Whiplash Injury: Can it be treated non-surgically?
Two million whiplash injuries occur every year. As the number of claims rise, insurance companies are getting very interested in refining treatment protocols. With a better understanding about whiplash injuries, recovery times should improve and chronic pain should be prevented. With many different treatments are available to people with neck pain, it is hard to determine which ones work best. Overall, experts are in favor of a non-surgical...
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