation where you are injured and your car is damaged. Most insurance companies are fair when it comes to reimbursing you for your car. I do recommend that you get several estimates, and if your car is totaled then get comparable prices in your zip code for the same type of car with similar mileage and condition. When it comes to the medical side of your case, it is imperative to go to a Denver auto accident doctor, a whiplash specialist, a chiropractor who treats accident injuries, and so forth.

A qualified Denver car accident doctor will produce detailed documentation of your accident and just how you were injured from your accident. This is very important, because the medical record tell your story, and you want as much of story as possible told. This comes down to how your life is affected due to being injured from someone else. Let’s say you go to the best Denver whiplash specialist and they fix you up good as can be and you accumulate $4,000 in medical bills.

What you might not know is that you are eligible for a bodily injury settlement. The at-fault insurance company will give you a settlement at the end of your treatment that will cover your medical bills and damages. Damages are in the form of lost wages and pain and suffering.

Most people need a good Denver personal injury attorney to get all of this settled, but some courageous people will settle on their own.  Either route you take, we’ll will say that the insurance company settles your case for $6,000. If you have MedPay on your insurance, that $6,000 in your pocket, but if you don’t have MedPay, you only end up with $2,000 since you had to pay your auto accident bills.

In short, having good auto insurance will pay off for you. Check your policy now and add MedPay, it is not very much to have and can save you a ton of money if you are in a car accident. Also, go to a well qualified auto accident chiropractor and get a good personal injury attorney on your side.

Some cases with similar injuries and similar vehicle collision mechanisms can have much different outcomes. This is in part determined when you go to the doctor and which doctor you go to. Many doctors have no training in auto injury and may dismiss your injuries. Some doctors may do a wait and watch or rather yet, prescribe heavy narcotics that can lead to addiction problems. Others will most likely prescribe physical therapy.

Physical therapy is great adjunct to auto injury rehabilitation, but should never be a standalone treatment. In my experience, a combination of specialists such as Denver chiropractors, massage therapists, physical therapists, and acupuncturists will provide the best results. Your choice of treatment, or rather, what your doctor recommends will play a huge factor in the success of your chances of full recovery. Unfortunately, getting inadequate Denver whiplash treatment may lead to a lifetime of chronic pain.

Another major consequence of going to a doctor for whiplash who hasn’t been trained specifically in all areas of auto injury management is that it may affect your settlement. Your health is the number one priority, but you must remember that with all injuries, they have a chance of coming back every so often. Even if you get the best treatment that money can buy, injuries have a neck for resurfacing, as most tissues do not have the ability to regenerate themselves once injured. Scar tissue is formed and it is less resilient, non elastic, non contractile, and not as functional which leads to future problems.

This is why your settlement for bodily injury from the at-fault insurance company is important. You will need to pay for future treatment for flare ups of your injuries. Your settlement amount is determined by lots of factors, but one very large factor is the quality of notes that your doctors or therapists generate during all phases of your treatment.

It is the quality of documentation that will allow your Denver personal injury attorney to best represent you. This is when a Denver whiplash spe

cialist pays off, as you will not only get the best treatment available to you, but you will also get objective records accurately showing all aspects of your injury.

There are too many details to go into about what gets documented. What is important is that the medical records will show exactly how you were injured, the way you were injured, how the injury affected your day to day life, and what is to be expected in the future. Future medical costs will be calculated which is also important to your overall settlement.

All doctors want the best outcome for you, but it is important how that gets documented. Adequate records will show all insurance companies, all lawyers, and perhaps a jury what exactly occurred to you from the time of the accident till what the future may hold for such injuries sustained. At Denver Chiropractic, LLC we take the time fully document every aspect of your situation and can provide you the best available treatment. Contact us to make an appointment with our Denver whiplash specialist today.

If there is anyone on the planet that can be a spokesman on the benefits of kinesio tape, it is the Olympic athlete. Although the weekend warrior and desk jockey can also benefit from kinesio tape. There are many benefits to the tape, other than just looking cool.

As a Denver chiropractor, I utilize kinesio taping in Denver (k tape) on a daily basis and phenomenal results. My most recent observation of the tapes helpfulness was a nasty case of bilateral tarsal tunnel syndrome that is responding quite well. With in three weeks, I had two relatively young men find my office, both with the same condition, and both being at the end of their ropes.

Both men had seen numerous podiatrists, massage therapists, acupuncturists, and had MRI’s, and nerve conduction velocity tests. None of them could help. This is unfortunate, because both had been relegated to not being helped with out surgery, and that was not even a sure bet.

Luckily they found our clinic, Denver Chiropractic, LLC that is in Denver, CO that specializes in a multitude of conservative techniques. We did a multi-facet approach where we utilized the Graston Technique, followed by k taping the tarsal tunnel, using a G5 on the lower extremity, topped off with adjustments to the ankle and feet. Both men are responding quite well, with the first fellow at 90% normal with only 3 treatments.

I could go on and on about individual success stories, but what is important is that kinesio tape does help for a variety of conditions. Our body is similar to a rubber band, in that has elasticity. Sometimes parts of our bodies elasticity changes, and the tape helps to restore the elasticity just enough for the body to allow it heal itself.

Our Denver chiropractor, Dr. Trent Artichoker MS, DC, who is trained in kinesio taping can help you with your injuries. The taping techniques can be easily taught to where you can apply the tape to yourself at home.

Your own insurance company has a legal obligation to treat you fairly. In 2008, the Colorado General Assembly enacted new statutes
prohibiting first party insurers, with certain exceptions, from unreasonably delaying or denying payment of benefits. Under the statutes, a person whose insurance company has unreasonably delayed or denied benefits can recover attorney’s fees, court costs, and two times the covered benefit. This is a major shift from the standard rule that regardless of which party wins a lawsuit, each party has to pay his/her own attorney’s fees. It is also a major shift from the standard rule merely allowing the prevailing party compensatory damages—damages to make up for his/her losses. While punitive damages have always existed in Colorado to punish willful or reckless conduct, these new statutes punish insurance companies’ unreasonable conduct without requiring a showing of reckless or willful behavior. Thus, the statutes have some sharp teeth in ensuring reasonable behavior by insurance companies toward their own insureds.

The following is an example of how this would work: you are hit in a car crash by a person without insurance. Therefore, you have an uninsured motorist “UM” claim with your own insurance company. Your medical bills from the crash are $50,000. You have $50,000 of UM coverage, but your UM insurer only offers you $35,000. Your insurer has unreasonably denied you the coverage you bought and are entitled to. You sue your insurance company and recover $50,000 in payment of your UM claim. On top of the $50,000 award, you are entitled to payment of your attorney’s fees, payment of your court costs, pre-judgment interest, and an extra $100,000 (two times the covered benefit) as a penalty. In the end, your recovery could be well in excess of $250,000 all because your insurer failed to timely pay you the $15,000 it should have paid up front.

These statutes however have several exceptions. The exceptions include worker’s compensation claims, title insurance claims, life insurance claims and insurance policies governed by the federal law known as ERISA—the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. In sum, these first party insurance statutes require a standard of reasonable conduct by insurance companies toward their insureds, and a failure to do so results in significant financial repercussions for the insurers. Should you have any questions concerning this, feel free to contact me.

Melissa Winthers is a Denver personal injury attorney at Fleishman & Shapiro P.C. She represents people who have been injured in collisions and can be reached at 303-861-1000 or mwinthers@colorado-law.net

Finding a chiropractor in Denver may not be difficult, but it is important to use someone with the experience and ability to treat specific conditions. Many doctors of chiropractic choose to specialize in areas such as sports, pediatrics, geriatrics, or car accident injuries. Therefore it is important to research the area for the right chiropractor.
As a chiropractor in Denver, Dr. Trent Artichoker offers treatments for multiple types of neck and back pain, including car accident injury treatments. Dr. Artichoker is an auto accident chiropractor in Denver that treats whiplash and other auto injuries. Not only does he treat car accident related injuries, he also treats sports injuries in Denver. He feels that his experience in treating sports injuries with the latest and most evidenced approach also helps his car accident patients.

Because of his experience and specializations, Dr. Trent Artichoker is an optimal choice when seeking a chiropractor in Denver. He brings a unique back ground in sports treatment and assessment that translates to better outcomes in treating car accident injuries, such as whiplash, neck pain, and back pain. If you are looking for a well balanced chiropractor in Denver, we would love to help. Please call 303-455-2225 to make an appointment.