The symptoms of whiplash may include neck stiffness or reduced range of movement, neck pain, headaches, and even arm pain. Pain at the back of the neck is often worse with movement, and frequently peaks one or two days after the injury before improving.

What does a whiplash headache feel like?

What are the symptoms of whiplash headache? Patients with headache after a whiplash injury will typically experience pain in the back of the head where the head meets the neck. This pain may radiate to the temples, the top of the head, the front of the head or down the neck. The pain may be intermittent or constant.

What kind of headache does whiplash cause?

Women get pains in the head after whiplash injury more often than men – the reason for this is unclear but might relate to the smaller structures of the female neck anatomy. Nearly 80 percent of people who experience whiplash develop a chronic headache, also known as cervicogenic or neck-related headache.