Whiplash
When we think of whiplash, we usually think of its worst cause: an automobile accident. But according to a division of the U.S. government’s National Institute of Health (its National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke), we can receive this kind of neck injury any time we experience a sudden extension and flexion of the neck, which can damage soft-tissues, intervertebral joints, discs, ligaments, cervical muscles, and nerve roots.1
Whiplash Symptoms
In a whiplash-type injury, we’ll usually experience some- neck pain
- stiffness
- headaches
- dizziness
- abnormal prickling or burning sensations on our skin (paresthesia)
- shoulder and back pain
- memory loss
- difficulty concentrating
- sleeplessness
- fatigue
- depression
What can be confounding is that whiplash symptoms may not appear immediately after this kind of injury, but instead may surface several days later.
Chiropractic Treats Whiplash Best
Doctors of Chiropractic treat whiplash injuries overwhemingly successfully. The authors of a study who compared various types of whiplash treatments’ effectiveness emphatically stated the Chiropractors' expertise in the Journal of Orthopaedic Medicine: "Whiplash injuries are common. Chiropractic is the only proven effective treatment in chronic cases.1"If you have any of the symptoms associated with whiplash, please call us for an appointment or visit our office. We'd like you to start healing and feeling better as soon as possible.
References
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. 9 May 2008. <http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/whiplash/whiplash.htm>.
- Khan S., Cook J., Gargan M., Bannister G. “A symptomatic classification of whiplash injury and the implications for treatment.” Journal of Orthopaedic Medicine. 1999;21(1).
