Rodeo athletes may hold the secret of whiplash recovery

Whiplash research undertaken at the University of Alberta in 2006 appears to reveal that rodeo cowboys may hold secrets to recovering from this neck injury.

The experiment that was done involved interviewing spectators and athletes at rodeo events. Each person was asked to recall any car crashes or other road traffic accidents they had been in, any personal injury suffered, and what effects that injury had.

This self-reported data was then analysed by the research staff. What this revealed was that the athletes were no more or less likely to be involved in a car crash, and had the same likelihood of suffering a whiplash neck injury, but seemed to recover faster. The average time taken off work by the rodeo athletes was 30 days, compared to 73 for spectators.

It is important to realise that there are several factors that influence this result. The lead researcher mentions this when he says, "It may be that athletes are physically more fit - although farmers and ranchers are as well - or it may be that athletes have a different attitude toward injury and they think the best way to deal with it is to just keep going. It may be a coping style that most people don't possess."

The use of memory rather than medical records is another factor that may skew the results; further examination may reveal, for example, that rodeo athletes have a memory that minimises the effects of injury. But if the results are borne out by further research, there may well be much to learn for anyone who has suffered a hyperflexion injury, and for those who care for them.

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