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Slip and Fall

A slip and fall can happen anywhere from your workplace, to an icy sidewalk, to a wet floor in a restaurant. When you sustain an injury due to a slip and fall, it is important to make an appointment with a chiropractor immediately after the accident to check for any damage. If there is damage that is left untreated, it can cause serious long-term damage down the road and can become a chronic and irreversible condition.

Chiropractic care is an effective, non-surgical treatment option for slip and fall accidents and injuries. Call us at Noriega Chiropractic Clinic today to learn more about how a simple chiropractic adjustment can help get you out of pain.

What Are Common Slip and Fall Injuries?

If you've experienced a slip and fall, you may have sustained any of the following conditions or injuries:

- Strain or sprain: If you twist while falling, this can cause strain in the muscles, and if your ligament is torn during the fall, then this is considered a sprain. Typically a sprain will affect the ankles or wrists during a slip and fall injury.
- Shoulder injuries: It is automatic for most people to reach out their arm to catch themselves when they slip and fall. This reflex unfortunately often results in putting too much weight down on your shoulder when you land, resulting in significant bruising or even a dislocation.
- Back injuries: Sometimes a slip and fall can result in a spinal misalignment, causing extreme back pain. The slip and fall can also put pressure on the discs, which negatively affects spinal flexibility and can cause pain in the soft tissue.
- Neck injuries: A lot of the time, a neck injury will not show up right away. Sometimes symptoms can take hours or even days to appear, leaving the small tears in your muscles and ligaments to worsen, triggering neck pain and stiffness.
Some other additional injuries that you can sustain from a slip and fall include:

- Whiplash

- Nerve-related numbness or tingling

- Bruised ribs

- Broken bones

- Knee damage

- And more

It’s important that you see a chiropractor immediately after a slip and fall to ensure that you get a proper diagnosis and treatment before your condition worsens.
What Can Chiropractic Care Do for a Slip and Fall Injury?

When you experience a slip and fall, the twisting and sudden stop when you hit the floor can cause a lot of damage and misalignment in the vertebrae of your spine. Receiving gentle, chiropractic adjustments and manual manipulations can bring your spine back into alignment, and rebalance the body for proper structure and faster healing.
At your chiropractic appointment, the chiropractor will ask you comprehensive questions about your medical history and habits. Then, they will analyze your body as a whole to see what areas have been affected by the slip and fall and what needs to be maneuvered back into place. Chiropractic care takes the whole body into consideration, because even one slipped disc can throw the whole body out of balance, causing inflammation and damage.
Through spinal manipulations, adjustments, and specialized techniques, a chiropractor can realign the vertebrae in the spine and provide you with pain relief that lasts.
For more information about how chiropractic care can help you heal after a slip and fall, call us at Noriega Chiropractic Clinics today. We will develop a treatment plan for your specific needs to get you back to feeling like yourself again.

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