Whiplash is a slang term for an injury to the neck that occurs as a result of a sudden jolt, classically occurring in a car accident (though a slip and fall injury can sometimes result in a similar condition). In a classic rear-end collision, the car is struck from behind and accelerated forward so fast […]
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Whiplash Injuries
Prognosis, Chronic Pain, and Treatment Options A Review of Studies by Martin Gargan, MD and Gordon Bannister, MD Two of the most published physicians on the topic of outcomes from whiplash trauma are Martin Gargan and Gordon Bannister from the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Dr. Gargan is a specialist in pediatric orthopedic […]
Whiplash – Important Points to Know!
What Is It? Whiplash is an injury to the soft tissues in the neck including ligaments, joint capsules, muscles and their tendons, and intervertebral disks. It can also involve the nervous system tissues in more severe cases, result in radiating arm pain. How does it happen? During a car crash, most commonly a rear-end collision. […]
Whiplash – Where Is My Neck Pain Coming From?
Last week while driving to work, you were stopped at a red light and glanced in the rear view mirror only to notice a car approaching from behind way too fast. The next thing you remember is the squeal of the tires and a loud crash with an accompanied sudden jolt as your car was […]
Important Car Accident Injury Prevention
While it is hard prevent someone from crashing their car into yours, there are some things you can do to minimize you risk for a serious whiplash injury if and when a collision occurs. The first preventive measure is making sure your seat is upright and the head rest touches the top of your head. […]
The 3 Critical Components Of A Whiplash Injury
When considering whiplash injuries, three questions are important: What are the primary tissues that are injured during whiplash trauma? Which injured tissues are responsible for chronic whiplash injury pain? Which conservative treatments are best at preventing and treating chronic whiplash injury pain? Discussions to help answer these questions are to come in the following pages. However, […]
Whiplash Injuries: The Authorities Weigh In On “Frequency and Duration” of Treatment
In this month’s issue we’re going to talk about a topic in which there is surprisingly little written… the duration and frequency of treatment for whiplash injuries. While many individual authors have published recommendations based upon personal and or clinical experience, and a small number of good solid studies have in fact been published…. the […]
Growing Children, Text Neck, and The Importance of Chiropractic Care
Orthopaedics literally means “straight children.” The specialty of orthopedics began in 1741 when French physician, Nicolas Andry de Bois-Regard (1658–1742) published the foundational book Orthopédie (translated as The Art of Correcting and Preventing Deformities in Children) (1, 2). Dr. Andry established that children who were “bent” (not straight) had difficult lives, and that their situation […]
Chiropractic Care and the Inhibition of Pain
A New Model Discussing Interleukin-10 The primary reason people go to chiropractors is for the complaint of spinal pain. A recent review of the chiropractic profession, published in the prestigious journal Spine, shows that 93% of chiropractic patients initially seek chiropractic care for spinal pain complaints: 63% for low back pain and 30% for neck […]
The Chiropractic Profession
What is a Chiropractor? Chiropractors are primarily mechanical providers of care (adjustments, exercise, tissue work, etc.). A spinal adjustment is a manipulation that is delivered in a specific line-of-drive. Chiropractic education emphasizes mechanical care. Chiropractors are not trained in pharmacology, and/or drugs. Those are outside of their scope of license. Yet most chiropractic patients are […]
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