Christopher Wellwood, D.C.

For 34 years, my academic and clinical interests have primarily centered around whiplash trauma, its understanding and management. I have often heard that the pathology for both acute and chronic whiplash pain are unknown and undiagnosable. It is commonplace to label the pathology of whiplash syndrome as unknown, self limiting, psychometric, secondary gain, biosocial, etc. [..]

Our government (United States of America) collects and owns what experts consider to be reputable biomedical healthcare literature. This literature is catalogued in a library that is physically located in Bethesda, Maryland. The name of the library is The National Library of Medicine. The biomedical journals of the entire world can be found in our National Library [..]

In 1985, Professor Emeritus of Orthopedics and Director of the Low-Back Pain Clinic at the University Hospital, Saskatoon, Canada, Dr. W. H. Kirkaldy-Willis and his colleague Dr. J. D. Cassidy, presented the results of chiropractic spinal manipulation in 283 patients with chronic, disabling, treatment resistant low back pain. Their study was published in the journal Canadian [..]

In 1961, Henry Miller published an article in the British Medical Journal titled (1):Accident NeurosisIn this article, Dr. Miller stated that whiplash-injured patients are:“… likely to improve with cessation of litigation”The concept that chronic symptoms following whiplash injury exist as a consequence of an attempt to gain monetarily is often encountered. Insurance adjusters and defense medical experts [..]

Vertigo is defined as:“a condition in which somebody feels a sensation of whirling or tilting that causes a loss of balance.”To describe the sensation of vertigo, patients often use words such as dizziness, giddiness, unsteadiness, or lightheadedness.The neurological vertigo center is called the vestibular nucleus. The vestibular nucleus is located in the brainstem. It occupies a [..]

A Comparison With Other DisciplinesFor Satisfaction, Costs, and EffectivenessConsumer Reports is a monthly consumer advocacy magazine with a circulation of about 4,000,000 subscribers. Its first issue appeared in January 1936.Consumer Reports publishes reviews and comparisons of consumer products and services based on reporting and results from its in-house testing laboratory. Its annual testing budget is approximately $21 [..]

Chronic neck pain ascribed to whiplash injury is a significant and costly problem. The longest study assessing the long-term effects of whiplash injury resulting from a motor vehicle collision showed that 55% of the participants had residual sequelae 17 years later (8). Most of these patients were continuing to receive some type of ongoing treatment.There [..]

Dr. Ruth Jackson had such an accomplished life that shortly after her death in 1994 she was profiled in both the American Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (1) in 1995 and in the Iowa Orthopedic Journal in 2001 (3).Dr. Jackson’s profile in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery was simply titled:RUTH JACKSON, M.D. 1902-1994“Ruth Jackson, a prominent [..]

Prognosis, Chronic Pain, and Treatment OptionsA Review of Studies by Martin Gargan, MD and Gordon Bannister, MD Two of the most published physicians on the topic of outcomes from whiplash trauma are Martin Gargan and Gordon Bannister from the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Dr. Gargan is a specialist in pediatric orthopedic surgery. Dr. [..]

Meniere’s Disease was first described by Prosper Meniere in 1861. Dr. Meniere was a French physician who focused on diseases of the ear after securing the position of physician-in-chief at the Institute for Deaf-Mutes in Paris. Dr. Meniere died in 1862 at the age of 63.Meniere’s disease is a disease of the inner ear, which [..]