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Whiplash and chronic pain
Why me? Chronic Pain and Whiplash I recently attended an excellent course in Victoria, BC. The instructors were two experienced physiotherapists who are pursuing PhDs at University of Calgary in the area of chronic pain and whiplash, Ashley Smith and Geoff Schneider. The course was titled Physiotherapy and Complex Whiplash. Ashley now focuses his practice on assessing and advising people with pain persisting for many months following traumatic neck injury, typically people who have had motor vehicle accidents and are at least 18 months post-injury. He founded the Advanced Spine … Read the rest of this post
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Whiplash update
Neck Muscles and Whiplash Whiplash injuries are common worldwide. In BC we have more than 60,000 motor vehicle related whiplash injuries per year. Some people recover quickly, while 40-60 percent of people are still having neck pain 6 months or more after their injuries. Why is this? In an effort to improve understanding of persistent neck muscle complaints post whiplash, I recently completed my Master of Science in Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology at Simon Fraser University and chose to study upper trapezius activation before, during and after a repetitive upper … Read the rest of this post