Dr. Dan Anderson Modesto Chiropractor discusses “WHIPLASH INJURY”

So what is whiplash? If you have had it you know the pain associated with it.But lets take a minute to discuss what happents if you or someone you know has experienced it.
Whiplash trauma usually injures the joints of your neck. A joint is created where two bone meet. Joints allow these bones to move in relationship to eachother. Ligaments attach on each side of these joints and hold the bones together , they stableize them and help prevent the joint from moving too far. Unfortunately when an injury occurs, the ligaments have been stretched, the bones moved to a point that caused ligamentous injury. Ligament injury equals a sprain.
Muscles also cross these joints in your neck. Muscles insert across your joints and provide the power to move you spine. These muscles can also be injured at the origin and insertions on the spine or in the belly of the muscles during a whiplash. A muscle injury is called a strain. Whiplash trauma can injure both the ligaments (sprain) and the muscles (strain).
The cervical spine has 7 vertebra. Your spine protects your nervous system. A system that controls every cell, tissue and organ in your body. Your cervical spine has the ability to move in different directions. Your spine flexes forward toward your chest, backwards toward your back, sideways toward your shoulders and rotational allowing you to look left or right. If you experience a whiplash injury,
your cervical spine may have been injured in any one or more of these directions. The spine does a fantastic job of protecting our nervous system, and our discs allow for all the movement we discussed above. Any injury to these ligaments or discs require medical intervention. The worst thing to do if you have experienced an injury is to not seek professional medical/chiropractic treatment. The body will heal from injuries, but may do so with scar tissue, and set the injured joints up for premature degeneration. The good news is correct management of whiplash can result in a normal return to the activities you normally do and enjoy.

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