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Is pain-related accidents destruction of their quality of life?

Whiplash pain after an auto accident is a very common complaint. In fact, in the U.S. alone is estimated that at least 1,000,000 people suffer whiplash injuries related to accidents and pain each year. While neck pain after a Whiplash is the most common complaint, a wide range of other related whiplash can cause terrible symptoms, patterns of long-term pain.

Whiplash is painfully dangerous

The cervical spine is where the spinal cord lives, and the spinal cord is the most sensitive tissue whole body. Even minor damage to the surrounding vertebrae, stabilizes and protects the spinal cord can cause a myriad fragile very painful symptoms, and permanent tissue damage.

Whiplash hurts painful crush the first seven vertebrae of the spine that runs from the base of his brain more beyond your shoulders. If untreated, the damage is the root cause of whiplash-related pain increase and result in a myriad of health conditions and the danger of permanent tissue damage.

How does it manifest whiplash pain?

Neck pain occurs in a vast majority of whiplash injuries (between 62% -100%), and is the main symptom of whiplash. Approximately 70% of victims also reported headaches similar to migraines.

This headache and neck pain can be in one or both sides, again-again or constant, in one place or general. Both neck pain and headache are often the result of tense muscles, strained or torn ligaments and try to stabilize his head and neck.

Shoulder pain is a common manifestation of the injury. Can be described as pain that radiates to the back of the neck in the shoulder blade area and also may be the result of damaged muscles.

Strains and tears are often described as a burning sensation or itching a sensation tingling.

In at least 60% of rear-end collisions, the spinal joints that stabilize the spine and allow it to bend and twist at the same time are subject to crush damage. Severe facet joint damage may cause sharp pain with certain movements, and may radiate to the arms, hands and fingers.

Approximately 45% of rear-end collision victims also report suffering severe lower back pain. The pain associated with whiplash-related injuries cervical can vary from acute to chronic.

What is the difference between acute and chronic pain?

Acute pain may start suddenly as a sharp, stabbing pain. This type of pain comes and goes, and usually disappears within three to six months. soft tissue injuries such as whiplash cervical, is a known cause of acute pain.

Chronic pain lasts longer than six months, is persistent and often terribly serious. Chronic pain only attack their targets physically, it also causes emotional damage similar to post-traumatic syndrome disorder.

Degenerative disc disease and causes unresolved injuryspecifically, whiplash injuryare known untreated chronic pain.

It is important to note that once the nervous system has been damaged by a whiplash injury related to spinal nerves are highly susceptible to a much lower threshold of pain.

About the Author

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
Drs. Brenda and Erik Slovin
are board certified Chiropractic physicians at Slovin
Chiropractic Center in Norwalk, Connecticut. Drs. Slovin specialize in whiplash
injury and teach people how to get rid of their headache,
migraine and neck pain, quickly and easily, without the use of pills or
surgery.

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