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Whiplash is a non-medical
term used to describe injury caused by a rapid jerking of the neck either
forward and backward or side-to-side. It is most often associated with
motor vehicle accidents, but can also occur from falls, blows to the head,
or sports accidents to name a few. The sudden, forceful movement with
whiplash causes the neck to move beyond its normal range of motion. This
can cause tearing in the muscles, tendons and ligaments, which support the
neck and can lead to damage to the intervertebral disc, spinal nerves or
even spinal cord. Symptoms include swelling and/or tenderness of the neck,
difficulty swallowing, jaw problems, nausea, vomiting, flashes of light,
headache, dizziness, cognitive disturbance, insomnia, pain, numbness
and/or tingling into the shoulder or arm, weakness in the neck, shoulder,
arm or hand, or ringing in the ears. Symptoms may be acute or chronic
(longstanding). Often, symptoms of whiplash may not manifest for weeks or
even years. Such an injury to the neck alters the proper biomechanics and
can lead to misalignment (subluxation) and a loss of the natural curve of
the cervical spine. A full 5% of the population will experience a whiplash
injury, and 43% of these people will develop chronic symptoms.
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Whiplash