Whiplash Treatment in Sarasota, FL

In your body, many things are connected. Therefore, when you experience whiplash you might also have pain elsewhere because the nerves to places like your arms and hands exit the spine in the same area associated with your neck. So, you might experience numbness or tingling in your arms and hands. You might also experience back, leg or foot pain, too.

Your body is used to adapting to situations and surroundings. However, an accident is traumatic and it might overwhelm your system(s). Therefore, when the body decides it’s “too much” to handle, symptoms like headaches can happen after a crash. They might not happen an hour after the crash, but they certainly can occur days or weeks afterward.

It turns out that even minor collisions can cause spinal issues. Energy gets directly transferred to the driver and passengers during a “fender bender,” so, thanks to the laws of physics, they’re feeling the crash more so than if it’s a major crash where the car takes the majority of the energy transfer.

It’s not easy to prevent whiplash if someone rear ends you unexpectedly. That said, being a defensive driver who pays careful attention to the vehicles around at all times can certainly help prevent a whiplash injury.