Whiplash
Whiplash.
Symptoms, Causes and Treatment for Whiplash Neck Injury. Whiplash injury treatment involves an accurate diagnosis of the tissues affected as well as - ideally - early intervention.
Whiplash neck injury and associated problems represent a number of symptoms arising from a sudden distortion to the neck.
Whiplash is commonly associated with road traffic accidents - when a car is rear-ended and the passengers neck is thrusted forwards and backwards in a whiplash-type motion. Whiplash neck injuries can also commonly arise from falls from bicycles, horses and tackles on the sports field.
These types of injuries result in a varying scale of ligamentous, joint, muscle and nerve damage to your neck anatomy and beyond.
So, what is Whiplash? What are the main symptoms of whiplash? Often - you may feel shocked, but injury-free, immediately after an accident - but it is important to realise that whiplash symptoms can appear over a period of time. Let’s rund through some various aspects of Diagnosing whiplash and appropriate treatments:
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