whiplash injury

Doctors don’t always get it right

by Jonathan

This is a story about an incredibly lucky man. The message is if you have a major traumatic injury, make absolutely sure that you have appropriate investigations like xrays and MRI’s done.

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A Highly Effective Treatment for Whiplash Injuries

by Jonathan

This is a very specialised treatment which applies to a whiplash type injury.  If you’ve had this kind of injury and you’re not getting better, a radio frequency neurotomy could be for you.

This treatment involves zapping the nerve that comes from the spinal facet joint. This should take almost all of the pain away. It involves hi-tech procedures done under xray imaging. It’s important that you do two test blocks on the nerve first to ensure that you’ve correctly located the source of the pain.

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Whiplash Part 2 – the Z Joint and Neck Pain

The damage you get from whiplash sometimes cannot be seen by imaging and scans. It’s important to know the structure of the injury,  so that you can isolate what exactly is causing the pain.

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Whiplash Injury – What Happens When You Get Whiplash?

Whiplash is a common car accident injury. In this seminar, I discuss the case of a guy who had a very similar injury from a slightly different type of impact. We then go on to talk about specifically what happens in your neck when you get whiplash. And how this can help you treat the [...]

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The Natural History of a Whiplash injury to the neck

The Natural History describes the course of the condition if there is no treatment.  So, if we just watch whether people get better or worse, how long it takes and if they can recover completely [or not] – we then know the natural history of the condition. Knowing this is incredibly useful. If you come [...]

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