What Can Osteopathy do for you?
Can Osteopathy help Whiplash?
Yes it certainly can. Whiplash is very common because of our crowded roads and is very distressing causing patients to have time off work, difficulty with driving, loss of sleep and can last for months and months. It can also be caused as a result of an awkward fall or even a severe jolt.
A 20 year old young lady came to see me 9 months after a head on 30mph shunt with the classic symptoms of whiplash. These are; severe pain and limitation of all ranges of head and neck movement, also poor concentration, some visual disturbance, repeated headaches and aches in the upper back. She had had physiotherapy where she was shown and made to do exercises of the neck which purely made the pains worse so she stopped. The doctor told her it was not serious and it would get better in time. She had seen no improvement in 9 months prior to treatment and felt some of the symptoms were getting worse.
My treatment was simple massage and some gentle manipulation. Within 3 treatments she had seen a huge improvement in the amount of pain although the neck movement took several months to recover. By then she was having only fortnightly treatments. It did take 3 months but when she stopped treatment she had full neck movement and no pain. She was very pleased but also annoyed no-one had suggested this treatment earlier. This is one of the commonest things patients say 'I wish I had come earlier'. Most cases of whiplash respond very well,but some will develop early arthritis as they get older due to the earlier damage but even this can be managed with occasional treatment.
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