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What To Do When you have Whiplash?

Whiplash should not be untreated. Severe whiplash usually happens during a car accident. You should call a doctor immediately after a whiplash injury. Don't delay visiting your doctor, because that will increase the chance of serious neck damage.

How Does Whiplash Happen?

Whiplash usally happen after a sudden, unexpected movement or extension of the neck. A sudden movement of the head, backward, forward, or sideways can cause serious neck injuries. Severe whiplash cases happen mostly during a car accident. During the car crash the soft tissue structures of the cervical spine or neck region are injured, causing long term neck pain. Usually whiplash is a strain of the neck muscles or sprain of the ligaments that move and support the spine and head.

What Are The Whiplash Symptoms?

These signs and symptoms of whiplashs may not show immediately. Sometimes it takes hours or days to feel the whiplash symptoms after the accident. Here are the most common whiplash symptoms:

Difficulty moving your neck around
Headache
Neck pain
Neck swelling
Muscle spasms (in the side or back of your neck)
According to an article of spineuniverse.com, 66% to 70% people who has whiplash injuries are experience headache.

Your Should Seek Medical Care Immediately

It's recommended to call for medical advice immediately after the injury. Call your doctor and ask for advice. The risks associated with a possible neck injury are far too great to attempt to diagnose and treat yourself.

Whiplash not only happens during a car accident. It can also be caused by sport injuries. Most poeople don't seek medical treatment after a light whiplash injury. This is very risky, because sometimes whiplash symptoms can take years to develop. The earlier you seek medical advice for whiplash injuries, the better.

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