The Best Exercises for Whiplash (From La Cañada Chiropractors)
The best (and safest) exercises for whiplash, from doctors who treat it every day at Flintridge Family Chiropractic in La Cañada Flintridge.
If you've Googled "best exercises for whiplash," you've probably seen a dozen conflicting lists. Here's what our doctors actually give patients — and, just as importantly, what we tell them to stop doing.
Whiplash is a rapid back-and-forth motion of the neck, most often from a car accident, that overstretches ligaments and injures cervical joints.
Rule #1: Move the Stiff Joints, Stabilize the Loose Ones
Most people with whiplash intuitively stretch the area that hurts. The problem is that the painful area is often the unstable segment — it's already moving too much. Stretching it more can make things worse. The area you actually need to work on is usually the joint above or below.
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