Whiplash
Whiplash
British Chiropractic Association.
Chiropractic Ò support for an invisible injury
Your pain and misery as a result of a whiplash injury might not feel any better if you were told that there is no immediate evidence of injury to the bones of your neck on your X-rays. However this is often the case, because initially nothing may show up on an X-ray unless the accident was very severe. Symptoms can take months or even longer to appear. The problem may be in the muscles and ligaments, which do not appear on an X-ray.
Chiropractors treat problems with your joints, bones and muscles, and the effects they have on your nervous system. Working on all the joints of your body, concentrating particularly on the spine, they use their hands to make gentle, specific adjustments (the chiropractic word for manipulation) to improve the efficiency of your nervous system and release your bodyÌs natural healing ability. Chiropractic does not involve the use of any drugs or surgery.
Changes to normal neck movement
Rather than just a simple sprain to the muscle and ligaments of the neck, research shows that during a road traffic accident involving a rear-end shunt, the neck curves in an abnormal S-shape which grossly alters normal neck movement.
Normally, the joints at the back of your neck glide over each other and are self-lubricated, but a whiplash injury forces them together, damaging the surrounding area, which includes nerves, muscles, ligaments and discs.
There are tiny receptors in the ligaments around the neck called proprioceptors. These relay information to your brain about the position of the joints. If these ligaments have been damaged due to whiplash, you ...
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