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Neck injury

Neck injury

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Applied to the neck or cervical region that overcomes the strength of the neck's structures resulting in damage to those structures ranging from muscles, ligaments, joints, discs, bones or nerve tissue.

Dr. Thomas Dowling reviewed this

42 year experience in Orthopedic Spine Surgery

Is a type of:

Head and neck injuries

How long it usually lasts:

Short-term (lasts days to weeks)

How common it is:

Very common

Body locations

Neck (back)

Types of

Whiplash
Condition

Symptoms

Neck pain
Increased reflexes
Spasticity
Difficult stools
Bowel dysfunction
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Medications

Ratings show how effective doctors think these medications are at treating Neck injury
Methylprednisolone
2.6
14 reviews
Antiinflammatory
Analgesia

Procedures

Ratings show how effective doctors think these procedures are at treating Neck injury

Surgery

Neurosurgery
3.4
8 reviews

Other treatments

Physical therapy

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