Whiplash 3
Whiplash Litigation Neurosis
“Some patients in the author’s study had associated injuries. In addition to injuring their necks, they sprained their ankles or broke their wrists. Normal painless function returned to their ankles and wrists in the expected period of time. These patients did not complain for month after month about painful ankles or wrists, but they did still complain of neck pain. [...]
Whiplash 2
Vehicle Size and Speed Quote
“Acceleration depends on the force applied and the inertia of the vehicle that has been struck. The force is dependent upon the weight and speed of the striking vehicle, so that a streetcar
traveling as 3 mph can apply as much force and initiate the same degree of acceleration as a compact car traveling at 40 mph.”
Ian [...]
Whiplash 1
Vehicle Damage v. Passenger Injury
“The amount of damage sustained by the car bears little relationship to the force applied. To take an extreme example: If the car was struck in concrete, the damage sustained might be very great but the occupants would not be injured because the car could not move forward, whereas, on ice, the damage to the car could [...]
Disc Herniation or "Slipped Disc"
A Patient’s Guide to Lumbar Disc Herniation
Introduction
Although people often refer to a disc herniation as a “slipped disc”, the disc doesn’t actually slip out of place. Rather, the term herniation means that the material at the center of the disc has squeezed out of its normal space. This condition mainly affects people between 30 and [...]
Whiplash, Hearing Loss, & Neck Adjustments
Whiplash, Hearing Loss, and Upper Cervical
Manipulation
[“Little known sequelae of sprains of the cervical spine”]
Schweiz Rundsch Med Prax.
[This is a German journal, and the article is in
German. The abstract is also in English]
December 2, 1999
88(49):2021-4.
Kaeser HE, Ettlin T.
“After cervical sprain not only pain and
neuropsychological disturbances may occur, but
also the following sequelae: cervical dystonia, and
torticollis, dizziness, hearing loss [...]
Whiplash & Degenerative Disc Disease
Acceleration Of Degenerative Disc Disease Following
Whiplash Injuries
“Follow-up roentgenograms taken an average of 7 years after
injury in one series of patients without prior roentgenographic
evidence of disc disease indicated that 39% had developed
degenerative disc disease at one or more disc levels since
injury.”
There was an expected incidence of 6% degenerative change
in the population over this period of time.
“Thus, [...]