Everyday many people are getting involved in automobile accidents that they did not foresee or plan ahead for. One of the complications that can be caused days after an automobile accident is pain known to most as whiplash. When it comes to a car accident, Carrollwood patients are usually recommended physical therapy by their doctors to decrease the chances of having to deal with whiplash. In some cases, with automobile accidents, patients will have to have surgery done as a result of their injuries and as part of their recovery, they are recommended to go to a physical therapist to help manage their pain and increase their chances of a faster recovery.
How Can Physical Therapy Help with a Car Accident?
For victims of an automobile accident, they may be under the impression that they feel fine and they didn’t receive any complications as a result of their accident. Whiplash is known to affect a patient days or weeks after they have been involved in a car accident. Carrollwood residents are recommended to start physical therapy soon rather than later as there is a chance they will never develop whiplash symptoms with appropriate muscles strengthening exercises and stretches. Once whiplash symptoms start to appear it is not too late to benefit from physical therapy. These exercises may help people get back to feeling before they were involved with their automobile accident.
How does Physical Therapy Help People After Surgery?
Surgeries are not as simple as doctors make them out to be, and in some cases, surrey can be very painful and recovery can take a while depending on the location of the surgery as well as the condition it is trying to correct. People who are in need of spinal or hip surgeries for example are great candidates to benefit from physical therapy after their surgery. Much like someone in involved with a car accident, Carrollwood patients undergoing surgery can be left sore and unable to move properly. Exercises and training regimens in physical therapy can help with surgery soreness and stiffness and potentially decrease the time it takes to recover from a surgery.
*Disclaimer: The views expressed here are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of Bayside Medical Group*
