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=//__What is whiplash?__//=

Whiplash is a nonmedical term used to describe [|neck pain] following an injury to the soft tissues of your neck (specifically ligaments, tendons, and muscles). It is caused by an abnormal motion or force applied to your neck that causes movement beyond the neck's normal [|range of motion]//.// shut up =__//How do you get whiplash?//__=

Whiplash happens in motor vehicle accidents, sporting activities, accidental falls, and assault. Most people will get whiplash in a sporting event when they are hit in the head, neck or upper body while not moving causing applies force to the neck which will move it out of its normal range of motion.

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These signs and symptoms may occur immediately or minutes to hours after the initial injury; the sooner after the injury that symptoms develop, the greater the chance of serious damage. Neck pain, neck swelling, tenderness along the back of your neck, muscle spasms ( in the side or back of your neck), difficulty moving yout neck around, headace, pain shooting from your neck into either shoulder or arm

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