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What is whiplash

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Whiplash is a neck injury that occurs during rear-end automobile collisions, when your head suddenly moves backward and forward.

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Description: Whiplash is a common neck injury that often occurs during rear-end automobile collisions, when your head suddenly moves backward and then forward -

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Whiplash is an injury to the cervical spine caused by an abrupt jerking motion of the head, either backward or forward. Thanks for asking ChaCha!!

Whiplash occurs when the soft tissue in the spine is stretched and strained after the body is thrown in a sudden, forceful jerk.

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Whiplash is the lash of a whip. Also, a neck injury caused by a sudden jerking backward, forward, or both, of the head. ChaCha!

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