약침과 추나로 호전된 교통사고 편타성 손상으로 인한 경추 증후군 1례

Case Report of A Patient with Cervical syndrome Caused by Whiplash injury in Traffic Accident

Objectives This report was designed to suggest the effectiveness of Korean medical treatment for cervical syndrome caused by whiplash in-jury in traffic accident. Methods We reviewed a case of 35-year-old female with post neck pain and both arm numbness after traffic accident. Once the patient s first arrival, the pain was focused on the left area of post neck. Only spurling test showed positive sign on left side, and other physical screening tests did negative sign. X-ray revealed the malposition of C3 cervical spine(left lateral flexion & right rotation) at AP view, and loss of normal lordotic curvature of cervical spine at lateral view without the bone fracture. Therefore, we have treated the patient with Korean medicine including chuna therapy and hwang-ryeon herbal acupuncture for 7 times in 3 weeks to cure the cervical syndrome. The estimating criteria for this study were visual analogue sacle and numeric rating scale. Result As the result of the Korean medical clinic for 3 weeks, the patient s post neck pain has decreased as 1/7, neck ROM has re-covered, and numbness of both arm has disappeared. Conclusions As a method to treat the neurotic and muscular symptoms of whiplash injury, chuna therapy and hwang-ryeon herbal acu-puncture might be effective and valuable for further research.