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What is a pinched nerve?

 

A pinched nerve is a nerve with pressure applied to it, in terms of a whiplash injury this is usually caused by a herniated disc pressing against it. Pinched nerves in the spine tend to happen in the neck and lower back as these are the areas that do the most moving. The symptoms of a pinched nerve include weakness, tenderness, prickly sensation, tingling sensation or stabbing sensations in the limbs or areas of the body where the nerves are linked to.

The term radiculopathy is usually used by doctors to describe the pain, which is also known as a ‘referred pain’ as it usually applies to areas of the body that are remote from the source of the actual whiplash injury.

Radiculopathy comes from the Latin words ‘radix’, which means roots of a tree and ‘pathos’, which means a disease. In this case the ‘disease’ in question is the pressure applied to the nerve from a herniated disc as a result of the extreme forces applied to the neck from a whiplash type injury.

Treatment for this is the same as that for a herniated disc or possibly a fractured vertebrae, as they are the root cause of this condition.

If you have sustained a whiplash injury following a road accident that was not your fault, you may be entitled to claim compensation. Please call us now on 0845 676 0615 for help and advice from one of our experienced claims advisors.
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