Background: A 24-year-old male presented for chiropractic care with a chief complaint of pain and radiculopathy following a serious motor vehicle accident. With the collision now two years behind him, he still experienced pain affecting sleep, mobility, and other aspects of his daily life.
Intervention: The patient began a course of care during which he was checked and adjusted according to the Advanced Biostructural Correction technique.
Outcomes: Over the course of care the patient saw marked improvements in subluxation findings, pelvic tilts and other objective tests. These occurred concomitant with significant improvements in subjective findings, like self-reported Quality of Life and ability to undertake activities of daily life, in a short time frame.
Conclusion: Even long after a person has ‘recovered’ from a motor vehicle accident, trauma to the body may result in significant changes. Chiropractic care should be investigated as a clinical approach by which patients can not only recover from physical trauma, but obtain their optimal nervous system function as well.
Indexing Terms: Chiropractic; Subluxation; Advanced Biostructural Correction Technique; ABC; radiculopathy; Quality of Life; activities of daily living.
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