What feels limited?
Turning your head, bending, reaching, walking, sitting, standing, or lifting may feel tighter, weaker, sharper, or less reliable than before.
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Accident and injury exam
Pain after a car accident, work injury, fall, lift, or strain?
You may have felt fine at first. Then your neck tightened up, your back started aching, headaches showed up, or normal things like driving, sleeping, lifting, and working got harder. We start with an exam so we can explain what changed and what should happen next.
Delayed symptoms
Pain after a crash, fall, or strain doesn’t always show up right away.
After a crash, slip, hard lift, or work strain, your body can stay guarded for hours or days. The first signs can feel confusing: stiffness the next morning, a new headache, low back pain after sitting, soreness that spreads, or pain that gets worse when you try to return to normal activity.
We want to know what happened, when symptoms started, what has changed since, and whether x-rays or another next step should be part of the visit.
- A rear-end crash, side impact, fall, lift, twist, push, pull, or awkward reach
- Pain that showed up hours later, the next morning, or after returning to work
- Driving, sleeping, sitting, lifting, or turning your head feels different now
- You need an exam, x-rays when appropriate, and a clear record of what changed
What changed
The visit focuses on what’s different now.
What is pain interrupting?
Tell us if sleep, driving, work, chores, exercise, childcare, or basic errands have changed since the injury.
When does it flare up?
Some injuries feel worse after a full workday, after sitting in the car, first thing in the morning, or when you try to return to normal activity.
What do you need to know?
We explain what we find, what looks involved, and whether chiropractic care, massage, home guidance, follow-up, or referral makes sense.
Exam and x-rays
We check the injury before we talk about care.
Your first visit may include a health history, injury history, range-of-motion checks, orthopedic tests, posture findings, chiropractic exam findings, and soft tissue assessment. When x-rays are needed, they help us see structure before care starts.
The point is simple: we don’t want to guess. We want to understand what happened, what’s painful now, what looks restricted, and whether there are safety concerns that should change the plan.
Crash and work context
The details around the injury matter.
A rear-end crash, side impact, fall at work, heavy lift, repetitive task, or sudden twist can all create a different pattern. Bring the details you remember, even if they seem small. Seat position, direction of impact, what you were lifting, how you landed, and what you had to do afterward can help us understand the stress your body took.
If paperwork, claim information, or work restrictions are part of your situation, bring what you have. We’ll focus first on your exam and symptoms, then help you understand the practical next step.
- Car accidents, including low-speed and rear-end crashes
- Work injuries from lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, or repetition
- Falls, slips, stairs, awkward landings, and sudden twists
- Strains that make work, driving, sleep, or daily movement harder
What to tell us
Small details can make the injury easier to understand.
You don’t need medical words. Tell us what happened, what changed, and what you’re trying to get back to. We’ll ask follow-up questions and walk through the exam from there.
When symptoms started
Right away, later that day, the next morning, after returning to work, or after trying to move normally again.
Where you feel it
Neck, back, shoulders, ribs, hips, arms, legs, headaches, numbness, tingling, or soreness that moves around.
What makes it worse
Driving, sleeping, lifting, bending, sitting, standing, turning your head, reaching, coughing, or getting through a shift.
What you need next
Getting back to work, caring for family, sleeping normally, moving without guarding, or understanding whether care is appropriate.
Request a visit
Tell us what happened. We’ll call or text to confirm the visit.
Choose a clinic, pick the windows that usually work, and leave your phone number. This doesn’t book instantly; we’ll confirm the exact appointment with you.
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Puyallup: (253) 268-0686
Lakewood: (253) 212-2036
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