putting a name to the pain? Helpful?

Not everything is what it seems! Accurate diagnosis and understanding of what is causing your pain will have a difference as to the type of treatment that best suits your problem and therefore how rapidly your condition progresses. The degree of pain is not an accurate indicator of the type of underlying problem a patient is suffering. The dysfunction pattern of movement that is considerable and palpable gives the most accurate diagnostic picture to work from. Even after the trauma of whiplash if there is no structural damage, the joint muscular reach can be calmed by gentle treatment and function restored.