Whiplash actaully refers to a type of injury when your head "whips" forward and back or side to side. This type of injury can occur in a car accident, a fall, or in sports, just to name a few.
When there is existing disc degeneration already there this can in fact make a
whiplash injury worse. Someone with a healthy, normal spine will be stronger and heal quiker than someone with preexisting conditions.
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