MRI scans now find evidence of whiplash injuries
By Gaynor Haliday
Updated: November 8, 2018
An ongoing study by a world-renowned pioneer of MRI scanning techniques, Professor Francis Smith of Aberdeen, has shown that whiplash injuries are often not picked up by traditional scanning practices.
It appears that many doctors fail to look for injury at the craniocervical junction, a complex area of ligaments and tissues connecting the top of the spine to the skull. This area is vulnerable to whiplash, but by only looking for problems with the intervertebral discs, many surgeons are failing to identify the injuries.
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