Whiplash Injury Treatment in Uijeongbu, Korea

Neck sprain from a sudden back-and-forth movement, most often in car accidents, which can cause delayed pain and headaches.

In short: Neck sprain from a sudden back-and-forth movement, most often in car accidents, which can cause delayed pain and headaches.

What is Whiplash Injury?

Whiplash happens when the head is thrown rapidly forwards and backwards, straining the muscles, ligaments and joints of the neck. Symptoms often appear hours or days after the accident. Early assessment and documentation matter, both for recovery and for insurance.

Common symptoms

• Neck pain and stiffness
• Headache
• Shoulder and upper-back pain
• Dizziness
• Arm tingling in some cases

What causes it?

• Rear-end car collisions
• Sports impacts
• Falls

How it is diagnosed at Yonsei Leaders

Examination and X-ray; MRI if nerve symptoms or severe pain persist.

Non-surgical treatment options

• Car Accident Injury Treatment: Assessment and treatment of whiplash, back pain and other injuries after a traffic accident, billed to the at-fault driver's auto insurance.
• Physical Therapy: Yonsei Leaders' staged physical therapy programme: Heat, Electro, Align and Loosen, combining heat, electrical stimulation, manual alignment and…
• Manual Therapy: One-to-one hands-on treatment by a trained therapist to release tight muscles, mobilise stiff joints and correct posture and alignment.
• Trigger Point Injection: Small injections into tight, tender knots in muscle that refer pain elsewhere, used for myofascial neck, shoulder and back pain and tension headaches.
• Interferential Current Therapy: Two medium-frequency electrical currents that cross in the tissue to relieve pain and relax muscles deeper than standard TENS.

Your plan is tailored after examination; many patients combine a targeted procedure with manual therapy and exercise for longer-lasting results.

Self-care tips

• Stay gently active
• Short periods of heat
• Avoid prolonged immobilisation

When to seek urgent care

Go to an emergency department if you have severe pain, numbness, weakness or confusion after an accident.

Book: call 031-874-7500. Yonsei Leaders Neurosurgery Clinic, 3F Yugyeong Bldg II, 181 Hoeryong-ro, Uijeongbu, Korea, 1 minute from Balgok Station Exit 2. Open Mon–Fri 09:00–20:00, Sat 09:00–14:00. See directions and international patient help.

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