Whiplash Health Issues/Symptoms Connections

"Whiplash" Issue / Symptom Connections

Below you will find various relationships to, and potential clinical treatment approaches for whiplash.

It is critical to appreciate that in Chinese Medicine, treatment for "whiplash" is rarely focused on the symptoms exclusively. Alternatively, a practitioner is looking at the factors that led to the development of "whiplash" - i.e. the "cause(s)".

For non-practitioners, we recommend reading treating the "cause" and not the "symptoms" for more on the overall approach and the importance of the TCM diagnostic system in formulating treatment approaches.

Some acupuncture points are considered "empirically" related to a specific condition or diagnostic pattern. While this would rarely, if ever, dictate the entire composition of a treatment, the following point should be considered, possibly even more so within the context of acupressure:

SI 3 (Back Ravine)

When a loose fist is made, at the ulnar end of the distal palmar crease proximal to the 5th metacarpal phalangeal joint…

Master Point of the GV, effects entire pathway. Pain in the scapula, arm a/or hand combine with local points. Stiff neck, cervical strain/sprain, pain of the back or neck. Occipital headaches, combine with local points. Night sweats, c…

The Tom Tam/Tong Ren Therapy system can be applied via energy healing/medical qi gong methods as well as an acupuncture component. The acupuncture aspect is generally utilized in combination with more standard TCM diagnostic approaches.

For the specific points/areas that would generally be utilized in someone experiencing "whiplash", please read "Tam Healing and Tong Ren Therapy for Whiplash ".

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