Whiplash Treatment
Whiplash injuries can happen if your head moved suddenly—back and forth very quickly—and caused a strain in the neck. It is usually caused by a car accident or traumatic fall.
Whiplash injury can also happen in “collision sports,” such as rugby and boxing. If left untreated, it will lead to accelerated spinal degeneration, slipped disc and nerve compression, which in turn may cause numbness, pain, or tingling sensation down the arm and hand.
Usually 66% - 70% of people suffering from whiplash complain of headache and 62% - 98% complain of neck pain.
Types of damage by Whiplash
- Damage to Muscles Damage to Vertebrae
It is possible for the vertebrae in the neck to sustain a fracture, which varies in severity, from a minor hairline fracture to a wedge fracture that is much more serious. - Damage to Disc
The ruptured disc can put pressure on adjacent nerve roots and cause tingling, numbness or burning. 
Damage to Facet Joints in Anterior of Neck
When the neck bends backward during a whiplash impact, the joints can be compressed and then swell in response. This can cause pain in the neck and also to other parts of the body.- Damage to Nervous System
Compression injuries can affect the brain resulting in pooling of blood between the brain and skull. Symptoms include loss of smell, double vision.
Chiropractic Treatment of Whiplash Injury
Chiropractors have reported excellent results with Whiplash patients. The following is one such case.
“A 43 year old female suffered C5-6 and C6-7 nuclear herniations as a result of an automobile collision. The patient suffered a hyperextension/ hyperflexion trauma to the cervical spine which resulted in a reversal of her cervical lordosis, thus causing extensive soft tissue damage and herniations…Specific spinal adjustments were administered with a hand held adjusting instrument to correct her posterior and lateral cervical subluxations.
After 6 months, a repeat MRI revealed that there was a mild posterior bulging of the C5-6 level in the mid line with no evidence for significant disc herniation. The C5-6 area appears to be essentially normal.”1
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References
- Breakiron G. "Chiropractic Adjustments, Cervical Traction and Rehabilitation correct Cervical Spine Herniated Disc" Journal of Chiropractic.
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