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Whiplash Injuries Learning Center

Prevention could include:
Headrests in your car can reduce the severity of neck pain from a car accident. Make sure that the headrest is positioned properly for your height.
Source:ADAM
Date:July 10, 2009
Chiropractors can recommend diet and exercise techniques to reduce stress and tension. Careful, defensive driving, wearing seatbelts, and using padded automobile headrests can lessen the likelihood of whiplash.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Proper adjustment of the automobile headrest is important to reduce the severity of a whiplash injury, because a headrest that does not come up behind the head offers no protection. Driving habits that reduce the frequency of abrupt stops make it ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
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