How Long Can a Whiplash Injury Affect Your Body?

Old Whiplash Injuries If you have been wondering if an old whiplash injury is still affecting your body, then it is important for you to understand what medical experts are now defining as the craniocervical syndrome. A group of distinguished experts met in New York City on April 6, 2013 to discuss the impact of a newly identified medical syndrome known as Cranio-Cervical Syndrome (CCS). The conference is expected to become an annual event to [Read More]

NUCCA Wellness Clinic of Chicago2021-08-10T16:24:43+00:00August 10th, 2021|

Understanding whiplash injury from a car accident

Why is a car accident so detrimental to the head and neck? In the past, whiplash injury was often considered minor soft tissue injury and somewhat neglected its significant on brain health. For one reason, some people feel soreness for a few days after an accident, then feels as though they have recovered completely. When years or decades later they experience debilitating symptoms, they may not recognize and even be confused that the two [Read More]

NUCCA Wellness Clinic of Chicago2020-05-07T23:39:08+00:00May 4th, 2020|

How to Reduce the Time For Recovery from Whiplash Injury

What exactly is whiplash? Thinking about what the name indicates, we can imagine a whip being cracked. The motion that happens in that scenario is what basically what happens in our neck when we are in an auto accident in which we have been rear ended. Whiplash may cause you problems long after the car accident. It can leave long-lasting effects because it can damage the neck area, such as the ligaments that keep [Read More]

NUCCA Wellness Clinic of Chicago2019-12-16T16:02:18+00:00December 16th, 2019|

Why is whiplash injury so detrimental to the nervous system?

A car accident is not just a strain/sprain injury! In the past, whiplash injury was often considered minor soft tissue injury and somewhat neglected its significant on brain health. For one reason, some people feel soreness for a few days after an accident, then feels as though they have recovered completely. When years or decades later they experience debilitating symptoms, they may not recognize and even be confused that the two are directly related. [Read More]

NUCCA Wellness Clinic of Chicago2022-11-04T21:31:59+00:00December 9th, 2019|

Whiplash is just the Beginning of your Pain

Defining Whiplash If you were recently in a car accident, you might feel fine, but you should not assume that your lack of pain means the impact did not cause underlying issues. The collision most likely caused a rapid movement of your neck much like when someone cracks a whip. Of course, that is why this rapid movement gets the name Whiplash. Your neck is only meant to move so far in any direction, and [Read More]

NUCCA Wellness Clinic of Chicago2021-04-19T22:16:37+00:00September 23rd, 2019|

Chronic Headaches and Whiplash Injury

The History of Your Headaches When whiplash happens, there is always a chance that in the days, weeks, months, or perhaps even years that chronic headaches will follow. The trick to knowing if those ongoing headaches are due to this type of neck injury is to think back to any type of injury you experienced in which the ligaments in your neck were overextended. Too often, people think unless they were in a major collision, [Read More]

NUCCA Wellness Clinic of Chicago2021-11-04T16:38:53+00:00July 7th, 2019|

The Dangers of Parkinson’s Disease and Athletics – Pt 1

Parkinson's Disease Three former athletes who now suffer from Parkinson's Disease include NHL Hall of Famer Forrest Gregg, heavyweight champion Muhammed Ali, and NBA great Brian Grant. Each of these men suffered from repeated head and neck traumas that eventually resulted in Parkinson's Disease. While many people know what this debilitating disease is, they may not know exactly what is happening to the person who suffers from it. It's a chronic and degenerative neurological disorder [Read More]

NUCCA Wellness Clinic of Chicago2018-10-24T05:13:22+00:00August 24th, 2015|