Back and Neck Injuries

Curlin dominates Breeders' Cup Classic by 4 1/2 lengths (USA Today)

17 May 2008

Bob Baffert's Indian Blessing opened the second day of the Breeders' Cup with a wire-to-wire victory in the $2 million Juvenile Fillies, and Nick Zito's War Pass won the $2 million Juvenile in similar fashion over a sloppy track at Monmouth Park on Saturday.

Stunt rider back on bike despite losing part of leg (Wisconsin State Journal)

16 May 2008

Ryan Suchanek 's memories go blank shortly after 2:45 p.m. on Oct. 5, 2007. The next thing the 27-year-old motorcycle stunt rider from Milton remembers is waking up in a hospital more than a month later -- missing half of his left leg. Yet Suchanek is calm, even casual, as he talks about the head-on collision that ripped off his foot and threw him from his bike headfirst through a car ...

Sitting Position Can Influence Risk Of Whiplash (Science Daily)

16 May 2008

Women run a three times greater risk than men of incurring a debilitating injury in a rear-end collision. This is partly due to differences between the sexes regarding sitting position. Neck injuries among vehicle drivers as a result of being rear-ended remain a major problem for victims and cost insurance companies and society huge sums. Women run three times the risk of incurring debilitating ...