Denver Auto Injury Treatment for Low Speed Collisions

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) characterizes any accident in which the vehicles are traveling between 2 and 10 miles per hour as a low speed collision. While it may seem on the surface that you are less likely to sustain an injury in such an accident, reported injuries in these types of incidents are surprisingly common.

Low speed collisions: a phantom menace to your neck.

Rear-end impacts at speeds as low as 5 miles per hour can give rise to significant head or neck trauma, requiring Denver whiplash treatment. In fact, because high-speed impacts tend to break the seat back, removing a significant cause of neck hyperextension, whiplash injuries are actually more common at low or moderate speeds than at high speeds.

Furthermore, because of the structure of modern vehicles, more of the force of impact sustained in a car accident is transferred directly to the vehicle occupants at lower speeds than at high speeds, because the vehicles don't begin to absorb this force until they reach 15 miles per hour or faster.

Whiplash: the most commonly reported injury in low speed collisions.

In low speed collisions, there are often no outwardly visible signs of injury, and the signs and symptoms of whiplash may not manifest for days, weeks or even months.

Denver car accident treatment specialist, Dr. Randy Eldridge has more than 25 years of experience treating whiplash and the other most common injuries resulting from low speed impacts, such as spinal chord trauma and back injuries like herniations, disc ruptures and bulges, pinched nerves, and muscle damage.

Treatment options for injuries sustained in low speed collisions:

• Chiropractic Care – Dr. Randy Eldridge has been using chiropractic to treat neck and shoulder pain and herniated discs for over 25 years
• Biomedical Acupuncture – an ancient method for safely, quickly and effectively treating the muscle and structural issues that can cause a variety of neck and shoulder pain
• Active Release Technique (ART) – a non-invasive treatment that mitigates pain and corrects underlying problems quickly, and without surgery
• Spinal flexion and distraction – one of the newest forms of spinal decompression treatments available, providing long-term, targeted, non-invasive pain relief
• Therapeutic massage – relieve the pressure and tension that can cause shoulder and neck pain
• Onsite Medical Doctor – The Denver Integrated Spine Center is one of the few Denver neck pain treatment facilities to have a medical doctor on staff and ready to assist

If you believe you've sustained a car accident injury, it's crucial that you seek Denver auto accident treatment as soon as possible.

Call or contact us today for more information on Denver car accident treatment options.