Genese Josephine Sun
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, Torrington, Connecticut, USA.
J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2013 Jul;113(7):564-7. doi: 10.7556/jaoa.2013.008.
Whiplash injury is often caused by rear-end motor vehicle collisions. Symptoms such as neck pain and stiffness or arm pain or numbness are common with whiplash injury. The author reports a case of right facial numbness and right cheek pain after a whiplash injury. Osteopathic manipulative treatment techniques applied at the level of the cervical spine, suboccipital region, and cranial region alleviated the patient's facial symptoms by treating the right-sided strain of the trigeminal nerve. The strain on the trigeminal nerve likely occurred at the upper cervical spine, at the nerve's cauda, and at the brainstem, the nerve's point of origin. The temporal portion of the cranium played a major role in the strain on the maxillary.
挥鞭样损伤通常由机动车追尾碰撞引起。颈部疼痛、僵硬或手臂疼痛、麻木等症状在挥鞭样损伤中很常见。作者报告了一例挥鞭样损伤后出现右侧面部麻木和右脸颊疼痛的病例。在颈椎、枕下区域和颅骨区域应用整骨手法治疗技术，通过治疗三叉神经右侧的劳损，缓解了患者的面部症状。三叉神经的劳损可能发生在上颈椎、神经根部以及脑干（神经的起源部位）。颅骨的颞部在对上颌神经的劳损中起主要作用。
