Whiplash Injury Recovery: A self management guide
http://www.maic.qld.gov.au/forms-publications-stats/injury-management/whiplash-injury-recovery.shtml
This booklet aims to assist persons who have had a whiplash injury on the road to recovery. It provides information about whiplash-associated disorders, an explanation of whiplash, an exercise program which has been proven to assist in reducing neck pain and advice on how to manage your neck to prevent unnecessary strain and to assist recovery.
This booklet is a self-help resource to aid recovery and to supplement any care being provided by a health care practitioner.
Additional consumer information on whiplash will be available soon.
Australian Government Guidelines for Acute Back and Neck Pain
Fact sheets for consumers:
A panel of Australian experts representing the range of professions involved in the treatment of back and neck pain, including doctors, physiotherapists, pain specialists, chiropractors and osteopaths, has reviewed the scientific studies on the effectiveness of treatments for short term (less than 3 months duration) back and neck pain. The panel found that not all treatments have been studied in detail.
The standard of this review complies with the strict criteria for reviewing scientific evidence and developing guidelines for health practice in Australia. As a result, the review has received the endorsement of the Australian Government National Health and Medical Research Centre.
A series of Fact Sheets summarise the results of the review, and are available for downloading from the National Health and Medical Research Centre website. The Fact Sheets describe the scientific evidence for treatments for:
The evidence review was coordinated by the University of Queensland, funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, and approved by the following organisations:
- Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists, Faculty of Pain Medicine
- Australian Osteopathic Association
- Australian Physiotherapy Association
- Australian Rheumatology Association
- Chiropractic and Osteopathic College of Australasia
- Chiropractors’ Association of Australia
- Consumers’ Health Forum of Australia
- Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.