Whiplash And Traumatic Brain Injury

Many of these potentially disabling whiplash symptoms can be directly related to the impact of your brain against the bony vault known as your skull, and the many sharp edges, shelves, and protrusions on its inner surface. Further, nerves that exit the brain (cranial nerves) can be tractioned, sheared, or even severed depending on the degree of whiplash. Some of these symptoms can also be related to injury to the muscles and joints in the neck that feed information that is vital to our sense of balance and equilibrium to the brain.

It is critically important to address the obvious physical aspects of pain, muscle spasm, and loss of motion due to whiplash through modalities such as chiropractic care and physical therapy. What is often neglected and equally important to address are the other physical, cognitive, and emotional after effects of mild Traumatic Brain Injury due to whiplash.

No symptom should be taken lightly in the event of a whiplash injury. Remember that some symptoms may not develop until weeks following automobile accident. Pay attention to the changes in your brain, or the following whiplash suffered in car accident. If you notice that you began to develop any symptoms that indicate mild traumatic brain injury, seek immediate medical attention of  neurologist or any other medical professional.