Now used for any general
injury to the spinal cord and spine resulting from sudden extension of the neck, the term
whiplash was first coined for the snapping back and then forward of a person's
head in an automobile accident. Whiplash symptoms may include headaches, and pain in the supporting muscles and structures of the head and neck; sometimes they may not appear until several hours after the injury. Mild forms of whiplash are treated with moist heat and immobilization of the
neck with a cervical collar.
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