A NEUROSURGEON’S VIEWS ON WHIPLASH

“I generally prefer to treat whiplash or flexion-extension injury symptoms with hot shows, exercises, mild weight-lifting, physical therapy and Chiropractic Treatments. These are mainly musculoskeletal types of injury and should be treated conservatively.

I do not recommend medications because the patient may well become addicted to muscle relaxants or pain medication. Chronic benign pain is best treated with exercise, physical therapy and chiropractic treatment, not with medication.”

“A Neurosurgeon Looks at Low Back Pain”

Rudy Kacmann, M.D.

From the book, LOW BACK PAIN

Fifth Edition (1989)

Chapter 14, pp. 590-591

Mechanism, Diagnosis and Treatment

Cox J.

Publishers: Williams and Wilkens

Baltimore and London