Whiplash and Chiropractic in Seattle

Capsular Ligament Stretching May Perpetuate Chronic Whiplash Pain Whiplash, defined as an injury caused by stretching of the tissue beyond its physiological limit, but less than its failure point, can cause a variety of symptoms and severity. Understanding the structures that can cause pain has been a topic of debate and the focus of many previous studies. Involvement of the facet joint and the surrounding capsular involvement have been documented. The focus of this research brief is to review literature that extends this knowledge of the damage to the capsular ligament to provide a biomechanical mechanism of chronic whiplash pain. __________________________________________________________________ Whiplash causes increased laxity of cervical capsular ligament Paul C. Ivancic,a, Shigeki Ito b, Yasuhiro Tominaga b, Wolfgang Rubin a, Marcus P. Coe c, Anthony B. Ndu a, Erik J. Carlson a, Manohar M. Panjabi a, a Biomechanics Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA b Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan c Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA Received 7 May 2007; accepted 10 September 2007 Goal of the Study: To determine whether whiplash caused increased capsular ligament laxity by applying quasi-static loading to whiplash-exposed and control capsular ligaments.

Chiropractic care: Chiropractors have long studied these same effects, describing them as the vertebral subluxation complex. Research has illustrated that the altered mechanoreceptive afferent driven motor mismatch can be corrected by the firing of the mechanoreceptors of the facet joint capsules which are activated by means of a chiropractic adjustment (Indahl, Spine 1997).

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Conditions Likely to Respond to Chiropractic Care:

 Back Pain  Neck Pain  Headaches  Herniated/bulging Discs  Spinal Stenosis  Sciatica  Auto Accidents  Pregnancy-Related Pain  Muscle Tightness/Weakness/Imbalance  Some types of radiculopathy  Sports Injuries  Thoracic Outlet Syndrome  Whiplash  Plantar Fascitis (Foot and Arch Pain)  Shoulder Pain (Rotator Cuff Pain)  TMJ Pain  Elbow Pain (Tennis/Golfer Elbow)  Wrist Pain  Finger/Toe Pain  Hip Pain  Carpal Tunnel Syndrome  Ankle Pain  Knee Pain  Iliotibial Band Syndrome  Quadriceps Pain/Tightness  Other Acute and Chronic Injuries Therapies Offered in Our Clinic:  Spinal Manipulation  Spinal Rehabilitation  Extremity Manipulation  Injury Prevention  Sports Conditioning  Core Strengthening  Postural Correction  Stability Training  Nutritional Counseling  Advanced Myofascial Release We Accept with the Following Insurance Plans:  PI  Labor & Industries  Premera  First Choice  Regence  Aetna  Cigna  ACN (now Optum Health)  Plus many more, please call to inquire. Map to our office: Clinic Hours: