TY  - JOUR
AU  - Berry, Gunnel
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2019/02/25
TI  - Chronic Pain after Reported Whiplash Injury – A Patient Case Report
JO  - OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine
SP  - 012
VL  - 04
IS  - 01
AB  - Abstract  Chronic pain is notoriously multifactorial, multifaceted and difficult to treat. There is no known therapy recommended for chronic pain. Existence, or non-existence, of whiplash injury after a road traffic accident (RTA) has been discussed in literature and the press. Dishonest claims of a whiplash injury affect insurance premiums and call into question the plausibility of those who really do suffer after a motor vehicle accident. Twenty per cent of reported whiplash-injured persons end up with chronic pains with no prospect of change. Adapted Reflextherapy (AdRx) was developed and has been extensively used by the author for more than two decades to treat chronic musculo-skeletal pain patients within physiotherapy practices in the UK. It has been found that persons with chronic pain and hyperalgesic symptoms related to whiplash injury have benefited from AdRx applications. This case report describes the physical and psychological experience of one patient developing chronic pain after a double – opposite-directional – whiplash. The patient describes in her own words how, since starting a course of AdRx, her predicament and symptoms have shifted from a ‘stalemate’ position to one of improved quality of life (QoL) and reduced pain levels. The report discusses the hypothesis of AdRx suggesting that ongoing pain is a ‘paper-trail’ from compromised neural plasticity as an effect of injury, and that the action potential created by AdRx instigates a neural response which initiates measurable changes. ‘Hypermobility’ is discussed as an additional comorbidity compromising the healing process.
SN  - 2573-4393
UR  - https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.icm.1901012
DO  - 10.21926/obm.icm.1901012
ID  - Berry2019
ER  -