Whiplash injury to the neck is a phenomenon associated with the car.
The sudden acceleration and then deceleration of the head and neck when the car is struck from behind is likened to the way a whip is cracked.
On the day of injury there is a little stiffness and soreness and then over several days it tends to get worse, rather than better.
So, often, if you do see a doctor in the first week both you and he tend to treat it lightly.
By the second week it is not improving. Perhaps then an X-ray is taken. The report is usually normal.
By the third week the symptoms have worsened. As well as pain and stiffness you may be experiencing giddiness, blurred vision and a ringing in the ears.
And in view of the normal X-ray, both you and your doctor are thinking that perhaps at the worst the symptoms are due to nervous tension.
Whiplash injury to the neck is poorly treated by many doctors at the moment and poorly understood by most patients.
The pathology or underlying injury is not fully understood.
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