A 50 year old realtor comes to your office for evaluation of neck pain. she was in a motor vehicle collision 2 days ago and was assessed by the emergency medical technicians on site but she didn't think she needed to go to the emergency room at that time. Now, she has severe pain and stiffness in her neck. On physical examination you note pain and spasm over the paraspinous muscles on the left side of the neck, and pain when you make the patient do active range of motion of the cervical spine. what is the most likely cause of this neck pain?-Simple stiff neck-Aching neck-Cervical sprain-Cervical herniated disc

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