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5 Tips To Improve Ergonomics While Working From Home

A lot more people are working at home lately thanks to the global pandemic Covid-19. This new situation can lead to challenges in setting up a work station which will be both comfortable and reduce the chances for strain and injury. So in this article I will outline several tips to improve ergonomics. Ergonomics means fitting the job to the person, which is important to consider while you work from home.

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Working from home can be stressful. Your work space shouldn’t be.

1. Practice Good Posture

Many tasks you will likely be performing at home while working will be done with your arms and hands outstretched to the front of your body. For example, typing, checking your phone, writing, using a laptop, and reading are all activities which place your shoulders and arms in a forward position. This posture is chest and shoulder dominant. This means your chest and shoulder muscles are contracted more frequently to position your arms forward and closer to center. This can lead to shoulder irritation and poor breathing patterns.

In order to counteract this predominance of the chest muscles and forward rounding of the shoulders, you should be mindful of sitting and working with your chest forward. Think of someone tying a string to your breast bone and pulling you up. In this way your chest leads in front of your shoulders and places you in a more “open” posture.

Furthermore, if you are sitting at a desk, be sure to adjust your chair so that you are at a comfortable height and your thighs are parallel or slightly higher than parallel to the floor. Your keyboard and computer should be directly in front of you, not off to the side. Also, the computer screen should be at least 18″ from your face and the top 1/3 of the screen should be at eye level.

2. Don’t Forget to Move

Even while you are sitting or standing to work at home, movement is important. If your work requires you to spend long hours at a desk, small movements such as tapping your feet, rolling your neck and shoulders, and fidgeting with your hands and fingers, can help stimulate blood flow and decrease stiffness. Short breaks to stand, pace, performs some air squats, calf raises, or desk push-ups can also be very helpful.

3. Set a Timer

If you are like me, sitting to write or type, or finish computer work, you may be prone to stay put for long stretches of time to complete the task at hand. What can be helpful is to use your phone’s clock timer or another inexpensive timer to set micro-breaks for every 20 minutes. This way when the timer goes of you have an auditory cue to get up and move for a few minutes, without becoming overly distracted.

4. Your Breathing is Important

When working from home you may be sitting a lot. Sitting places the hips in flexion and can impede full expansion of the lungs while breathing. Naturally while sitting you will tend to take shallower breaths.

Take some time to focus on deep breathing and you may notice your posture improves, your back feels less tight, and you don’t fatigue as easily. Keeping your shoulders behind your chest as previously discussed can help.

Furthermore, placing one hand on your chest and one hand on your stomach and taking a deep breath, you should feel the hand over your belly move. Shallow chest breathing where your diaphragm doesn’t expand into your abdomen limits rib expansion and decreases circulation. So make sure both hands are moving well when you breath, get your diaphragm involved!

With improved rib expansion while breathing your blood will carry more oxygen, your joints will circulate their fluid to provide nutrition to the joint cartilage, and your stress levels will reduce. Good breathing has many health benefits.

5. Take Walking Meetings

Many meetings these days are being conducted remotely. There are many apps which make this possible, and when working from home it may seem convenient of comfy to sit on the couch at your chair for the duration. I would suggest if possible that you walk or pace comfortably around your house while on these calls. You may have already been sitting for some time before the meeting starts, and getting back to more work following the meeting. So if possible try and use this time to move around.

So there are 5 tips which I hope you will find helpful during these times when you are working from home, whether by choice or due to the recent coronavirus pandemic.

About the Author:

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Dr. Reich, Meriden chiropractor, and his son.

Dr. Erik Reich is a chiropractor in Meriden, CT. He practices at Omni Physical & Aquatic Therapy Center, Inc.  located at 303 South Broad Street. Where he treats all types of patients from high school athletes, seniors, victims of trauma such as auto accidents, laborers, and desk jockeys. Spending time with his wife and son, and their Boston terrier, is something Dr. Reich also enjoys.

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5 Signs You May Need A New Chiropractor In Meriden, CT

You may have had one of these experiences. A family member or friend may have told you about their awful experience at the chiropractor’s office. Maybe they were told they need to be seen three times a week for a year. Perhaps a treatment plan was offered but they would need to pay for the care all in advance. Or maybe the doctor advised them that they had a terrible condition that would need multiple x-rays and only that chiropractor’s secret/special/unique/proprietary technique was able to fix what was wrong.

Unfortunately in chiropractic, as well as the other healthcare fields, there are some bad actors. Furthermore, these practitioners may not even be aware that their actions are harmful, or without evidence, and essentially scamming people. No one wants to be duped, or the recipient of unethical practices. Evidence based doctors also don’t want patients exposed to bad actors, who then come away with the impression that all of chiropractic is a scam. If you receive a bad haircut, you don’t swear off all barbers and stylists. But if you have a bad experience at the chiropractor’s office, you may say “I tried chiropractic, what a joke”. To be clear, most chiropractors are ethical and do take their responsibilities to their patients very seriously. But no profession is without some bad apples.

Below I will list five signs your chiropractor may not be acting in your best interest. This list is by no means exhaustive, and context is important as well. Because some practices listed below may be reasonable depending on individual circumstances.

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Red flags that you may need a new chiropractor.

5 Signs You Need A New Chiropractor

  1. No Diagnosis or Treatment Plan is Given
  2. Excessive Number of Visits are Recommended
  3. The Doctor Refuses to Work with Other Providers
  4. The Doctor has Secret Treatment Knowledge Only They Possess
  5. Payment Must be Made Before Care is Delivered

Treatment Plans and Diagnosis

First sign, no diagnosis is given and no treatment plan is prescribed. Be wary of any health care provider who does not explain what diagnosis or hypothesis they are thinking of with regards to your symptoms. Also, clinicians should be able to lay out a treatment plan to address your concerns. If no diagnosis is offered or no treatment plan is laid out, that could be a sign your chiropractor doesn’t actually know what is going on with your symptoms or concerns. Generic non-specific statements like “sciatica” or “neck pain” are not diagnoses, they are symptoms. Likewise, your chiropractor should have some idea of how long it will take to improve or relieve your presenting symptoms.

Second, and this goes along with the first sign, chiropractic care should be individualized to each patient. Blanket plans of care where everyone is told to come in three times a week for two months is not patient centered. You may indeed need two months of care at that frequency, but most people who respond to chiropractic treatment feel better much sooner than that, especially if your symptoms have not been caused by trauma. Treatment plans where the doctor prescribes six months of visits at a time, and may ask you to pay up front, are especially dubious.

Working as a Team

Beware of any health care provider in the 21st Century who refuses to collaborate with your other providers. There is a history of animosity between the medical and chiropractic professions dating back to the 20th Century. This mistrust is still prevalent to a lesser degree, with some chiropractors skeptical of medicine and surgery. Also, some medical doctors, physical therapists, and surgeons view chiropractors with distrust and skepticism. Neither of these outlooks serve you, the patient, very well. Inter-professional cooperation improves health outcomes. Doctors refusing to deal with one another leads to worse outcomes, confusion, and mistakes being made. Find a healthcare team willing to collaborate on your behalf and cut loose any member of that team who refuses to deal with other members of YOUR team.

Secret Knowledge

In the chiropractic profession there are many named techniques. Of course, this is also true with the other manual therapy practitioners, such as massage therapists and physical therapy. Diversified adjusting, ART, Cox, Gonstead, Graston, McKenzie, and the list goes on.

However, claims that one technique is superior to another or a cure-all are unfounded and not backed by science. Be cautious of any provider who tells you they have secret knowledge. All of these techniques can be learned, but an unscrupulous provider may twist or re-brand a common technique, slap a label or their name on it, and all of a sudden they are out practicing like a guru who possesses the secret wisdom to heal what ails you. They’re also probably marketing themselves to other providers with $999 courses to spread their new superior methods. Don’t be conned by these charlatans.

By and large, we know what works to get people out of pain. Patient education, therapeutic exercise, return to activity, lifestyle advice…mix in some first aid care such as heat, stretching, or adjustments to bring pain levels down, and reassurance. None of this is secret knowledge.

Payment is Expected in Advance of Care

As a patient with a health concern you should expect your chiropractor to provide excellent care. A thorough history and exam, diagnosis, plan of care, and any treatments delivered should be appropriate and well explained. This is pretty standard stuff. What is also unfortunately encountered are excessive cookie cutter treatment plans that go on for months, with an expectation that you pay up front.

This is wrong for a couple of reasons. First, every patient should be treated as an individual. When an unscrupulous chiropractor hands you a piece of paper outlining the next six months of visits with a 20% discount if you pre-pay in one lump sum, they are more focused on their office’s cash flow than your health. Don’t believe for a second that you’re the only person in that office being given such a great “deal” on their care.

Second, pre-payment contracts can be illegal in some jurisdictions. They also often contain clauses which violate your rights to receive a refund if you don’t utilize all the visits. Furthermore, many of these arrangements are entered into under the rationale that such a long plan with so many visits is required to avoid catastrophic health conditions. Terms such as disc degeneration, arthritis, or spinal decay are used, and of course you had better pay all at once. This is called “scare care” and it’s a bunch of malarkey.

Don’t Get Scammed

There are many great chiropractors in the world. There are some shady ones out there too. Hopefully this article makes clear some of the actions a few chiropractors, and even some other healthcare providers, might take to inflate their bank account, or their egos. These doctors and practices rarely have the patient’s best interests in mind, as the patient is secondary to increasing revenue. The American healthcare system is a disaster which puts profits far ahead of people, and hopefully this post gives you some insight on practices to avoid when seeing a chiropractor or other health care provider.

About the Author:

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Dr. Reich, Meriden chiropractor, and his son.

Dr. Erik Reich is a chiropractor in Meriden, CT. He practices at Omni Physical & Aquatic Therapy Center, Inc.  located at 303 South Broad Street. Where he treats all types of patients from high school athletes, seniors, victims of trauma such as auto accidents, laborers, and desk jockeys. Spending time with his wife and son, and their Boston terrier, is something Dr. Reich also enjoys.

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3 Easy Tips To Fight Coronavirus in Meriden, CT

If you turn on the news this week you will no doubt be bombarded with talk of the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). This can be scary. You may be stressed and uncertain of what steps you can take immediately to avoid contracting this virus and to limit the spread of coronavirus and other viruses such as the flu. So let’s begin with some advice on how to fight coronavirus in Meriden, CT.

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Wash your hands multiple times each day with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, and don’t touch your face without clean hands.

First, the basics. Wash your hands with soap frequently throughout the day, and spend at least 20 seconds doing so. Second, disinfect surfaces which you commonly come into contact, especially if these objects touch your hands or face, using a disinfecting spray or wipes. Third, avoid touching your face, eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.

4 More Not So Obvious Tips

Don’t try to be a hero by going to work or school if you are sick. Your coworkers, commuters, and fellow students will not appreciate your dedication. Also, it is just a bad idea during a viral outbreak.

Also, if you have relatives or friends who are elderly, have weakened immune systems, or other serious health conditions, do not visit them if you are sick or have been around others who have been taken ill recently.

Furthermore, eat healthful meals. As we are still in the middle of flu season, and now with COVID-19 spreading at almost pandemic levels, take extra steps to boost your own immune system.

Begin with eating healthy sources of fats, protein, and increasing fruit and vegetable consumption. Much of the immune response begins in the gut, so keep those good bugs happy! Don’t smoke. Smokers have weaker immune systems in general and take longer to heal as well. You can’t control everything around you such as people coughing next to you, but you can control what you put into your body.

Next, and this is a harder one due to societal norms around greeting, but do not shake hands or hug people when meeting them. A simple wave or nod of the head is adequate and important to fight the spread of coronavirus in Meriden, and the flu virus as well.

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Dr. Erik Reich, Meriden chiropractor, and his son.

About the Author:

Dr. Erik Reich is a chiropractor in Meriden, CT. He practices at Omni Physical & Aquatic Therapy Center, Inc.  located at 303 South Broad Street. Where he treats all types of patients from high school athletes, seniors, victims of trauma such as auto accidents, laborers, and desk jockeys. Spending time with his wife and son, and their Boston terrier, is something Dr. Reich also enjoys.

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3 Plantar Fasciitis Tips From Meriden Chiropractor

Plantar fasciitis is foot pain which is typically located on the sole of the foot. Also, this pain is typically the worst with the first step out of bed in the morning. There is debate over whether plantar fasciitis is truly an inflammatory condition of the fascia under the foot. However, pain at the bottom of the foot or under the arch, worse in the morning, and worse with activity, is termed plantar fasciitis.

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Dr. Erik Reich in Meriden treats foot pain including plantar fasciitis.

Plantar Fasciitis Tips

  • Buy and Wear Excellent Shoes
  • Don’t Ignore the Calf Muscles
  • Begin Strength Training for Relief

Wear Excellent Shoes

There are many plantar fasciitis tips out there, most won’t matter if you wear bad shoes. Foot pain is easily exacerbated or made worse with poor footwear. Furthermore, if you are trying to reduce your symptoms and pain, paying close attention to the type of shoe you wear can have rapid benefits. A good quality running shoe that is well fitting is a must-have.

If you choose ill-fitting or non-supportive shoes such as flip-flops, flats, heels, slides, or dress shoes, it is highly likely your symptoms will be made worse, and the pain will not subside. A high quality sneaker which provides heel cushioning and improves your gait is your best option to combat plantar fasciitis pain.

Also, purchasing your shoes from a running store, even if you don’t run, can be a great choice as the staff can often evaluate your foot size, gait, and provide you with more and better information than a regular retailer.

Don’t Neglect the Calf Muscles

Secondly, although your symptoms may be local to your heel or underneath the foot, the calves often play an important role in plantar fasciitis pain. Two muscles primarily make up the calf. Gastrocnemius and soleus are their names, with “gastroc” being the larger of the two. These muscles combine into the Achilles’ tendon which inserts at the heel and is contiguous under the foot with the plantar fascia.

When the calf is tight and the muscles pull on the Achilles’ tendon, the extra tension can irritate and stretch the plantar fascia and tendon insertion at the heel, prolonged or repeated irritation can lead to pain and dysfunction at these sites. Often times stretching and soft tissue therapy is recommended for the calf muscles to reduce and eliminate this tension.

One popular method of relaxation to the calf muscles is to wear a night sock or splint while you sleep, putting the muscles and fascia on stretch through the whole evening. Many people get good results from wearing this type of support, but most people will still have some pain even with massage, foam rolling, icing, and splinting.

Passive interventions such as those previously discussed can all help. However, to have the biggest impact on your symptoms, a combination of treatments and interventions might work best. What I recommend to most patients is a multi-pronged attack plan. This includes a new pair of excellent shoes and some type of passive intervention. For example, calf massage or foam rolling. Also, joint mobilization or manipulation to any restricted joints of the foot or ankle. Then, and this is the most important aspect, gradual exposure to loaded exercise. Strength training of the affected leg.

Strength Training to Relieve Symptoms

Active interventions are those steps a patient undertakes to heal themselves. A great clinician will act as a guide to place the patient on the right path. When attempting relief from foot and plantar fascia pain, you can not ignore exercise. This tenet applies to many ills of the body, from headaches to lower back pain, sometimes the best medicine is to get moving.

In the case of plantar fasciitis, what needs to move is your lower leg, under load. Recent studies point to better outcomes with a simple progressive strength training routine of unilateral calf raises performed every other day.

Unilateral calf raise exercise is demonstrated with a towel under the toes.
This simple exercise may be the missing link to getting rid of your plantar fascia pain.

First, elevate yourself using a step or small platform. Then, roll a towel and place across the step where your toes will be located. This allows the toes to be in extension during the exercise. Lastly, with the rest of your foot hanging out in space, slowly raise and lower your heel for one repetition. Count to three on the way up, hold for a two count at the top, and then take another three seconds to lower your foot. That is one full rep.

Typically you would start a program by performing 3 sets of 12 repetitions every other day. As time goes on the exercise is progressed with added weight or increased reps and sets. Weight can be increased by wearing a backpack as you perform the exercise and gradually adding more items into the backpack each week.

Get Help for Your Symptoms

Hopefully these plantar fasciitis tips will provide you with real relief if you are a recent or long term sufferer. If you have tried these or other methods without relief, you may need a different approach. Don’t hesitate to reach out and get some help, because not every case responds the same.

About the Author:

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Dr. Erik Reich, Meriden chiropractor, and his son.

Dr. Erik Reich is a chiropractor in Meriden, CT. He practices at Omni Physical & Aquatic Therapy Center, Inc. . Where he treats all types of patients from high school athletes, seniors, victims of trauma such as auto accidents, laborers, and desk jockeys. Spending time with his wife and son, and their Boston terrier, is something Dr. Reich also enjoys.

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5 Questions to Ask Your Chiropractor in Meriden

So what 5 questions to ask your chiropractor in Meriden? Below are some common questions, but this list is by no means exhaustive.

1. How Often Do You Treat This Type Of Condition?

Most chiropractors have a lot of experience treating lower back pain and neck pain, as well as headaches and other body aches and pains. It is a good idea to ask the doctor how often they see the types of symptoms you are feeling. Also ask how comfortable the doctor is with managing your symptoms. If the doctor states that 30% of their practice is treating people experiencing symptoms similar to yours, it’s probably a sign they are comfortable managing that condition.

Like other doctors, some chiropractors specialize or have a preference to treating certain conditions or groups of symptoms versus other types of pain. For example, I feel very competent and knowledgeable about lower back, neck, and shoulder pain. I do not feel as knowledgeable about some types of knee pain. So it doesn’t hurt to ask. Because every provider is different and some prefer to focus their time and practice on certain conditions or regions of the human body. Be wary of a doctor who states they only treat one area of the body and claims to be able to effect distant symptoms. While not unheard of, a chiropractor who only treats the first three joints of your neck, even if you are calling about elbow pain, should be approached with caution.

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Meriden Chiropractor Dr. Erik Reich answers common questions new patients often ask when seeing a chiropractor.

2. Do You Take X-Rays?

In some cases x-rays are invaluable. However, routine x-rays for uncomplicated back pain are not recommended. With mounting evidence and guidelines being published regularly which advise doctors away from the over-utilization of imaging for most types of back pain.

Therefore, regular use of x-rays, especially for non-traumatic neck or back pain, should be avoided according to most researchers. Part of the reason for this change is the number of false positives which are seen in otherwise healthy individuals. X-ray imaging reports with scary sounding terms like degeneration, bone spurring, and spondylolisthesis can imply that something is very wrong with your spine, when in fact these are often found in healthy people with no history of pain or disability. What’s more, when a patient gets a scan and sees these findings, they are more likely to undergo more expensive tests, begin medications such as opioids, and have worse health outcomes overall due to the stigmatization of otherwise non-contributory imaging findings.

This is not to discount the legitimate usage of imaging, but in America, patients by and large are over imaged, over medicated, and have worse outcomes because of it. You can read more about the use of imaging in modern chiropractic practice here.

3. How Long Do Treatments Take?

Treatment plans should be tailored to the individual. Cookie cutter plans where every patient gets the exact same treatment are not your best interest. When asking how long a treatment will take be sure to exclude any time for history taking and examination. As these will make your visit longer, typically at your first appointment and any re-exams. Typically a treatment session can last anywhere from 10 minutes up to 30 minutes. However, a complicated case can take longer to evaluate and treat. Most patients in my office get a combination of hands on treatment and other modalities. Which may include adjustment to the spine or other soft tissue therapy. As well as guided exercise, and some passive modality such as a cold pack or electric muscle stimulation if warranted. A treatment session of this type would run around thirty minutes.

4. Will You Respect My Treatment Preferences?

The answer better be a loud “Yes”. Because patients are individuals with their own biological, social, and psychological make-up, treatment should be tailored to the individual. If a patient presents with a strong preference not to be adjusted, the chiropractor should respect this and not try to sell or trick the patient into accepting an adjustment, even if it is the doctor’s strong opinion that an adjustment is what is best for the patient. The pillars of evidence based practice are relevant clinical research, patient values, and clinical expertise. If my expertise and research backs a treatment, but that treatment violates the patients values, then a competent clinician should be able to come up with an alternative. This is important to honor the patient’s values, while making the best effort to make a positive change to the patient’s presenting health concern.

5. Do I Need A Referral?

In general you do not need to be referred to see a chiropractor. However, there are rare instances where insurance plans do require a referral for chiropractic services. If you are unsure about whether or not a referral is required by your insurance, check with your plan. If you do not have insurance, no referral is necessary.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Dr. Erik Reich with his son Leif.

Dr. Erik Reich is a Chiropractic Physician in Meriden, CT. He practices at Omni Physical & Aquatic Therapy Center, Inc. . Where he treats all types of patients from high school athletes, to seniors, and traumatic injuries such as work and car accidents. He also enjoys spending time with his wife and son, and their Boston terrier Jarvis.

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Whiplash Treatment – Meriden, CT

Where should I get whiplash treatment near me?

If you’ve recently been in a car accident, you are no doubt under a lot of stress. Dealing with repairs, police reports, attorneys, and insurance companies can make you want to crawl in a hole. Because so many factors are involved after a crash, it is important not to neglect taking care of yourself. So, even if you don’t feel immediate pain or discomfort, seeking a professional evaluation and whiplash treatment following a car accident should be a priority.

Many people feel pain or other symptoms right at the time of the accident, still others don’t feel pain until a day or more after being injured. If you are in a state of shock or feeling no pain due to an adrenaline rush after a collision, symptoms may not develop for several hours or even days later. Especially if neck pain does develop or becomes worse in the 24-48 hours after a crash.

Photo of a woman holding her painful neck due to a whiplash injury on the website of Dr. Erik Reich Meriden Chiropractor.
Dr. Erik Reich Meriden Chiropractor specializes in gentle treatment of whiplash injuries.

Seek Treatment for Whiplash Promptly

Whiplash injuries are very common following car accidents and other accidents. Whiplash occurs where the neck is moved extremely rapidly. The speed and force involved with this rapid movement is often enough to stretch muscles, tendons, and ligaments beyond their limits. This can cause these tissues to tear or become overstretched. Which in turn results in pain, inflammation, muscle spasms, swelling, or cramping.

Pain from whiplash injuries can be intense or dull. Dull neck pain following an injury or accident may heal on its own, or it may not. If you are experiencing neck pain following a car crash, seeking a medical opinion is important because pain may not resolve on its own. The natural course of many aches and pains is to go away on their own some time after onset. However, whiplash injuries can linger, and left untreated can become chronic pain.

Neck pain and instability of the tissues in the neck due to whiplash can lead your body to respond by creating stability where it is lacking. This process involves laying down connective tissue, excess scar tissue, and in the case of bone, more bone, which is termed osteoarthritis. Chronic whiplash therefore has been associated with long term pain. Studies also indicate a tendency for increased opioid medication use, arthritic changes, and poorer health outcomes.

What Type of Whiplash Treatment is Best?

At Omni Physical & Aquatic Therapy Center, Dr. Erik Reich employs a number of evidence based treatment strategies. These treatments address the components of whiplash injuries. Treatment begins with an in-depth history taking process and review of relevant medical history. Followed by a physical examination to identify the involved structures and injured tissues. Then, an individual treatment plan will be discussed based on your body’s needs. Your personal preferences, and the doctor’s best clinical judgement are also important.

Care plans typically include some combination of both passive and active care. Passive care can be thought of as first-aid care. Hot packs, electrical stimulation to damaged soft tissues, and ultrasound are types of passive care which might be employed to reduce pain. As pain reduces, more active treatments such as stretches and exercises are introduced. Therefore, your neck and spine have the best chance of returning to pain free motion. Then you can enjoy the movements and activities you did before the accident which resulted in your whiplash injury.

Car crash typical of an accident that can result in whiplash injuries for the people involved.
Whiplash can be caused by auto collisions, sports injuries, work accidents, or other trauma to the neck and spine. Dr. Erik Reich in Meriden, CT specializes in treating head and neck injuries, and other spinal and muscular pain and loss of function.

Seek Treatment if You’ve Been Injured

Whiplash injuries can be extremely painful immediately following trauma. Or they may show up as dull worsening pain one or more days after an accident. But what is important is that if you’ve been involved in a traumatic event such as a car accident, get a professional to evaluate you. Even if you are uncertain if you sustained a serious injury.

About the Author

Dr. Erik Reich is a Chiropractic Physician in Meriden, CT. He practices at Omni Physical & Aquatic Therapy Center, Inc. . Where he treats all types of patients from high school athletes, to seniors, and traumatic injuries such as work and car accidents. He also enjoys spending time with his wife and son, and their Boston terrier Jarvis.