Athletically, at age 21, Dave was a rising star. He was tough, fit, tall, strong, and very fast. In addition, he was gifted with superior eye-hand coordination. As a life-long athlete, his favorite sport was football, and in football he was exceptional. Dave was the starting wide receiver on a local college football team. Although […]
Car Accidents, Chiropractic And Children
In the legal cases I have consulted in, often it is claimed that children cannot be injured in motor vehicle collisions, and therefore they do not require any treatment. To escalate this perspective, I have consulted in cases where the chiropractor treating such a child is accused of committing fraud, a crime. Occasionally, these cases […]
Whiplash Update Two Important Studies And Their Clinical Applications
BACKGROUND INFORMATION FROM DAN MURPHY All pain has an inflammatory component. In his 2007 article, Omoigui, concludes: “The origin of all pain is inflammation and the inflammatory response.” “Irrespective of the type of pain, whether it is acute or chronic pain, peripheral or central pain, nociceptive or neuropathic pain, the underlying origin is inflammation […]
Whiplash Injury, Chronic Pain, Non-Pharmacologic Managements Adjuncts
Not everyone injured in a motor vehicle collision recovers completely. A percentage of those injured will suffer for years or sometimes even for decades. Documented examples of this chronic pain syndrome include: In 1964, the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American) published a study where the author followed 145 whiplash-injured patients for more than […]
Low Impact Motor Vehicle Collisions And Whiplash Injury
It is clear that automobile accident insurance company claim adjusters, automobile accident insurance company defense attorneys, and defense medical/chiropractic experts believe that an individual in a vehicle involved in a collision cannot be injured if the vehicle sustains only minimum structural damage. Yet, there is no doubt that individuals involved in minimum structural damage collisions […]
Whiplash: Why is this Taking So Long?
Whiplash treatment and management is a topic of great discussion! Many different types of tissues can be injured in a whiplash event, which can lead to a multitude of symptoms. This is why the label “Whiplash Associated Disorders” (WAD) was born! The rate of healing for each type of tissue varies, thus the length of […]
The Healing of Injured Soft Tissues
In this month’s issue we’re going to touch on area of patient treatment that has undergone enormous leaps and bounds in our understanding over the last decade. An area I will refer to as “Post-Traumatic Soft Tissue Injury”. Even with recent breakthroughs in understanding the physiology of repair (and possibly because of these RECENT breakthroughs) […]
Whiplash Trauma, Alar Ligament Injury, and Chronic Neck Pain
The primary region of the human body to be injured in a whiplash accident is the neck. The whiplash injury is an inertial injury to the neck. This means that there is no direct impact, blow, or contact to the neck. Rather, the injury is indirect, and there is no contact. Another well-known example of […]
Whiplash Management
Whiplash usually occurs as a result of a car crash when the head moves in a fast, uncontrolled way in many possible directions. The forwards-backwards movement is described in a classic “whiplash” injury but side-to-side, rotational, or a combination of movements often occur, especially if we add in the factor of the head being turned […]
Whiplash Recovery
Exercise is an important part of whiplash treatment and is often overlooked by both patients and doctors. We will focus on several practical and effective exercises over the next several months. The first of this series can be called “brain exercises.” Brain Exercise #1: Eyes Still, Move Head. Hold a pen a comfortable distance in […]
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