A November 2022 news release by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics stated that workplace injuries are increasing. The current rate of injury cases at that time was 2.3 for every 100 full-time employees. When you think about that, you may realize that worker’s comp injuries are far from rare. Whether you’ve experienced a sudden injury or noticed chronic pain, you might want to consider whether you have a case for worker’s comp.

A chiropractor can help with lower back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, and many other workplace injuries. We help you heal and recover in the most natural way possible. A chiropractor can help you get healthy and back to work, and you never have to deal with the harmful side effects of prescription pain medications. Here are the top five worker’s comp injuries and how a chiropractor can help with worker’s compensation injuries in Alaska.

Do you have pain or discomfort from a workplace injury? Schedule a consultation at Excellence in Health for worker’s comp chiropractic care!

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What Are the Five Most Common Injuries at Work?

The following are five types of injuries that often happen on the job. Each type may include many different individual injuries. A chiropractor can help with each of these problems, creating a treatment plan for you as a unique person.

1. Back Injuries

Back injuries are among the most common worker’s comp complaints. You can injure your back at work by doing things like:

• Falling
• Lifting something heavy
• Standing or sitting in the same position all day long
• Making awkward movements
• Having poor posture
• Being involved in an auto or truck accident

The chiropractor usually begins by addressing the pain in your back. At Excellence in Health, we use the right combination of chiropractic adjustments, therapeutic massage and exercise, and other methods suitable to relieve your pain.

Further, we get to the root cause of your pain and mobility issues to find the best ways to help you heal. If you have displaced vertebrae, we can help get them back into place with adjustments. Additional treatments like pain-reducing natural supplements, TENS therapy, or massage can help you regain your spinal health.

2. Repetitive Movement Injuries

Repetitive movement injuries are quite common in the workforce. People who make the same motions throughout their workday are vulnerable to repetitive movement conditions like the following.

• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Tendonitis
• Tennis elbow
• Cubital tunnel syndrome
• Trigger finger or trigger thumb
• Back strains from repetitive movements
• Shin splints
• Osgood-Schlatter disease, also called jumper’s knee

What all these conditions have in common is that they are caused by performing the same movement over and over every day.

Carpal tunnel syndrome is extremely common in occupations where you have to use your hands the same way constantly. For example, people using their keyboard for most of the workday may develop carpal tunnel syndrome. However, it doesn’t just happen to typists. Many jobs, such as assembling or packing products, require you to make the same movements with your hands repeatedly.

Here’s a sample of how a chiropractor might help with carpal tunnel pain and other repetitive movement injuries.

Your chiropractor begins by examining the affected parts of your body. They determine the root cause of the carpal tunnel or other repetitive movement injuries. They break apart scar tissue by using active-release therapies or the Graston technique.

Next, your chiropractor might use massage, exercise, and other therapies to decrease stiffness in those joints and improve your range of motion. Before you resume work, the chiropractor might teach you how to avoid this problem in the future and provide you with any orthopedic aids you need to go back to work. They can help you understand how to create a more ergonomic workplace so that this problem isn’t as likely in the future. Finally, they will teach you better habits to become stronger and less vulnerable to injury at work.

3. Nerve Damage

When you’re in an accident at work, such as a slip-and-fall, you may end up with broken bones, bruises, and other injuries that cause nerve damage.

Your chiropractor can treat this nerve damage through chiropractic adjustments to realign your spine. If your vertebrae are compressing the nerves, adjustment can relieve that pressure. Then, deep massage helps restore the nervous system, release toxins, and open the way to healing and improved health.

4. Head and Neck Injuries

Various workplace accidents can cause head and neck injuries. For example, if you drive as a part of your job, you might get whiplash in an accident on the job. Operating machinery that vibrates can also affect your neck and head.

Chiropractors can use many different methods for relieving head and neck injuries. Treatments may include one or several of the following modalities.

• Chiropractic adjustments
• Traction
• Electrical stimulation with a TENS unit
• Stretching tight muscles
• Ultrasound
• Trigger point therapy
• Massage

Of course, temporary relief is one thing, but complete healing requires a chiropractor who will look beyond the outer appearance of pain to find the reason for your physical distress. Then, they can provide you with the integrative treatments, information, and tools you need to recover fully.

5. Knee Injuries

Straining or spraining your knee is no fun, but the long-term effects can be even worse without proper treatment. Your knee is a complex joint that bears much of the weight of you and everything you carry. Whether you injured your knee in a slip-and-fall accident or your workplace isn’t well-designed, the first order of business is to relieve your pain.

Once your chiropractor has addressed your pain through adjustments and natural supplements, they can go deeper to find the true source of the issue. From relieving the initial pain to preventing vulnerability to injury, your chiropractor offers ongoing treatment for knee injuries.

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Excellence in Health Chiropractic for Worker’s Comp

Excellence in Health provides treatment for a variety of worker’s comp injuries. Whether you need a chiropractor in Anchorage, AK, who treats back pain or relief from carpal tunnel syndrome, Dr. William Ross and Dr. Blue Ross have the expertise to help you heal. We get to the primary source of your problem to determine how to treat it and prevent it from happening again.

At EIH, our chiropractors have the high-quality training and extensive experience needed to help you move from worker’s comp injuries to improved health and well-being. From the moment you step into our clinic, we are here to educate you on better ways to care for your body and mind. What’s more, we use natural treatments for pain so that you can avoid medication side effects that might worsen your condition. Our focus is always on your health, safety, and continued improvement.

Our worker’s comp treatment aims to get you back to work as quickly and safely as possible. Whether you or one of your employees has been injured at work, we encourage you to call and find out how chiropractic care can help you get back to high-productive workdays. Our services are designed to help workers regain their strength, health, and working abilities, from pain relief to more complete treatments.

Have you experienced a common workplace injury? Schedule a visit to get chiropractic help at Excellence in Health!