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Las medidas para cuidar de su lesión de hiperextensión cervical abarcan:
Usted posiblemente quiera reducir su actividad sólo durante los primeros dos días. Luego lentamente reanude sus actividades normales.
No realice actividades que involucren levantamiento de cosas pesadas o giros de su espalda o cuello durante las primeras 6 semanas después del comienzo del dolor. Después de 2 a 3 semanas, lentamente empiece a hacer ejercicio de nuevo. Un fisioterapeuta le puede ayudar a decidir cuándo empezar los ejercicios de estiramiento y fortalecimiento y cómo hacerlos.
Otras medidas que pueden ayudar a mejorar su dolor del cuello son:
Llame al médico si:
Hudgins TH, Shahban L, Alleva JT. Cervial sprain or strain. In: Frontera, WR, Silver JK, Rizzo TD Jr, eds. Essentials of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2008:chap 5.
Ronthal M. Arm and neck pain. In: Bradley WG, Daroff RB, Fenichel GM, Jankovic J, eds. Neurology in Clinical Practice. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Butterworth-Heinemann; 2008:chap 32.
Verhagen AP, Scholten-Peeters GG, van Wingaarden S, de Bie R, Bierma-Zeinstra SMA. Conservative treatments for whiplash. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007 Apr 18;(2):CD003338.
Devereaux M. Neck Pain. Med Clin North Am. 2009;93:273-284.
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