If you have been involved in a car accident, whiplash injuries need to be taken very seriously. Because symptoms of a whiplash injury can take weeks or months to manifest, it is easy to be fooled into thinking that you are not as injured as you really are.

Too often people don't seek treatment following a car accident because they don't feel hurt. By far, the most common injury to the neck is a whiplash injury.Whiplash is caused by a sudden movement of the head, either backward, forward, or sideways, that results in the damage to the supporting muscles, ligaments and other connective tissues in the neck and upper back. This is exactly what happens in an auto accident. 

Unfortunately, by the time more serious complications develop, some of the damage from the injury may have become permanent.Numerous studies have shown that years after whiplash victims settle their insurance claims, roughly half of them state that they still suffer with symptoms from their injuries. Permanent machanical changes can occur as well such as lose of the normal curvature of the neck as well as premature developement of degenerative joint disease.  If you have been in a motor vehicle or any other kind of accident, don't assume that you escaped injury if you are not currently in pain. I have been treating cases of trauma for the past 16 years and have a great deal of knowledge treating sprain/strain injuries. If you are involved in an accident in Virginia Beach call us at New Life Chiropractic.