Have You Been Injured At Work?

Many people are surprised to find out that the majority of work injuries can be helped by a Wildomar Chiropractor. Work injuries are not from serious accidents, but from overuse and repetitive stress injuries.  However, there are as many ways to injure yourself at work as there are different occupations, and none of them are very fun. The most important thing when dealing with a work-related injury is that you don't leave it until it requires more serious intervention or leads to an untreatable problem. This article talks about some of the risk factors involved with common work injuries and how chiropractic care can help you to heal from them.

Repetitive Stress and Overuse Injuries

The doctors at Bear Creek Chiropractic have over 25 years of experience evaluating and treating work-related injuries, such as neck pain, lower back pain, shoulder pain, wrist pain, and knee pain.

Once you choose Bear Creek Chiropractic as the primary treating facility, you are evaluated and diagnosed. A specific treatment plan and/or pain medication will be given to you and you will receive periodic re-evaluations by the primary treating doctor. If the symptoms improve, you might be able to perform modified work duties. If you are not able to return to your everyday work duty, you are entitled to receive disability benefits from the employer's Workers' Compensation insurance company.

There are two types of Workers' Compensation injuries, e.g., repetitive injuries and isolated injuries. Both of these types can create scar tissue that may prevent fluid movement of muscles, tendons, ligaments, and surrounding tissues. As scar tissue builds up your muscles become shorter and weaker resulting in abnormal tension on tendons. This may precipitate tendonitis and nerve entrapment. This can cause reduced range of motion, loss of strength and pain. If a nerve is trapped you may also feel tingling, numbness, and weakness. The two main soft tissue techniques that we use in this office to take care of this problem are, Graston Technique and Active Release Technique.

Making a false or fraudulent Workers' Compensation claim is a felony subject to up to five years in prison or a fine up to $50,000 or double the value of the fraud, whichever is greater, or by both imprisonment and a fine.

Workers' Compensation Injuries in Wildomar

Workers' compensation injuries that have been treated by Bear Creek Chiropractic doctors include:

• Lower Back Pain
• Carpal Tunnel
• Wrist Pain
• Elbow Pain (Tennis/Golfer's elbow)
• Shoulder Pain (Rotator Cuff)
• Neck Pain
• Knee Pain