Whiplash injuries ?are they caused by startle reflexes?
New research published in The Journal of Physiology suggests that a cause of whiplash injuries could be startle reflexes elicited by unexpected loud sounds. Whiplash injuries most commonly result from seemingly minor low-speed rear-end collisions. The reason for the injury is not known but it is generally thought that the sudden acceleration of the body relative to the head damages the jo...Whiplash injury causes persistent
Researchers at Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark, in a first of its kind study compared a group of whiplash patients with a group of ankle injury patients. They found that those who suffered a whiplash injury had pain in the neck, head, shoulder, arm and even lower back which persisted for up to a year. In the study of the two groups, pain in the ankle injury group declined rapidly, more or les...The Silver Lining after a Whiplash Injury
A recent study has shown that people who suffer whiplash injuries can recover soon with a newly developed whiplash management agreement, widely used in Quebec, Canada.// The Whiplash Management strategy is a big leap towards enabling speedier recovery, the highlights of this initiative being better cost economy and earlier resumption of normal activities, following faster recovery. The...Aggressive Treatment for Whiplash Does Not Promote Faster Recovery
Whiplash, the most common traffic injury, leads to neck pain, headache and other symptoms, resulting in a significant burden of disability and health care utilization. Although there are few effective treatments for whiplash, a growing body of evidence suggests that the type and intensity of treatment received shortly after the injury have a long-lasting influence on the prognosis. A new study p...Childhood Strokes Linked to Whiplash, Other Traumatic Injury
Johns Hopkins Childrens Center neurologists are sounding the alarm for parents about a common myth: that children dont suffer strokes. In fact, nearly 3,200 children have so-called brain attacks each year, and half of them end up with permanent neurological damage, according to Lori Jordan, M.D. Strokes in children may occur even more often than brain tumors, says Jordan, but un...