by Tejasvit Kour | Sep 2, 2009 | Whiplash
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]You’re stopped at red light awaiting a left turn into the grocery store parking lot when out of nowhere, you hear the screeching of tires, you turn your head and look into the rear view mirror and see that you’re about to be hit from...
by Tejasvit Kour | Aug 5, 2009 | Whiplash
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]What Is It? Whiplash is an injury to the soft tissues in the neck including ligaments, joint capsules, muscles and their tendons, and intervertebral disks. It can also involve the nervous system tissues in more severe cases, result...
by Tejasvit Kour | Jun 10, 2009 | Whiplash
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]There are many different reasons why injuries sustained in car crashes result in chronic or long-term pain. First, there are several types of tissues in the neck that can give rise to pain. The most intense pain comes from the...
by Tejasvit Kour | Jun 2, 2009 | Whiplash
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In a series of recent human volunteer crash tests of low speed rear impact collisions, it was reported that the threshold for cervical spine soft tissue injury was 5 mph (delta V) (1 ref). Other reports have shown that crashed cars...
by Tejasvit Kour | May 5, 2009 | Whiplash
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Last week while driving to work, you were stopped at a red light and glanced in the rear view mirror only to notice a car approaching from behind way too fast. The next thing you remember is the squeal of the tires and a loud crash...
by Tejasvit Kour | Apr 5, 2009 | Whiplash
Whiplash results from a sudden trauma, usually involving an accident, where the injured person’s car is struck from behind, from the front, or from one of the sides.The injury is caused from the head quickly accelerating, like a “crack the whip” action, which often...