Whiplash is the name given to a particular form of neck injury that is quite often, but not always, associated with Road Traffic Accidents or RTA's as they tend to be called. It can occur anytime the head is shot backward then forward again, in the action of a whip being cracked, hence the name. (more…)

When does a headache become a migraine? Or do headaches migrate into something that is more severe?  Well, we all know when we have a headache; take a couple of paracetomol and it goes away. But headache pills won't usually have much effect on migraines. That is because the causes are quite different and so are the symptoms. (more…)