After a car accident, it can take hours or even days for certain injuries to appear. Headaches, lightheadedness, numbness, and whiplash are prevalent after a car accident. If left untreated, whiplash alone can lead to chronic back, neck, and shoulder pain. If you have any symptoms after a car accident, then you should see a doctor. A doctor will diagnose your injuries and may prescribe medications like muscle relaxers or painkillers. However, if you are looking for a more holistic recovery plan, physical therapy can be a great solution.
After a car accident, it is vitally important to get the medical care you need to recover timely, including physical therapy. Physical therapy can not only help you recover fast but also reduce the possibility of surgery.
If you are worried about how to pay for your physical therapy bills or if physical therapy will help your case, contact a Sacramento auto accident lawyer at Eason & Tambornini.
Physical therapists can use various techniques from targeted stretching, muscle manipulation, and massage and ultrasound therapy to release and reduce inflammation caused by the car accident. When you go to physical therapy, it is like setting a reset button on your muscles. It can help accelerate your recovery and relieve pain.
After your physical therapy session, you may feel a sense of relief from the pain, but after a few hours, the pain may come back and feel worse. People often confuse the return of the pain after physical therapy with the belief that physical therapy is not working. The reality is that while the pain often returns, it returns at a slightly lesser level. A proper routine of physical therapy generally accelerates the reduction of pain quicker than doing nothing.
Untreated, soft-tissue car accident injury symptoms often get worse over time. Your muscles are seizing up and fighting each other, just making it worse. Symptoms may linger for months or years after the initial accident and cause chronic symptoms. Physical therapy can help prevent or eliminate the symptoms developing into chronic pain and can, instead, help you on the path to a complete recovery. That is why attending physical therapy sessions as soon as possible after a car accident is vitally important.
Sometimes, injuries from car accidents are so severe that surgery is needed. However, depending on your injury, a car accident injury victim should often delay surgery until they have attempted alternative methods, such as physical therapy. Even if surgery is ultimately necessary, physical therapy can help speed up your recovery after your operation.
Unfortunately, physical therapy can often be a significant expense for some. A bill for physical therapy would fall under the category of medical care, so you should be able to include the cost of physical therapy in your demand for compensation. It may also be covered by your health insurance, or possibly under a medical payment provision in a car insurance policy.
