Fast Relief For Your Pain After A Car Accident

Whiplash is an incredible traumatic injury, even at low speed collisions.  Depending on which way you are hit, from behind, the side, or the front, can determine which muscle groups in your neck and spine take the brunt of the force.

Basically, the energy from the car crash throws your body in one direction and then rapidly in the other direction.  Your muscles don’t have time to react properly, because of the milliseconds that the trauma occurs in.  The result is that your ligaments and muscle tissue get stretched rapidly and micro-tearing results.

Usually, because of adrenaline you don’t immediately feel the effects of the whiplash injury, unless the trauma is quite bad. What is most common is that evening or the next day you may wake up in pain and feeling very stiff.   Loss of range of motion in your neck and spine occur as your body uses your muscles to guard the injured areas.  Deep inflammation and swelling occur around the ligaments, muscles, and joints of your neck and spine from the whiplash injury. 

Over time, the inflammation and pain may decrease and your range of motion begins to improve.  You believe that everything is OK, but you start to have headaches or maybe feel tired frequently.  What you are experiencing are the long term effects from the whiplash.  Muscle weakness from your shoulder and neck muscles don’t provide adequate support to your neck throughout the day.  In addition, the smaller muscles of the spine that work with your coordination don’t work like they use to, so there is more daily strain on your neck.  At AIM Physical Therapy we see many patients years after an auto accident that still have these problems that were never fully addressed before.

What is very important after a car accident and whiplash injury is to get the right treatment as soon as possible.  That is where the experts in manual therapy at AIM Physical Therapy are trained to quickly relieve your pain and make sure that you have the best recovery possible.

How is my AIM Therapy covered?

Q:  Will my car insurance cover treatment?

A:  Most car insurance covers treatment at our office.  Our insurance coordinator will call and verify with your insurance company your benefits for physical therapy care at our office.

Q:  Will I have to pay out of pocket?

A:   Most of the time there is little to no out of pocket cost as we work with your insurance.  This will depend on your coverage and our insurance coordinator will work with you to coordinate your benefits.

Q:  What happens when my car insurance benefits are exhausted?

A:  Your primary health insurance may cover you if your car insurance benefits have exhausted and you continue to need treatment.  We offer affordable pricing structures and no interest financing if you have no health insurance. Call our insurance coordinator, Jennifer Bazaldua at

561 733-7677 to verify your insurance benefit information.