In Progressive Medical Center Physical Therapy our clinic doctors and specialists value the importance of an interdisciplinary approach to work injury treatment and car accident injury treatment. The accidents, even minor ones, can cause a lot of pain and discomfort, as well as damage.
Car Accidents and Work Related Injuries Symptoms.
Many times, people involved in an accidents don’t even know they have been injured. One reason for this is that your body responds to pain signals and the stress of the accident by producing morphine-like hormones. It is very important to take your injury seriously and treat it immediately as a medical condition that requires a doctor. As in most cases, early intervention and treatment can lead to a proper recovery. This is for several reasons:
- In the seconds after the accident, your body releases both adrenaline and cortisol, hormones that help prevent pain so that you can react well during an emergency. But these hormones wear off and, when they do, the pain can become much more extreme.
- Over the first day and night of your injury, you may experience swelling to the injured areas. This swelling is a protective response by your body, but it also puts pressure on injuries and causes stiffness and soreness.
- Many injuries involve delicate soft tissue like muscles and ligaments. If you don’t treat the injury right away, day-to-day activity will continue to irritate it and potentially make it worse. What was a very small muscle injury can become debilitating over the course of weeks.
6 Delayed Accident Symptoms NOT TO IGNORE.
- Headache
- Neck and shoulder Pain
- Abdominal Pain
- Back Pain
- Numbness and bruising
- Emotional Distress