Treatment guidelines published around the world note that ruling out “red flags” is a healthcare provider’s number one responsibility. This is in line with the decree exhorted by all healthcare professionals when first entering practice to do no harm. When detected, red flags prompt a doctor to stop and immediately send the patient to the […]
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Whiplash is a non-medical term that links to a large range of injuries to the neck. Injuries can occur from a rapid, sudden movement of the neck. Often the end ranges of motion result in injury to soft tissues and sometimes bony tissues in the neck. Cervical acceleration-deceleration (CAD) describes the mechanism of injury. Whiplash-associated
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Simply put, spinal stenosis describes a narrowing at the openings of the spine. When spinal stenosis exists in the cervical spine, it is cervical spinal stenosis (CSS). This condition is usually the result of wear-and-tear or aging, and hence, is most common over the age of 50. However, CSS can occur at any age if
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