Neck injuries can cause serious pain which has the potential to interfere with your daily routine. Walnut Creek Chiropractors can be of great help in treating both the symptoms of neck pain as well as its many causes. Significant injury to the neck can occur even if there are no immediate symptoms. Significant injury [...]
In having discussions with the patients of our Walnut Creek Chiropractic office, the majority are in agreement that we spend too much time in the car. Whether it is commuting to work, picking up the kids from school, or simply running errands, long hours in the car are a staple of the east bay [...]
What is Whiplash? Have you ever been in an automobile accident? Do you think you might suffer from Whiplash? Did you know whiplash can occur in a rear-end accident at only 5 MPH. What is it? It's is an overextension of the neck muscles. So, if you were in a [...]
Significant injuries occur at low-speeds. Women suffer greater injuries than men because they have less strength in their neck muscles. Early mobilization is critical. Use of a cervical collar actually gives worse results than no treatment at all. Immobilization following injury causes muscle wasting and loss of strength that significantly delays recovery. Corticosteroids damage [...]
