Learn About The Most Common Work Place Injuries from a SE Portland Chiropractor

Workplace injuries are extremely common, and can be debilitating and seriously affect our quality of life. An SE Portland chiropractor can help you to feel better, give you some important ergonomic advice to help reduce future injury, and can also help you with sometimes complicated Workman's Compensation paperwork.

Repetitive motion injuries resulting from typing, using a computer 24/7, or constantly repeating the same movement over and over again can cause carpal tunnel syndrome, vision problems, and strained tendons and muscles. Back pain and neck pain are very common with repetitive motion injuries. You may also experience burning and tingling sensations and numbness as well as clumsiness and dull aches and pain. An SE Portland chiropractor can carefully assess your situation, provide some gentle chiropractic adjustments, and help you to put together a plan to help you to minimize your current level of pain.

Many people suffer from overexertion injuries in the workplace, including injuries caused by lifting, pulling, pushing, carrying, holding, or throwing items. Such injuries may include strains, sprains, and bruising of the hip and lower back. Excessive lifting and bending can injure your spinal discs, causing pain radiating out to the hip, buttocks, and calf (sciatica), and most frequently, lower back pain. An SE Portland chiropractor can use advanced gentle spinal manipulation to help to alleviate the pain. Chiropractors are very experienced in relieving workplace injury pain.

Falls, slips, and trips in the workplace are very common. Many employees have fallen on slippery and wet floors, or tripped over something that's lying on a floor that was not meant to be there. Employers have to have safety guidelines in place to make sure that any spills are promptly cleaned and any debris removed. Any and all appropriate paperwork for a workplace injury of this can be filled out as well in the office of any SE Portland chiropractor.

Falls can cause spine misalignments, and trauma to joints, bones, ligaments, and muscles. A chiropractor can adjust your spine and help your body return to its normal state of health. They attend to soft tissue injuries with a drug-free and non-invasive approach.