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The Neck
The neck is jam-packed with nerves, glands, tubes, blood and lymph
the vessels, and 48 different joints plus the brain stem, spinal cord,
spinal column, muscles, ligaments, tendons, fluids, meninges, and more!
It all balances your heavy head!
Whiplash occurs when the head and neck are thrown or "Snapped" back and
forth very quickly. It can occur in auto accidents, during football,
boxing, other sports, or from a fall. In addition to the disc and other
soft tissue damage, whiplash causes spinal column misalignment and irritation,
stretching, or impingement to the nerves and spinal cord. About 22 million
North Americans have suffered whiplash damage.
Other neck problems can be caused by poor posture, work habits, and even birth trauma.
Neck problems and whiplash can cause headaches, numbness, coldness, or pains-and-needles
in the face, chest, arms, wrists, or hands. They can also result in anxiety, insomnia,
low back and neck pain, ear ringing, dizziness, hearing loss, eye pain, blurred vision,
sensitivity to light, and other symptoms.
Of course, in an accident, the first order of business is to attend to any life threatening
problem--fracture, hemorrhage, shock, severe concussion, and the like. After that, the spine
must be attended to.
Chiropractic has been a blessing to millions of people suffering from neck and whiplash
problems; saving many suffers from unnecessary drugs and surgery.
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