Fairfax chiropractor, Dr. Shirine Hegazi, works diligently to help relieve patients that have pain from auto-accident injuries. Using a range of techniques and methods that include various rehab, chiropractic approaches and soft tissue therapy, he's able to encourage optimum healing and pain relief through natural methods.

Area of Expertise

After receiving a degree from the Spine Research Institute of San Diego in 2007, which is the leading authority in whiplash and brain traumatology, the doctor has been focusing his energies in the specialized area of diagnosing and treating automobile accident injuries. He utilizes various areas of emphasis from this degree program, including the biomechanics of injury mechanisms, occupant kinematics and automobile crash reconstruction methods for low speed impacts. He’s also proficient in and uses the most current knowledge concerning soft tissue, endrocrinological, bony, and nervous system disorders, advanced diagnostic methodologies and the comprehensive case management of whiplash and related disorders.

Auto-accident Stress

With a deep understanding of the intense stress one undergoes during and after a motor vehicle accident, the approach in treating people for auto-accident pain is gentle, exacting and comprehensive. Special care is taken to alleviate any pain the patient is presently experiencing and to monitor them with regards to any injuries or pain that may surface in the future. The monitoring is essential since certain injuries often don’t manifest themselves until weeks or months later. Sometimes it can take years.

Educating the Patient

Concept Chiropractic and Rehab is devoted to educating its patients from the Fairfax area on pain, healing and their rights. The first step in their process is education and that’s followed by a thorough evaluation of the patient. After diagnosis, the goal is to bring the patient back to the physical state they were in prior to the accident. That means free of pain associated with the mishap and able to engage physically in activities they had previously enjoyed. Overall, by using chiropractic treatment and rehabilitation therapy, Concept Chiropractic and Rehab works with its patients to make sure they feel like themselves, find joy in the things they like to do and can once again fully function.

Symptoms and Signs

There are common symptoms and signs associated with physical injury after a motor vehicle accident. These include neck and back pain, headaches and muscle spasms. People may also feel numbness and tingling in various parts of their body, may find it difficult to sleep and have problems concentrating. Dizziness, memory loss, fatigue and irritability are all common problems that patients face.

Quick Action

Dr. Hegazi at Concept Chiropractic and Rehab notes that quick action is important after you’ve been in an auto-accident. Although you may feel fine after a mishap, it’s important to be thoroughly evaluated and if symptoms occur later on, they need to be addressed. Patients in the Fairfax area have found that addressing a situation that’s accident related sooner than later lessens recovery time and the amount of pain with which they must deal.