Comments on: Chronic Whiplash…Why do I still have pain after all these months?

By: Rose

Rose — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 21:20:11 +0000

I’m not sure where to turn. I had whiplash in an accident two years ago. The pain started in my shoulder and up the right side of the back of my neck up my head to my temple. It doesn’t go that high anymore, stops at the neck from the shoulder. Did physical therapy for months. I would have kept going but missing work to go do the exercisis I am already doing at home , for nearly an hour and 3 or 4 minutes of the therapist’s fingers in the back of my neck relieving all those muscles just seemed silly and buidling up my stress over leaving work early and going in to do what I do at home for 3 or 4 minutes of relief.

By: Michelle Hopkins

Michelle Hopkins — Tue, 18 May 2021 04:52:33 +0000

Hi. I was rear ended 4 months ago. The car pushed my truck about 100 feet. I seen her in my rear view but that’s all I remember. When it was over I felt pain right away in neck and back. I’ve been seeing a chiropractor but I feel my pain is getting worse. I did get X-rays and have a flat neck now not sure what that is and am getting mris this week because it’s not going away. I feel like I’m gonna feel this way forever

By: bruce fisher

bruce fisher — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 00:22:09 +0000

i was hit at 40mph., diagnosis whiplash., hypertensive emergency., 68 y/old bad mri’s.,

before accident getting along good., exercise at gym 5-7 days a week., after sccident

chronic pain., serve headaches., took pt and chro ., person was at fault in florida
now 6 month later., no relief in site

thank you

By: Viktor Norlander

Viktor Norlander — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 20:14:24 +0000

Is it possible to find the exercises recommended by the 10 week neck muscle strengthening program somewhere?

By: Athletico

Athletico — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 18:07:19 +0000

In reply to Coreen. Coreen - Thanks for reaching out. Please contact your physician or call our Injury Hotline at 1-877-ATHLETICO (877-284-5384) to discuss questions with one of our experts.

By: Coreen

Coreen — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 02:07:39 +0000

I had a slip and fall almost 5 months ago and have been having ongoing neck, shoulder and back pain, I have burning in my neck shoulder and arms with swelling, red rash, numbness and tingling in my arms and hands off and on and my neck gets stiff and hard to turn my head and neck, trouble swallowing, I can’t stand to bend my head to my chest, should I be worried?

By: Linda

Linda — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 20:10:02 +0000

I was hit while sittng stopped at an exit of a large parking lot
He was probably going 3-5 miles per hour
It’s been 2 weeks and it still hurts to move up and down and side to side like normal
Dr says it’s whiplash
I drive for a living and am concerned looking over my shoulder driving and back and forth for changing lanes all day
Is it normal to have pain for 2 weeks or a month or more ? Even looking down still hurts
I’m worried to injure it further

By: shell

shell — Sun, 21 Oct 2018 13:01:48 +0000

I’ve had 2 high speed accidents.
1. Oblique Impact + spin. double impact.
2. T-Bone

Whiplash is a brutal injury, that is so misunderstood.
Things, that have worked for me.

Hard muscle tissue’s – this is a very controversial topic. The truth is the medical community does not understand how “connective tissue” responds to trauma!

This is why we are all suffering.

After almost 30 years of experience, i believe the body’s reaction to this deep core trauma is to produce more collagen throughout the site of Injury. it creates an internal injury splint. which is a form of protection.
undetectable by any type of scan. (e.g. won’t show on MRI). This college thickens, slowly hardens, twists and turns-in-on itself. For example, my hand went numb, 5 years after my accident. By then the increase in college/fiber production had strangled the brachial nerves.

1. Self-massage using a Tennis Ball. (on the floor – or in a chair)

2. Learn the basic movements of the neck.
Flexion/extension – Abduction/adduction – Rotation

3. The McKenzie Method – if you have herniated disks – you can ease the disk back in place yourself. (extension is the key to solving the problems you are experiencing

By: Virginia Frank

Virginia Frank — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 20:52:02 +0000

For those of you who have had whiplash especially people who have had two consecutive whiplash accidents, what has been the one thing that has help your discomfort the most?

By: Lynn

Lynn — Sat, 17 Jun 2017 02:21:32 +0000

I was hit while sitting behind two cars at a stop sign 12/2014 and hit again 5/2016 while sitting at a red light. Both drivers said they thought the traffic was moving. The first accident I had to learn to turn my neck again while driving and during the second accident it resurfaced. I was pretty much on the road to recovery with the 12/2014 accident. After the 5/2016 I am still in pain mostly a constant 3 but there are days its a 10+. The doctors can’t understand why I’m not whole again. I wish I was whole again. I wouldn’t trade my health for anything in this world. I’ve gone back and forth to physical therapy and not sure why they medical professional think I will be back to life prior to the first accident. I don’t think it going to happen, because the accidents were so close and I’m not a youngster anymore.