Whiplash If you have been in an auto accident, you may consider contacting our office to evaluate any trauma that may have occurred. We treat a wide range of auto accident injuries including whiplash, a common auto injury. It is easy to sustain neck trauma is when one car collides into the rear-end of another. The passenger in the front automobile has their neck jerked back quickly resulting in an injury we know as whiplash. Whiplash can include: strained muscles and/or ligaments, and spinal joint injuries. This kind of neck injury is often associated with tension type headaches and head pain as a result of cervical dysfunction. Whiplash can also occur from sports injuries, slips and falls or unexpected, rapid motions of the neck. When the head is suddenly jerked either forward and back, back and forward or side to side, the muscles, ligaments and other soft tissues supporting the spine and head can be overstretched or turn. The soft, pulpy discs between spinal bones can bulge, tear or rupture. Vertebrae can be forced out of their normal position, reducing range of motion. The resulting instability of the spine and soft tissues can result in headaches, dizziness, nausea, blurred vision, ringing in the ears, arm and shoulder pain, and tingling in the hands and fingers. As with any injury, it is important to get an evaluation shortly thereafter to rule out any serious injury. In most whiplash cases, injuries are surface ones to the tissue and ligaments. Dr. Lukonaitis at Silver Creek Chriroptactic, P.C. can effectively evaluate the tissues that are at risk in a whiplash type of injury including: bones, nerves, muscles, tendons, ligaments, discs, blood supply and lymph supply. Patients who begin treatment thirty or more days after an accident can take up to three times longer to fully recover from a whiplash injury than those who begin treatment immediately.