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This is a case study of a patient with severe cervical sprain/strain and segmental dysfunction following trauma of the cervical and thoracic spine with predisposing multiple levels of disc degeneration and herniation. A 46-year-old male presented himself for examination and treatment. He relayed that the weekend before he had been playing with his nephews in the swimming pool, where they were standing on his shoulders and jumping off into the pool. One of the boys slipped and fell on his head, where he reported that he heard several cracking noises and immediately felt pain in his neck. He had severe muscle spasms from the back of his head down to the middle of his shoulder blades. He could not turn his head to the left, right, nor up or down. He reported the pain worsened upon standing and eating.
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