Whiplash Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

What is whiplash?

Whiplash is ache and rigidity in the neck due to an injury that has led to a sudden distortion of the neck.

Whiplash Causes

It arises when the head is compelled to move forward or backward, and then head snaps occur in the opposite direction. In most cases, this kind of movement is caused by a car accident in which people is push forward by a sudden thrust due to the crash of car. Sometimes, it might be caused by a fall, a sports injury, or if you are roughly shaken. The movement leads to stretching or tears (sprains) of muscles and ligaments in the neck, and it may cause nerve damage. In rare situation, it may result in fractured bones.

Symptoms of Whiplash

Symptoms of whiplash reported by sufferers include: pain and rigidity in neck and back, severe ache in your head, chest, shoulders, and arms. You also may have a headache and dizziness.

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Before you are injured, you might have no symptoms at all. Or your symptoms may disappear but then come back after several days.

Whiplash Diagnosis

Symptoms may indicate that you have a more severe injury include:
Severe pain in your neck.
Referred pain down one or both arms.
Pain that return after disappearing for a few days.
Numbness or shooting pain in your hands, arms, chest, or legs.