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.

Did you know?

Approximately 50,000 infants are born with congenital muscular torticollis in North America each year.
Spasmodic torticollis, also called wry neck, is when the neck muscles are in such spasms that the head remains tilted to the side. Medical treatments, according to the Merck Medical Manual "are useless and relapses after surgical procedure are common..."

Studies show that Chiropractic should be tried first, so that surgery may not be needed.