• May 6, 2024

Each year in Mexico there are 470 thousand car accidents, which result in a balance of 750 thousand seriously injured and 39 thousand left with some disability, according to data from the National Council for the Prevention of Accidents. One of the most frequent injuries is the so-called whiplash syndrome .

In an interview for GetQoralHealth , Antonio Barbosa, physiatrist and specialist in sports medicine and physical rehabilitation, and director of the Center for Integral Physical Rehabilitation, states that the whiplash syndrome is an injury to the soft tissues of the neck as a result of a sudden jerk or a sudden movement of the head:

"This type of action stresses the muscles and ligaments of the neck beyond their normal range of flexibility, which produces some damage."

Prevent pain from incapacitating you for life

Naturally the spine has a small curvature at the level of the neck; when you have the whiplash syndrome, it disappears. For this the muscles contract, which produces a lot of pain. To treat this injury, the expert Barboza offers you five tips. Know them!

1. Use a soft or rigid collar, depending on the degree of contracture or fracture.

2. In the first 72 hours you should use ice to prevent inflammation. No hot ointments.

3. Avoid massages within the first 72 hours, since you can aggravate the injury.

4. After the first three days you can use moist heat. This is through hot water fomentations applied with a piece of cloth.

5. Medicines. This can only be provided by the specialist. It is important that you do not self-medicate.

Accidents can not be avoided, but the risk agents that influence this injury, such as always maintaining the head of the seat at the level of the head.

Remember, it is important that an expert examines the injury, because if the whiplash syndrome It is not taken care of properly or in time it can generate lack of sensation in arms and hands. Beware!

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