Most people recover fully in 3 months after experiencing whiplash. During your recovery, medical treatments can help manage the symptoms. Whiplash occurs when a person’s head moves backward and then ...

Background Cervical whiplash syndrome, or hyperextension-hyperflexion injury, is a common traumatic injury in sports activities. The mechanisms of injury that cause cervical whiplash syndrome vary, ...

Background Despite efforts to provide a comprehensive diagnosis of whiplash (eg, The Quebec Classification system, 1995; Soderlund & Dennison) it is an ill defined and poorly understood injury. Its ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Large amount of fat in neck muscles predicts chronic pain, disability and PTSD Will enable earlier treatment for whiplash victims Fat indicates atrophy, shows the chronic pain is not psychological ...

Neck strain is often just called whiplash. Although it's usually associated with car accidents, any impact or blow that causes your head to jerk forward or backward can cause neck strain. The sudden ...

Whiplash is an injury that results from a sudden jerking back and forth motion of the neck. The symptoms include neck pain, dizziness, blurred vision, ringing in the ears, and more. Most people ...

The first passenger railroad in the United States—the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad—began construction in 1828. Five years later, in 1833, the country saw its first fatal train accident. As train travel ...