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How to Heal After a Car Accident Injury

Jun 05, 2023

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Properly healing from a serious injury is the key to maintaining long-term health. Car accident injuries can have a particularly severe impact on your wellbeing, but it’s important to take good care of yourself even when you only sustained minor injuries, like cuts and bruises.

You probably already know that rest is essential for healing, but it’s not enough. Here are some additional insights and tips for making the most out of your healing time.

  1. Don’t fight your own lawsuit


Is there anything more stressful than trying to fight a personal injury lawsuit, going head-to-head with a fierce insurance company determined to diminish your injuries and pay you as little as possible? Don’t subject yourself to this kind of stress while you’re healing. Hire an attorney to represent you and fight your battles.

Car insurance companies are particularly difficult to deal with, but when you hire an attorney who knows their tricks, you have nothing to worry about. All you need to do is follow your lawyer’s advice and let them take all the heat.

Lawsuits play a role in your healing journey by providing you with compensation and peace of mind. However, stress will stretch out your healing process by flooding your bloodstream with cortisol, which won’t do nice things to your body. Too much cortisol prevents anti-inflammatory cytokine production, which will prolong inflammation and promote slow healing.

It’s wise to file a personal injury lawsuit, but hire an attorney to avoid as much stress as possible.

  1. Pay mind to your nutritional intake


Nutrition is the foundation of healing since your body will use all the nutrients to repair cells and perform other functions. It’s important to eat certain foods and avoid others, depending on your specific injuries. However, there are some general guidelines that apply to almost everyone.

  • Avoid inflammatory foods. These foods don’t support the body even when you aren’t injured. However, when your body already has launched the inflammatory response, you don’t want to make it artificially worse. Inflammation serves an important purpose in healing and your body will know when to shut it off.

  • Eat anti-inflammatory foods. If you’re stressed, your body is more likely to stay inflamed beyond the point of necessity. It can help to eat anti-inflammatory foods like berries, salmon, sardines, broccoli, avocado, grapes, and bell peppers.

  • Eat light foods. You can’t go wrong with eating light foods when you’re in recovery. Free up your body’s resources and energy for healing and eat foods that won’t weigh you down and take time to digest. Avoid fried foods, potatoes, large meat portions, and foods made from flour and other dough. Instead, focus on yogurt, fruits and vegetables, soups, lentils, and beans.



  1. Keep exercising


Provided you get clearance from your doctor, continue to exercise based on your current ability. Not moving your body can result in muscle atrophy and you don’t want that.

Do whatever you can to move your body, even if it’s just taking a walk around the block or getting outside in the sunshine for an hour on your back porch. Gradually work yourself up to your normal exercise routine, and if you don’t already have one, create an exercise plan when you’re feeling better.

  1. Meditate daily


Meditation is a powerful way to silence your mind, relieve stress, and bring yourself into a state of inner peace. When you meditate, you’re actively working to limit the impact of stress on your life. Since your body will heal faster with less stress, it makes sense to make meditation a daily activity.

You can go as simple or get as complex as you want with meditation. Whether you prefer guided sessions, sitting in silence for long periods of time, or just want a ten-minute session, it’s all beneficial. It’s possible that meditation might even bring you more relief than you thought possible, since it’s so good at calming the body’s nervous system.

  1. Start a yoga routine


In addition to meditation, yoga can keep stress at bay and help you stay active without intense activity. Clear it with your doctor first, but if you can, do a short 20-minute yoga session three times a week (or every day if you like). The asanas will keep your brain engaged in concentrating on balance and you’ll feel calm and rejuvenated after each session.

Put your healing first

Most importantly, make sure you aren’t overextending yourself to others while you heal. Prioritize your own healing – the world can wait.