Many people who experience auto accident injuries don’t even know they’ve been hurt until a few days after the accident.
The forces on the body during an auto accident occur very rapidly, even in low-speed collisions. Damage to joints, muscles, and other soft tissue structures can occur so quickly that the symptoms may take several hours or up to a few days to appear.
Some people will wait for weeks or months to seek out treatment because they figure that things will get better on their own. While car accident injuries can and do heal without treatment, in many cases, the alterations in musculoskeletal biomechanics can gradually produce major problems down the line, even when the initial symptoms were not that bad.
Regardless of how you are feeling after an auto accident, we strongly recommend you at least be evaluated by a physical therapist who is experienced with auto accident injuries to make sure everything is alright.
If you are already in significant pain, the sooner you get appropriate treatment, the fewer long-term problems you will have, so we recommend that you contact us as soon as possible to get the best possible outcome.
