- Injury to the soft tissues around the cervical spine
- Cervical sprain
- Damage to the neck and neck area
- Tension of the neck and neck muscles
Whiplash is an injury to the soft tissues around the cervical spine, usually caused by sudden flexion and hyperextension, such as muscle injury for instance in a rear-end collision. Often, this injury (based on common English terms) is called whiplash injury or whiplash syndrome. Correct due to their aetiology is also called cervical sprain distortion.
External forces can cause damage to the neck and neck area; These can affect the muscles, the ligamentous apparatus, the intervertebral discs, the vessels and the spinal cord.
Due to this injury, the body reacts - depending on severity - with tension of the neck and neck muscles, which can be very painful and lead to the main symptoms of whiplash. Headache, reduced mobility, tinnitus, blurred vision, bad bite, muscle pain, nausea, dizziness, etc. often only appear after a few days to the full extent. Experience has shown that these symptoms should be treated before you fall back into everyday life. In addition to protection, improvement of posture, mobilization of the upward position of the cervical spine, influencing the circulation of the cerebrospinal fluid and the ventricular system with craniosacral osteopathy, this also includes the corresponding strengthening of the shoulder-neck musculature.
Please seek expert help from the osteopath, physiotherapist, doctor and non-experts. Whiplash may otherwise leave a negative impact in the longer term.
Recent studies have shown that prolonged protection of the cervical spine (for example by wearing a neck brace) is more likely to delay healing.
The most effective are physiotherapeutic exercises under professional guidance, with which already two to three days after the injury event should be started (after consultation with the attending physician) in a combination with osteopathy.
The most effective are physiotherapeutic exercises under professional guidance, with which already two to three days after the injury event should be started (after consultation with the attending physician) in a combination with osteopathy.
Recent studies have shown that prolonged protection of the cervical spine (eg by wearing a neck brace) is more likely to delay healing. The most effective are physiotherapeutic exercises under professional guidance, with which already two to three days after the injury event should be started (after consultation with the attending physician) in a combination with osteopathy. From the pharmacological side, in addition to any necessary prescribed by the doctor analgesic medication so far no effective support can be offered.
