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Volume 7, Issue 4 (Suppl)
J Nov Physiother
ISSN: 2165-7025 JNP, an open access journal
Physicians 2017
July 24-26, 2017
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July 24-26, 2017 Melbourne, Australia
World Physiotherapists &
Physicians Summit
Whiplash injury: Science and clinical practice, can we bridge the gap?
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whiplash injury commonly occurs at a high or low velocity motor-vehicle accident with an un-expectant occupant
subjected to acceleration and deceleration G-forces with physiological, neuroplastic and pathological consequences.
Victims of whiplash injury complain of multisite and variable pain during or after an accident. Although the cervical spine is
most commonly affected thoracic and lumbar spines should be included as sources of pain. Biopsychosocial therapy has been
found to reduce central nervous system hyperexcitability in chronic pain patients. Extensive investigations to understand
pain has been carried out. Attempt to apply modern neuroscience in clinical practice and Worsfold offers interventions to
rehabilitate whiplash injury patients. Founded on the principle of counter-irritability of neuroplastic activity adapted reflex
therapy has been found to alter subjective and objective whiplash symptoms. This presentation introduces a hypothesis
supporting a practical application which may offer clinical value in treatment of whiplash injury patients.
Biography
Gunnel Berry is a Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy in the UK and has completed her Master’s degree in Advanced Physiotherapy from the UCL
London. She has then qualified as a Reflexologist. As a Clinical Specialist in pain, she developed adapted reflex therapy as a concept and treatment for patients in
pain. Although retired from clinical practice, she maintains a role as an Educational Officer of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Reflex Therapy and
has recently published a book, “Adapted Reflextherapy: An Approach to Pain”.
gunnel.berry1@gmail.comGunnel Berry
Association of Reflexologists, UK
Gunnel Berry, J Nov Physiother 2017, 7:4 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2165-7025-C1-013