In the United States, there are over six million car crashes every year. With these car crashes, the most common type of injury reported is whiplash injuries that can cause lingering pain for months and even years after the initial crash. At Specialty Pain Management, our team has decades of combined experience treating complex auto injuries, and while whiplash is one of the most commonly blamed reasons for your pain after a crash, often hidden injuries play a significant role in your pain as well. If you’ve been struggling to find answers and treatment for your pain after an accident, keep reading to learn more about your treatment options at Specialty Pain Management.
Why Finding the Root Cause of Auto Accident Pain Can Be Challenging
When a car accident occurs, your body, organs, and tissues do not stop as quickly as the vehicle. If a vehicle crashes into a fixed structure, it decelerates very quickly in as fast as 50 milliseconds, while your body keeps moving at pre-crash speeds for another 100-150 milliseconds. This inertia is what causes whiplash injuries that are often highlighted, but soft tissues, joints, and nerves are frequently exposed to microtrauma as well. Types of micro trauma can be easily missed on early medical imaging after a crash and may not start to present with other symptoms, including pain, until long after the crash. Some of the most common types of trauma and injuries that a medical team may miss after a car crash can include:
- Facet joint irritation
- Sacroiliac (SI) joint dysfunction
- Disc inflammation or annular tears
- Peripheral nerve entrapment
- Post-traumatic headaches
Specialty Pain Management’s car accident pain management team has decades of experience helping car crash survivors get to the root cause of their pain, going beyond whiplash to find and treat hidden auto accident injuries.
Minimally Invasive Treatment Options for Auto Accident Pain
For many car crash survivors, the fear of invasive treatment options for their pain management can deter them from getting the treatment they need to manage their pain. Luckily, many delayed onset injuries, chronic pain conditions, and conditions that don’t respond well to traditional treatments can be addressed with minimally invasive treatment options. We’ll take a closer look at some of the most common types of minimally invasive treatments we use at our auto accident clinic.
Targeted Injections for Car Crash Pain
Image-guided targeted injections are a powerful yet minimally invasive treatment option for many types of auto accident related pain. At Specialty Pain Management, we use several different types of targeted injections, including:
- Facet joint injections
- Epidural steroid injections
- SI joint injections
Targeted injections help alleviate inflammation, often the source of car crash pain, providing effective, minimally invasive relief.
Nerve Blocks for Pain Relief After a Car Crash
Nerve blocks are another minimally invasive treatment option that can be used to both provide you with pain relief and diagnose nerves responsible for your pain. Our team uses nerve blocks to:
- Identify the source of your pain
- Block pain signals
- Restore movement so healing can occur
- Reduce inflammation
If nerve pain is suspected after a car crash, nerve blocks can be used both as a minimally invasive treatment option and as a powerful diagnostic tool.
Monitored Car Crash Pain Management Treatment Plans
Since many car crash related pain cases can be challenging to diagnose, one of the most powerful tools Specialty Pain Management uses is patient pain management tracking tools like those from DataBiologics. By partnering with DataBiologics, our patients’ treatments can be closely monitored and adjusted as needed to ensure they are receiving the most effective treatment possible.
Get Answers and Solutions for Car Crash Pain at Specialty Pain Management
If you’ve struggled to find answers and effective treatment options for your car crash pain, Specialty Pain Management is here to help. From our decades of combined experience treating car crash pain to our expertise in Michigan’s no-fault insurance system, you won’t find more effective and affordable treatment options anywhere else. To find a Specialty Pain Management center near you and get started with treatment today, reach out to our team today.