Have you ever experienced pain suddenly from a daily activity and it continues to get worse or doesn’t get better by the next day?  Unfortunately pain and injury doesn’t take a break and at certain times can be debilitating, preventing you from your normal lifestyle.  Our Emergency Chiropractor in south Edmonton has lots of experience with chiropractic emergencies.  We have been providing emergency chiropractic services for 10+ years and have helped many patients get out of pain efficiently.

Emergency Chiropractic Situations

When do I need an emergency chiropractor?  A chiropractic emergency is a situation where you are experiencing neurological or musculoskeletal symptoms that prevent you from performing daily activities without immediate intervention.  We know the search for immediate relief in these situations can sometimes be hopeless and stressful.  This is why we do our best to get you in as soon as possible because we know how debilitating these situations can be.  Here are a few situations in that patients have needed emergency chiropractic care:

• John, construction worker – Woke up with severe back pain and could barely move
• Michelle, nurse – fell asleep on the couch and woke up with sharp neck pain unable to move her head
• Heather, crossfit athlete – Had unbearable pain with turning and breathing after a workout

What Are The Most Common Chiropractic Emergencies? 

Common conditions where a patient will seek emergency chiropractic care:

• Disc bulge/disc herniation
  • With enough stress through the vertebra and discs, a vertebral disc may start to get ‘squeezed’ in one direction leading to a disc bulge or disc herniation. This can lead to agonizing back pain and sometimes pain that travels down your legs or arms.
• Severe pain in the neck with limited or almost no range of motion
  • This type of neck pain can be a headache, literally. This can be caused from muscles tightening up to the point of spasms because of too much strain or it can be joint related leaving the muscles to tighten up to create stability.
• Rib dysfunction causing pain with breathing
  • ‘A rib out’ is a common way of describing this condition. One or more ribs can ‘shift’ in a way that triggers your muscles to tighten around that area in order to create stability.  This leads to pain with torso and arm movement as well as pain with breathing because the ribs need to move in order for the lungs to expand during breathing.
• Car accident (MVA)
  • There are approximately 2000 motor vehicle accidents that occur in Edmonton yearly. Whiplash is the most common result of a motor vehicle accident.  However, you may not feel pain as soon you experience the accident.  In fact, it is common to start feeling pain 1-2 weeks after the accident.  Getting treatment very soon after a car accident will help decrease the progression of your injuries and get you better, faster.
• Nerve Pain
  • Nerve pain is regularly felt as a sharp, shooting pain (sometimes ‘electrical pain’) that travels along the body. It can be felt as pain going down a leg or arm or pain that travels across your back.  Nerve involvement doesn’t always produce pain but can also cause feelings of numbness, tingling, or weakness.