Whiplash Treatment from Our Grand Island Chiropractor

As a chiropractor in Grand Island, NE, Dr. Jason Meinecke has helped hundreds of men and women achieve fast and lasting relief from painful whiplash. Discover how well your body can heal itself when supported by personalized, non-invasive chiropractic techniques that are proven to alleviate whiplash symptoms. 

Whiplash: Causes and Symptoms

Whiplash happens when your head and neck suddenly and quickly bend forward and backward. This often occurs during physical trauma such as car crashes, falls, and slips. The rapid movement can stretch and damage nerves, muscles, joints, discs, and other structures in the neck area, leading to signs and symptoms such as:

• Pain (often described as shooting, dull, sharp, achy, or sore)
• Stiffness in the neck and shoulder
• Muscle spasms in the neck and shoulder
• Pain, numbness, and tingling in the arm, hand, and fingers (due to overstretching or compression of a nerve that exits the spinal cord in the neck area)
• Headaches
• Pain and clicking in the jaw
• Changes in mood, sleep quality, and concentration

How Our Grand Island Chiropractor Helps People with Whiplash

If you have whiplash, you can expect to find relief with help from Dr. Meinecke. He offers a range of services that are gentle yet effective for alleviating symptoms, restoring spinal alignment, and facilitating faster tissue healing for quick, long-lasting results. 

Here are a few things we can do for you if you come to us with whiplash symptoms:

• Intersegmental traction, which is a great natural pain reliever and effective way to decompress nerves and restore disc health and positioning
• Chiropractic adjustments, including the Gonstead Technique, for optimizing spinal and nervous system function
• Custom exercises and stretches to actively encourage healing, strengthening, and stamina in the spine and core
• Cold laser therapy, which uses near-infrared light technology to stimulate healing at the cellular level
• Lifestyle counseling, nutritional guidance, and more to optimize whole-body health and wellness

We want you to know that whiplash symptoms can seem to appear "out of nowhere" in the days following an acute accident. This delayed onset can occur if stress hormones that sharply rose during the traumatic accident stay elevated for a prolonged period of time, masking pain and other symptoms.

Our advice? Consult with a chiropractor as soon as possible following any type of accident. We can assess your spinal alignment to detect hidden signs of tension and inflammation and help you minimize or avoid pain and dysfunction. 

Looking for Relief from Whiplash?

For questions about whiplash or to schedule a consultation with our Grand Island chiropractor, call Meinecke Chiropractic and Lifestyle Center today at (308) 381-8299!