On any given day, chiropractors deal with a wide variety of patient aches and pains. But one of the most common problems a chiropractor is asked to treat is whiplash. If you've ever been in a car accident, even something as small as a fender bender with no serious injuries, you probably woke up the next day with a sore neck and shoulders. You might not even have realized the pain was caused by your accident. The same thing can happen in sports. It's common for athletes, especially those that participate in contact sports, to wake up the day after a big game with a sore neck and shoulders. They may not realize that some kind of physical contact during the game left them with a case of whiplash.
Sports and car accidents are two of the most common causes of whiplash, but accidental falls and physical contact are also common. Whiplash is a non-medical term that is used to describe the pain in the neck and shoulders following an injury to the neck. It is usually caused by an abnormal force that created forced movement beyond the neck's normal range of motion. What follows is injury to the soft tissues of the neck such as ligaments, muscles, and tendons that causes severe stiffness and soreness in those areas. Although most commonly called whiplash, your chiropractor may describe the pain using a term like hyperextension injury or cervical sprain. Fortunately, if you are feeling the effects of whiplash, you can benefit from chiropractic treatments to help lessen the pain.
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