Whiplash injuries are very common and are primarily associated with car and rear-end collisions in particular. This is what happens when you’re rear ended…

At 0-50 milliseconds (ms): As the car is initially propelled forward, the seatback pushes the torso forward while the head remains in its original position, which straightens or flattens out the cervical curve.
At 50–75 ms: As the torso accelerates forward, the head/neck moves backwards forming an S-shaped curve with flexion of the upper cervical region and extension of the lower cervical region, stressing the ligaments in back (upper) and front (lower) cervical spine regions.
At 150-175 ms: The torso is at its maximum forward position in reference to the neck and the head/neck is forced into peak extension (backward bending). The head may contact the head restraint or ride over it if of the torso slides up the back a reclined seat. This can further damage the ligaments in the front of the cervical spine.
At 200-600 ms: The head and torso are then thrown forward by the rebound off the seatback, hyperflexing the neck (and mid- and/or low-back) and potentially causing further injury to the ligaments in the back of the spine. Depending on whether or not a seatbelt is in use, the head may strike the steering wheel and/or windshield causing further injury.

It may seem logical to think that if we can anticipate an impending MVC, then less injury will occur. Unfortunately, this doesn’t hold true because the total length of time it takes for the sequence described above to occur is about 600 ms and we cannot voluntarily contract our muscles in less than 800-1000 ms. Therefore, you simply won’t have time to brace yourself for impact.

If cervical rotation occurs at the time of impact, such as looking into the rearview mirror, then the risk for injury may increase. There is recent evidence suggesting that it is difficult to avoid rotation of the cervical region during a collision because the diagonal path of the chest restraint promotes trunk rotation in the later stage of whiplash as the torso rebounds forward. Nonetheless, looking straight ahead at the time of impact may reduce the degree of injury in some collisions.

To achieve the best long-term outcome, treatment should emphasize movement and exercise as soon as possible. In addition to treatments performed in the clinic, neuromuscular massage therapists commonly recommend whiplash clients to perform home exercises and other self-help methods with the objective of returning to a normal lifestyle as quickly as possible.

Whiplash injuries are common in car accidents, especially rear-end collisions. These injuries primarily affect the soft tissues of the neck, including muscles, ligaments, and tendons. Understanding the healing time for soft tissue injuries resulting from whiplash is crucial for individuals recovering from such accidents.

What is Whiplash?

Whiplash occurs when the head is suddenly jerked backward and then forward, causing rapid hyperextension and flexion of the neck. This rapid movement can strain or tear the soft tissues in the neck, leading to pain, stiffness, and other symptoms. While whiplash is often associated with car accidents, it can also result from sports injuries, falls, or physical assaults.

Soft Tissue Injuries in Whiplash

The soft tissues in the neck can sustain various types of injuries during a whiplash incident:

**Muscle Strains:** The sudden movement of the head can strain neck muscles, leading to pain and reduced range of motion.
**Ligament Sprains:** Ligaments, which connect bones to each other, can be stretched or torn, causing instability and discomfort.
**Tendon Damage:** Tendons, which attach muscles to bones, can also be injured, resulting in pain and difficulty moving the neck.

Healing Time for Soft Tissue Injuries

The healing time for soft tissue injuries from whiplash can vary widely depending on several factors:

**Severity of the Injury:** Mild strains or sprains may heal within a few weeks with proper rest and treatment, while more severe tears may take several months to heal completely. (Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 1986)
**Age and Health of the Individual:** Younger individuals and those in good overall health may heal more quickly than older individuals or those with underlying health conditions.
**Treatment:** Proper medical treatment, including medical massage can significantly impact healing time.
**Compliance with Treatment:** Following healthcare provider recommendations, such as attending manual therapy sessions, wearing supportive devices like neck braces, and avoiding activities that strain the neck, can promote faster healing.

Stages of Healing Soft tissue healing typically progresses through several stages:

**Inflammatory Phase:** Immediately following the injury, the body initiates an inflammatory response to begin repairing damaged tissues. This phase is characterized by swelling, pain, and redness.
**Proliferative Phase:** New tissue begins to form, and the body rebuilds the injured area. Collagen, a protein essential for tissue strength, is produced during this phase.
**Remodeling Phase:** The newly formed tissue matures and remodels, gradually restoring strength and flexibility to the affected area. Manual therapy and exercises play a crucial role in this phase.

Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation after a whiplash injury focuses on restoring mobility, reducing pain, and improving strength and function in the neck and surrounding areas. This may include: –

Manual Therapy such as Neuromuscular Medical Massage and Soft-Tissue Therapy.
Physical Therapy: Targeted exercises and stretches to improve range of motion and strengthen neck muscles. –
Pain Management:** Medications, heat or ice therapy, and other techniques to alleviate pain and discomfort.
Supportive Devices:** Neck braces or collars may be prescribed to stabilize the neck and promote healing.
Lifestyle Modifications:** Avoiding activities that strain the neck, maintaining good posture, and using ergonomic equipment can aid in recovery.

Conclusion

Soft tissue healing time after a whiplash car accident can vary from a few weeks to several months, even several years to reach maximum improvement, depending on the severity of the injury and individual factors. Seeking prompt medical attention, following treatment recommendations, and actively participating in rehabilitation can optimize recovery and restore neck function.

Pain in back and neck muscles is pretty much par for the course when it comes to computer work.

Rounded shoulders, turtled head and a concave chest are all signs of poor desk posture.

What you may not realize is that all the accompanying aches and pains are most likely caused by trigger points.

What are trigger points? They’re tiny areas of spasm in the muscles, and they’re as common as cell phones, but a lot less useful.

Trigger points most frequently cause pain in back and neck muscles, but the trouble can show up anywhere in the body.

In fact, the vast majority of muscle pain is due to trigger points, not things like accidents or injuries.

Neuromuscular therapy, aka trigger point massage, was developed specifically to tackle trigger point pain.

The most common muscles that develop trigger points due to poor desk posture are the traps and rhomboids in the back, and the pecs on the front of the body.

Trigger points in the rhomboids can make the area next the shoulder blades very tender, or it may feel like a burning sensation.

You may also hear crunching or snapping when you move your shoulder blades.

The traps are also located in the back and their trigger points can also cause a burning sensation that extends across the back.

The pecs are the big muscles of the chest. Trigger points in the pecs can spans the chest and may even go up into the shoulder and down the arm all the way to the elbow.

While other, more serious causes of chest pain should be ruled out by a doctor, most chest pain is not due to issues such as heart trouble. It’s trigger points.

Other causes of trigger points in these muscles besides too much time sitting in front of a screen include stress, falls, whiplash, and certain sleeping positions, such as lying on your stomach.

Worse, trigger points can activate other trigger points, creating a vicious cycle and making you miserable.

Standard medical treatment for back pain includes pain pills and surgery, but trigger point therapy offers safe, drug-free, 100% natural, long-lasting relief.

Neuromuscular massage works even if the problem has been troubling you for months or even years.

No matter if the problem area is in your neck, back or anywhere else, a single session can be all you need to experience total relief.

Regular appointments are also available for those with recurring issues.

The Back & Neck Relief Center (aka Massage Revolution) is the largest trigger point massage treatment center in Los Angeles and the world.

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Trigger points are the cause behind pain in back and neck muscles.

But they are also the culprit behind many seemingly unrelated issues, including symptoms as wide-ranging as dizziness, blurred vision, chronic cough, sore throat, sinus congestion, and difficulty swallowing.

Trigger points are small areas of shortened muscle fibers.

Trigger points are tricky customers. They tend to fly under the radar of most doctors.

Trigger points may be tiny, but they wreak havoc throughout the body.

Research shows that about 80% of muscle pain is caused by trigger points.

Trigger point therapy and neuromuscular massage were invented to deal with this incredibly common problem.

The trigger points that cause dizziness are located in the neck muscle called the SCM, short for sternocleidomastoid (which gets its complicated name from the bones it attaches to).

The SCM is also known as the ‘whiplash muscle’ because it often gets strained in a car accident.

But you do not need to be in a car accident to develop trigger points in the SCM.

The main job of the SCM is to turn the head and flex it down in a nodding motion. It stabilizes that 10-lb. bowling ball aka your head when the rest of the body moves. The SCM also assists with chewing, swallowing and breathing.

As you can see, the SCM is an important muscle. When things go wrong with it, many issues may arise.

As mentioned above, whiplash can cause trigger points to form in the SCM. But any time the head is held in an awkward position can lead to the formation of trigger points.

Staring at a screen whether it be a phone or computer counts as an awkward position.

Other things that stress the SCM include overhead work, heavy lifting, scoliosis, and shallow breathing.

Trigger points are also notorious for sending aka referring pain to other parts of the body. Trigger points in the SCM can cause headaches, migraines, and even make you break out in a cold sweat.

Most doctors don’t understand effective treatment for trigger points. Many are not even aware of their existence!

Drugs and surgery are standard go-tos, but they don’t get at the root of the problem.

The good news is that trigger point massage and neuromuscular therapy reset muscles to their normal resting length, freeing you from pain and discomfort, and putting an end to those troubling symptoms.

Just one session can be life changing. This is true even if you’ve had the problem for years.

Regularly-scheduled sessions are advisable to work on recurrent issues, such as when work or other activities cause extra stress on the neck and/or other parts of the body.

Los Angeles’ own Massage Revolution’s Back & Neck Relief Center is the biggest trigger point massage treatment center in the world.

There is a 100% natural solution to your dizziness problem, as well as so many other types of pain.

Trigger point massage works.

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Stiff neck, torticollis, herniated disc, tension headache, neck strain, arthritis, these are just some of the common diagnoses for neck pain.

But the truth is that the number one cause of neck pain is trigger points.

Some 85% of all muscle pain is caused by trigger points.

Neuromuscular massage and trigger point massage therapy is the best way to deal with trigger point pain.

The anatomy of the neck is complicated. Dozens of muscles work together to hold up that 10-lb. bowling ball (aka your head) and allow it to move.

Any given muscle can have more than one trigger point, which adds up to a lot of potential for pain.

Trigger points in the neck can also refer or send pain elsewhere. The trouble may start in the neck, but spread down into the shoulders and arm or up into the head.

Trigger points can also cause other seemingly unrelated symptoms, including a runny nose, sore throat, or dizziness.

Doctors tend to diagnose the problem in terms of the symptoms, but giving you medicine for a headache will not solve the problem if it’s due to trigger points.

Trigger points may be latent or active. When they’re latent, they often feel like a deep ache, cause stiffness or soreness, and may limit range of motion.

Active trigger points are easy to find because they hurt like heck.

Trigger points in the front of the neck can be particularly sensitive.

Trigger points develop from a variety of causes. Accidents and injuries are one way, but under-and overuse are also common causes, such as sitting in a desk chair for too long, or using one that isn’t ergonomic for your body.

Spending too much time staring at your cell phone (aka text neck) is another popular culprit. Even an incorrect glasses prescription can set off trigger points.

In the case of physical trauma, even after the injury heals, the trigger points may linger, causing on-going pain and suffering.

While pain pills may help in the short run, trigger point therapy offers safe, 100% natural relief without resorting to meds.

Even better, neuromuscular massage offers long-term and even permanent relief because it gets at the root of the problem.

Trigger point therapy works even if you’ve been dealing with the issue for years.

Massage Revolution’s Back & Neck Relief Center is the best massage clinic in South Bay and greater Los Angeles. It employs the largest collection of trigger point massage therapists around the globe.

A single session of trigger point massage and neuromuscular therapy may be all you need to obtain lasting relief.

For those with recurring issues, regularly scheduled appointments are another option.

There is no need to live with neck pain, back pain, or any pain. Appointments are available today.

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Whiplash associated disorders (WAD) is a term applied to a constellation of symptoms that can arise following a motor vehicle collision (MVC), slip and fall, or sports injury. It’s estimated that up to 25% of WAD patients fail to fully recover from their injury and new research suggests this may be due to changes in the brain.

Past studies have reported that chronic WAD (cWAD) patients are more sensitive to stimuli like a pin prick than individuals without WAD. This is a called central sensitization (CS). In a 2019 study, researchers used functional MRI to measure blood flow to various parts of the brain in 20 women (12 with cWAD, 8 without cWAD) following various levels of electric stimulation. The research team observed distinct differences in blood flow to areas of the brain involved with pain perception and processing sensory information. This correlation offers a distinct, physiological explanation for cWAD symptoms and should improve the awareness about the disease for both doctors and the public.

During the whiplash process, the brain can collide with the inside of the skull causing bruising or even more severe injuries (also known as traumatic brain injury or concussion). While seatbelts are a lifesaver and should always be worn when you’re inside a moving vehicle, studies have demonstrated that the oblique angle of such restraints can cause the body (including the head) to twist during a collision. This torsion can lead to the brain twisting within the skull, stretching and damaging the small nerve fibers. Though these damaged nerve fibers often heal, they sometimes do not, which is believed to contribute to cWAD symptoms.

The good news is that there is a growing awareness of concussions and other brain injuries, which may aid in the treatment of WAD patients to reduce the risk their condition becomes chronic. Neuromuscular therapy care that includes a combination of active exercise/rehabilitation AND passive manual therapy has been demonstrated to benefit patients with concussion symptoms following a whiplash injury.

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