Car Accidents

After being involved in a car accident, you may be left feeling scared, confused, and hurt. You may find yourself focusing on fixing your car or dealing with insurance companies, but it is important to take care of your health and well being. Car accidents are one of the leading causes of injury in the U.S., resulting in over 2 million emergency room visits. These injuries can range in severity from minor bruises to permanent damage. Car accident injuries don’t always appear right away, which is why it is important to seek medical treatment promptly and get a proper assessment.

Associated Medical Centers of Illinois specializes in car accident treatment and injury care. Our 6 AMCI location across Chicagoland are dedicated to helping our car accident patients understand the extent of their injuries and create customized treatments plans to address the. Our team of specialists is here for you every step of the way from physical therapy to long-term pain management. 

How AMCI Can Help You?

All car accident injuries require different treatment and AMCI is here to help you determine the best course of action for you. All 6 of our locations specialize in car accident injury treatment and will walk you through your options.

Physical Therapy

Our team will curate a physical therapy treatment plan that will allow you to return to your normal life as soon as possible, and promote long-term recovery. Physical therapy allows us to target specific areas that have been affected by your car accident injuries to help recover, improve mobility, and manage pain. PT can involve stretches, exercises, strength training, massage, and other strategies to help you reach your treatment goals.

Here is what you can expect from your AMCI Physical Therapy experience:

1. Assessment- Our specialists will evaluate your injuries to determine where you are injured and the severity of those injuries.
2. Treatment Plan- Using the results of our assessment, we will create a personalized treatment plan that will best address your car accident injuries.
3. Therapeutic Exercises- Exercises used to improve mobility, increase endurance, and recover from your injury.
4. Manual Therapy- a clinical approach utilizing hands-on techniques, to treat soft tissues and joint structures for the purpose of modulating pain and increasing range of motion (ROM.)
5. Strength Training- the use of resistance to muscular contraction to build the strength, anaerobic endurance, and size of skeletal muscles.
6. Education- teaching our patients proper posture and body mechanic to prevent reinjury and promote long-term recovery. 

Modalities 

There are a variety of treatment modalities that can help provide pain relief, and heal injuries including hot packs, cold packs, electrical stimulation, and ultrasound.

Pain Management

In addition to Physical Therapy, AMCI offers an array of pain management strategies to help you recover from your car accident injury. Pain management includes injections, blocks, and minor procedures. These options often just a portion of your treatment plan and work alongside your Physical Therapy program. Some of the pain management options we offer are:

Selective nerve root blocks: 

A specific injection containing a numbing medication is used to help determine what specific nerve or nerves are causing a patient’s radiating arm or leg pain.

Percutaneous disc decompression (nucleoplasty): 

A minimally invasive procedure that uses a probe to vaporize disc material. This relieves the pressure within the disc and helps alleviate low back pain due to a disc herniation and any pinched nerves due to pressure from the herniation.

Joint injections: 

Anti-Inflammatory medication can be placed within the joint spaces of various parts of the body, including the shoulder, hip, and knee to help reduce swelling and pain.

Trigger point injections:

Trigger points are painful nodules that can form in the muscles from repeated strain and injury. Injections of an anesthetic, and at times, an anti-inflammatory, can help to relieve this type of pain.

Platelet-rich plasma injections: 

This in-office technique has gained popularity as a treatment option for certain musculoskeletal injuries involving ligaments, tendons, and cartilage. A patient’s own blood is a rich source of growth factors that can help accelerate the healing process. These growth factors can be separated from the rest of the blood, and injected back into the patient’s body along the areas of injury to help the patient heal faster.

Read about our full pain management offerings here.

Car Accidents by the Numbers

Unfortunately, car accidents are very common in Illinois. Last year, there were over 100,000 car accidents in Chicago last year alone. Here are some important statistics to know about car accidents and injuries.

• Cook County crashes account for about half of the state’s fatal crashes each year.
• Illinois saw 1,196 fatalities from car accidents in 2024.
• In 2024, there were 25,700 car accident related injuries in Chicago
• There were 5.1 million medically consulted car injuries in 2023, in the United States.
• Every 1% increase in mean speed produces a 4% increase in the fatal crash risk.

Car accident injuries don’t have to define you. Associated Medical Centers of Illinois is here for you every step of the way, so you can get back to the best version of you. If you have been injured in a car accident or have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us or schedule an appointment. Our team is ready to take care of you.