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whiplash injury

British

noun

Technical name: hyperextension-hyperflexion injury. informal med any injury to the neck resulting from a sudden thrusting forwards and snapping back of the unsupported head

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He missed 58 games due to a whiplash injury suffered in a Nov. 8 scuffle with Denver’s Nikola Jokic.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 12, 2022

The Sharks, meanwhile, continue to struggle with seven players on the injured list, an eighth nursing a whiplash injury, and starting goaltender James Reimer leaving Tuesday’s game after one period with a lower-body injury.

From Fox News • Mar. 2, 2022

The judgement said the BBC argued that "little more than a moderate whiplash injury with depressive symptoms" could properly be attributed to the crash tests, so only modest damages should be awarded.

From BBC • Oct. 1, 2021

Start the strength conditioning exercises for the sternocleidomastoid muscles in your neck, because this Stockholm “darkened metal” band invite the kind of deep, profound headbanging that could put you in bed with a whiplash injury.

From The Guardian • Dec. 27, 2019

Protection against this movement is particularly important in the neck, where extreme posterior bending of the head and neck can stretch or tear this ligament, resulting in a painful whiplash injury.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

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