Whiplash ..

Rear-ended automobile accident victims will recognize this condition.Whiplash is a soft tissue injury to the neck. It can affect intervertebral joints, discs, and ligaments,cervical muscles, and nerve roots.

It occurs when your head suddenly moves backward, then forward in an extreme motion, pushing neck muscles and ligaments beyond their normal range of motion.

This condition ranges from mild to severe, depending on the intensity of the whipping of the head at impact.

Sometimes the injury may not appear until a day or two after the incident. On the other hand, more severe whiplash injuries, accompanied by severe debilitating pain, can present symptoms immediately.

Often the symptoms include headache, dizziness , a burning sensation in the neck, shoulder and back, and fatigue from lack of sleep.

Treatment ranges from anti-inflammatory pain medication and generally some form of physical therapy to restore range of motion to the affected muscles and ligaments.

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STIFF Neck :  Give me 30 mn to take it off …

The muscle most often involved with a stiff neck is the levator scapula which connects the neck and shoulder.

The most usual complaint of a “stiff neck” is pain when trying to turn the head to the side where it hurts, often turning the body instead of the neck to look behind. It is often associated with a headache but not always.

The most common causes for developing this kind of stiff neck are; turning the head to one side while typing, long phone calls

without a headset, sleeping without proper pillow support with the neck tilted or rotated, sitting in a chair with armrests too high and exposure of the neck to a cold draft. There are other causes basically from shortening of this muscle as illustrated with using a cane that is too long.

Activities such as vigorous tennis, swimming the crawl stroke and watching a tennis match rotating the head back and forth can also cause a stiff neck. Additionally, stress as in “the weight of the world on my shoulders” or a tense, hostile or aggressive postures may contribute.

How to treat a stiff neck. Knowing some of the causes of a stiff neck can lead to prevention in many cases. A good method of self treatment is to use Heat for neck pain relief and self massage to ease some of the tension. For massage, be careful not to strain while reaching back. The areas to massage are the “X”s in the upper right of the diagram and can be reached without strain by using a back massager. Other areas of muscle strain may be associated with a stiff neck and headache which should also be given the proper attention. Be sure to use a supportive neck pillow and become familiar with proper neck posture. Learn techniques of stress reduction such as breathing exercises to help reduce tension and headache.

Tuina, the Ancien Chinese massage is the best way to treat you …

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