What Is Whiplash and How Is Treated?
Whiplash is a form of neck strain.
Although it's usually associated with car accidents, as WebMD explains, any
impact or blow that causes your head to jerk forward or backward can cause neck
strain. The sudden force stretches and tears the muscles and tendons in your
neck. In addition to car and truck accidents, contact sports like football can
cause neck strain.
Whiplash victims are often told that
their soreness and stiffness – along with any other symptoms, such as headaches,
back pain or numbness – will go away with time. Unfortunately, accident victims
are rarely that fortunate. Whiplash
sufferers can experience symptoms they never had before the accident for
months, even years.
Soft tissue injuries due to whiplash
interfere with the body's ability to straighten the structural damage. As Dr.
Selinger, a leader among Lake Worth chiropractors, likes to say, the
healing of a spinal whiplash injury without proper professional care would be
somewhat like healing a broken bone without first setting it. If the whiplash
injury does not receive proper physical care such as spinal adjustments, the
body might mend the injured spine in a distorted position, which could
contribute to chronic and more severe problems in the future. It takes less
time to heal and it is much less costly to treat the whiplash immediately
following the injury than it is to treat it months or years later.
If you have been involved in a motor
vehicle accident, it is important to receive help for your injuries as soon as
possible. At Selinger Chiropractic, we offer whiplash treatment in Lake
Worth. We can also help
if you’re suffering pinched nerve pain or lower back pain.
