Fascial Adhesions Lead to Chronic Pain: Solutions to a Cheerleading Accident
Although Cassie’s case was extremely common as far as what was wrong with her (FASCIAL ADHESIONS caused by SEVERE TRAUMA had caused unbearable neck pain, back pain, shoulder pain, and headaches), the mechanism of her injury was anything but. At age 11, she had been invited to be part of an elite cheer-squad, made up […]
chronic neck pain, headaches, and whiplash: what does the latest research say?
WHAT DOES THE LATEST RESEARCH ON NECK PAIN, HEADACHES, AND WHIPLASH REVEAL? “Neck pain is the most common musculoskeletal pathology second only to low back pain. It is the fourth largest contributor to global disability with its prevalence ranging between 30 to 71% of the general population. Two thirds of adults are affected by neck […]
neck pain from a 45+ year old whiplash injury solved in one visit nearly five years ago
FOUR-PLUS DECADES OF WHIPLASH PAIN SOLVED IN A SINGLE VISIT — FIVE YEARS AGO Carolyn is one of those upbeat people you can’t help but like — a go-getter’s go-getter. So when she started dealing with progressive hip pain that I was unable to help, I was eager to see if there was some […]
the latest on chronic neck pain, chronic headaches, and whiplash
Back in June a team of Swedish researchers put together a study for the Journal of Pain Research titled Exploring Patients’ Experiences of the Whiplash Injury-Recovery Process. Knowing what we already know about recovery from whiplash injuries (OVER 50% OF THOSE INJURED — MOSTLY WOMEN — WILL DEAL WITH CHRONIC SYMPTOMS FOR THE REST OF […]
incredible chronic pain testimonial
CHRONIC PAIN IN THE SPINE: VIDEO TESTIMONIALPAIN RELIEF TWO DECADES AFTER A FIVE ROLL-OVER CAR CRASH When Gretchen says that back in 1994 she was involved in a MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT, it’s quite possibly the understatement of the year (it was a five roll-over crash that killed the vehicle’s other occupant). After being hospitalized with […]
the very latest research on whiplash & chronic neck pain
CHRONIC NECK PAIN: WHAT DOES THE LATEST SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE SAY? The statistics on WHIPLASH are frightening. As you’ll see again today, study after study show that 50% of those injured in a whiplash-type accident end up with chronic WAD — Whiplash Associated Disorders — pain and dysfunction that never completely go away. The majority of […]
chronic neck pain: could there be a solution for you?
CHRONIC NECK PAIN: COULD THERE BE A SOLUTION FOR YOU? Although there are any number of reasons people end up with CHRONIC NECK PAIN, one of the more common are the physical results of WHIPLASH INJURY. Just last week I had two interesting cases on the same day; young men who had been struggling with […]
head injuries screw people up in ways previously never imagined
STRUGGLING WITH CHRONIC HEALTH ISSUES? HAVE YOU HAD HEAD INJURIES OR WHIPLASH? “We report that TBI, a common injury in sport, military, and domestic environments, alters the fundamental aspects of gene regulation, which could explain mechanisms by which the TBI pathology can divert into other brain disorders. TBI affected the network organization and the epigenetic […]
hannah’s case history: whiplash, neck pain, arthritis, and a post-surgical spine
WHIPLASH, NECK PAIN,& POST-SURGICAL ARTHRITIS: A POTENTIAL BREAKTHROUGH FOR HANNAH Every now and then I take it upon myself to do a CASE HISTORY, hopefully helping someone out that is suffering and living life on the MEDICAL MERRY-GO-ROUND, having no real idea of what to do or where to turn. This case was sent to […]
is whiplash a neck injury, a fascia injury, a brain injury, or all of the above?
HOW THE PAIN AND DYSFUNCTION OF THE WHIPLASH-INJURED NECK AFFECTS THE BRAIN An article by Julie Beck in a 2016 issue of The Atlantic (Chronic Whiplash is a Medical Mystery) was quoting professor of medicine, Dr. Robert Ferrari as she said… “That people can experience neck, […]
traumatic brain injury: a whiplash question and case history
WHIPLASH INJURY WITH NEUROLOGICAL SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF TBI or MTBI? A STEP-WISE PROCESS FOR GETTING YOUR LIFE BACK! When it pertains to a subject that I think is pertinent to a lot of people, I sometimes take an email / comment / question I receive and turn it into a blog post (HERE are […]
whiplash injuries: prevention and treatment of america’s number one source of chronic neck pain
AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE SOURCE FOR CHRONIC NECK PAIN? WHIPLASH INJURIES There are lots of reasons that people end up with acute neck pain — they have “Text Neck,” they worked out too hard, they slept wrong, they have poor posture, etc, etc, etc. This is a wholly different animal than CHRONIC NECK PAIN — neck […]
chronic neck pain: only one of the many consequences of whiplash
CHRONIC NECK PAIN: ONLY ONE OF THE MANY CONSEQUENCES OF WHIPLASH THE INJURY THAT KEEPS ON GIVING…. WHIPLASH When we think of WHIPLASH INJURIES, we automatically think of injuries to the neck. While this is certainly true (CHRONIC NECK PAINis the number one long-term sequelae of WHIPLASH ACCIDENTS), there can be far-reaching consequences that go […]
chronic neck pain and the fascia of the cervical spine (neck)
According to any number of sources, the most common cause of CHRONIC NECK PAIN is WHIPLASH, affecting somewhere between 45 and 50 million Americans on some level. The question, however, is why — why are so many people struggling with Chronic Neck Pain in this age of EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE and hi-tech everything? In other words, […]
chronic neck pain and it’s effects on the brain and nervous system
IS YOUR CHRONIC NECK PAIN AFFECTING YOUR BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM? “According to an NIH study released last year, some 25.3 million American adults have experienced chronic pain every day for the past three months. Chronic pain is a poorly understood condition in which the nervous system consistently fires out pain signals for a long […]
answering a patient’s questions about chronic pain from a whiplash accident
SEVERE MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT LEAVES PATIENT IN CHRONIC PAIN: QUESTIONS ABOUT OPTIONS & POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS A patient I’ll call “Brenda” sent me the following history in response to a recent post on CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN. I told her I would answer her publicly so that everyone could read, since what she is dealing with […]
fixing vertigo on your own: help solve your vertigo, no matter the cause
SUCCESSFULLY ADDRESS YOUR VERTIGO NO MATTER THE CAUSE Dr. Horst Conrad, in chapter 123 (Vertigo and Associated Symptoms) of his text, Clinical Methods: The History, Physical, and Laboratory Examinations, describes Vertigo thusly, “….an abnormal sensation of motion. It can occur in the absence of motion or when a motion is sensed inaccurately. Spinning vertigo is […]
another tale of whiplash woe
THE NIGHTMARE KNOWN AS WHIPLASH As defined by Webster’s 1913, the word “malinger” means, “to feign illness or inability.” In other words, a malingerer would be one who fakes pain or disability, usually for financial gain — something quite common here in modern America. And because it is so common, we tend to throw the […]
chronic neck pain and whiplash
WHIPLASH & CHRONIC NECK PAINFACTORS THAT MAKE THE ACCIDENT OR INJURY WORSE “The good news is that more than half of people with a whiplash injury recover well and are essentially free of pain or disability 6 months after injury. Unfortunately, this also means that many others have more trouble recovering from their injuries.” From […]
whiplash and the elderly neck
WHIPLASH AND THE ELDERLY NECK With the number of Americans categorized as part of the “geriatric” population increasing every year, it is critical to address the health issues they face. We’ve known for decades that the elderly or people with NECK ARTHRITIS do not tend to have good outcomes when it comes to WHIPLASH. Much […]