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Treating Whiplash
The good news about whiplash is that it usually gets better. About 75% of people with these injuries have no whiplash pain one year later.
The remaining 25% continue to have some pain. This doesn't seem to be affected by how much or by what type of treatment they receive. Fortunately, most of these people can still return to their normal activities at home and at work, despite some lingering pain.
You can choose from treatments provided by a variety of health care providers, including, athletic therapy, chiropractic, medical care and physiotherapy. For PIPP to continue to cover these treatments, they must be measurably effective in improving your condition.
Treatment should improve your range of motion and your ability to function normally. You should notice these improvements after a relatively short course of treatment. The most effective treatments encourage mobility and a return to your normal activities.
If, after a short course of treatment, you notice no improvement, the treatment probably isn't working for you. At that stage, you should discuss other treatment options with your health care provider. In fact, long-term ineffective treatment of whiplash may make you worse. No treatment is completely without risk.
To sum up, PIPP covers treatment for whiplash as long as you're getting measurable improvement from it. If a treatment is working, improvement should come quite quickly. PIPP won't continue to cover treatments that don't improve your range of motion and return you to your normal activities.
The Manitoba Athletic Therapists Association (MATA) worked with Manitoba Public Insurance to develop Guidelines for Clinical Treatment. These guidelines were developed jointly to help you avoid dependency on treatment and get you better, faster.
The Manitoba Chiropractors' Association (MCA) worked with Manitoba Public Insurance to develop a guide for primary chiropractic care. The guide was developed jointly to help you avoid dependency on treatment and get you better, faster.
The Manitoba Branch of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association has worked with Manitoba Public Insurance to develop standards of professional excellence. These guidelines were developed jointly to help you avoid dependency on treatment and get you better, faster.
If you aren't improving, you should discuss, with your health care provider, consideration of other types of treatment, or discharging you from care.
Your case manager can also help answer any of your questions about treatment.
Is treatment helping you?
Here are some questions you can ask yourself about the treatment you're receiving. The answers will help you evaluate if it's time to talk to your health care provider about your treatment or to ask another health care provider for advice.
- Am I feeling better than I felt a month ago?
- Do I know what treatment plan my health care provider is following?
- Has my health care provider discussed treatment goals with me?
- Is treatment likely to make a difference? Is it necessary?
- Have we reviewed my treatment plan in the last two months?
- Has my treatment plan changed to reflect the progress of my recovery?
- How will I know when treatment is complete?
- Am I still taking medicines that I only started taking after the accident?
- What will make me feel better?
If you answered "no" to any of the first six questions or if you have any doubts about your treatment plan, talk to your health care provider.
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