Cervical Collar

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Neck collars are commonly used by patients who had a surgical intervention of the cervical spine to immobilize the neck. It is also used for the treatment against neck pain, which can be caused by an acute trauma or chronic neck pain. For example after a whiplash injury, the neck collar will be used for both immobilization and to reduce pain. Although the value of the collar over early active mobilizations is being questioned, early mobilizations should give a greater improvement in cervical range of motion and in the reduce of pain after a whiplash injury. The main goal of neck collars is to prevent or minimize motion in the cervical spine. It also keeps the head in a comfortable gravity-aligned position, this means a normal cervical lordosis. The head is held high on the shoulders and the ears are directly over each shoulder (the correct posture is illustrated left on the figure).

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