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Whiplash: An injury to the spine/neck caused by a sudden jerking motion to thehead; most commonly seen in car accidents where the head snaps backafter impact.

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While comedian Jerry Seinfeld made light of his car accident, I’m sure he realizes just how lucky he was.
At the end of March, Jerry was driving his vintage car when he lost his brakes and flipped over (Seinfeld’s Car Flips Over). He was trying to joke about the accident afterwards, but those people who have been injured in car accidents know only too well how devastating something can be.
We know about the obvious injuries that can happen – luckily many of them are short-term, but there are many that end up causing life-long chronic pain. Besides the obvious injuries …read more

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Whiplash

An injury to the spine/neck caused by a sudden jerking motion to the head; most commonly seen in car accidents where the head snaps back after impact.