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Whiplash Treatment in Naperville

What is Whiplash?

We all know that driving around Naperville, Aurora, and Plainfield can feel like a massive pain in the neck, and that is if you make it home without any bumps or sudden slams on your brakes.

But did you know that you can get whiplash or a neck sprain by coming to a complete stop while going more than 10 miles per hour?

Whiplash injury or neck strain occurs when the head jerks forward, then recoils back from a sudden impact. This can be from a fender bender, playing sports where speed changes quickly, like football, basketball, hockey, wrestling, or lacrosse, work injuries, or your basic slip-and-fall injuries.

The ligaments of the cervical spine can be overstretched or sprained, and the small supporting muscles of the neck can be strained.

Symptoms of whiplash include neck pain when moving actively or passively, shoulder pain, pain going down the arms to the hands, headaches, difficulty sleeping, and visual issues.

What can Action Chiropractic and Sports Injury Center do for Whiplash?

The doctors at Action Chiropractic are experts at quickly reducing your pain and muscle and joint stiffness with effective whiplash injury treatments.

After you book an appointment at Action Chiropractic, located conveniently within minutes of Plainfield, Aurora, Oswego, and Downtown Naperville, we will work immediately on getting you the best chiropractic care for whiplash injuries.

Neck muscle sprain treatment involves a non-invasive approach that helps reduce pain and inflammation. It also helps restore mobility and supports the injured area.

First off, we will start with a focused exam, measuring your range of motion, testing your muscle strength and sensitivity, and assessing your reflexes. Our car accident chiropractic treatment for whiplash is followed by specific orthopedic tests to confirm your diagnosis and to rule out any red flags that would require advanced care.

We will then get to work using Active Release Techniques (ART) to break up any myofascial adhesions and scar tissue that are holding you down.

Action Chiropractic in Naperville, Plainfield, and Aurora is the best and most complete office for ART, with our doctors being full-body level 2 certified. We could also use dry needling, which uses tiny acupuncture needles to target trigger points and provide instant relief.

We also offer Shockwave, which uses acoustic waves to break up spasms; cold laser, which uses infrared radiation to bring more oxygen and red blood cells to the tissue; and cupping, which uses suction to increase circulation in the area.

Everything we do is customized to your specific needs and combined with our world-class, award-winning chiropractic care. We bring you the best whiplash treatment in Naperville to quickly recover from the pain and find lasting relief.

If you are living with neck pain and are in or near Naperville, Aurora, Oswego, Plainfield, Romeoville, or Lisle, Illinois, call or book an appointment online to get you back to Action!

Symptoms of Whiplash

Although whiplash injury is centralized in the neck and spine, pain may extend to the arms, shoulders, hips and legs. Many sufferers experience symptoms that include chronic headaches, blurred vision, numbness in the hands and arms and discomfort that alternates between generalized soreness to sharp acute pain. If left untreated, chronic whiplash cases can develop into problems with anxiety, depression and drug dependency in an attempt to manage pain. In addition, misalignment of the spine caused by the initial whiplash injury may not surface for months or even year and eventually create seemingly unrelated health and mobility problems. A licensed Action Chiropractic and Sports Injury Center chiropractor will provide a tailored treatment plan for whiplash injury and offer lifestyle recommendations to improve flexibility relieve chronic pain and facilitate overall healing.

Chiropractic Care for Whiplash Injury

Following a thorough physical evaluation and medical history assessment, your Action Chiropractic and Sports Injury Center chiropractor will identify all areas of mobility that have been restricted due to whiplash injury by checking for intervertebral disc injury and assessing spinal joint function. Chiropractic adjustments for whiplash related injury are carefully tailored according to each patient’s specific symptoms following the precise identification of affected areas. Action Chiropractic and Sports Injury Center chiropractic care for whiplash is always geared toward restoring mobility and flexibility without the use of medication or invasive procedures.

Depending on your specific condition, chiropractic adjustments involve manual manipulation to align the joints, combined with muscle stimulation techniques and gentle stretching to induce muscle relaxation. Patients are instructed in carrying out specific exercises at home geared to promote disc realignment to reduce pain and whiplash symptoms. Your chiropractor may also recommend additional therapies that include ultrasound, trigger point therapy and massage to treat pain and encourage healing. Treatments may last a few weeks up to a few months and are tailored according to the severity of your condition as well as several other factors including age, lifestyle and level of activity.

Service Areas

  • Aurora 

  • Naperville

  • Wheaton 

Dr. Norgaard’s first exposure to chiropractic was when he was a high school football player at Neuqua Valley in Naperville, Illinois. Nagging injuries led him to Action Chiropractic and Dr. Durnas. He was amazed with the results he got and knew that the treatments provided at Action Chiropractic were the best way to address his ailments.
After high school, Dr. Norgaard left Naperville and attended Central College in Pella, Iowa. While at Central, he majored in biology and played football, further piquing his interest in sports injuries and how to treat them. When he wasn’t in the classroom or on the football field, Dr. Norgaard spent his time volunteering at hospitals, and at various clinics. This is when he really developed a passion for helping people get better.
His experiences as an athlete, chiropractic patient, and volunteer shaped his decision to become a chiropractor.
After graduating from Central, Dr. Norgaard continued his education at Palmer College of Chiropractic.
While at Palmer, Dr. Norgaard took several extracurricular courses focusing on spinal diagnosis and therapy, soft tissue care, and diagnosis and treatment of the extremities. He completed a 4-month internship with Dr. Durnas at Action Chiropractic and Sports Injury Center and further developed his skills as a physician.
He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Palmer in October of 2021 and received the Academic Excellence Award.
After graduation, Dr. Norgaard joined the team at Action Chiropractic and Sports Injury Center. He currently resides in the Naperville area with his wife, Shannon, son, Parker, and dog, Alby.
“I chose to become a chiropractor because I was helped by chiropractic. I was in such discomfort it took me over 3 minutes to put on my socks. After seeing a chiropractor, and regaining the ability to tie my shoes, I realized that taking loads of NSAIDs did not address the fact that there was something causing the pain. The more I learned about it, I found that Chiropractic doesn’t just hide symptoms, like I was trying to do with pills, it fixes the origin of the problem.”
Dr. Durnas graduated from the University of Illinois with a Bachelors of Science Degree in Biology and Bachelors of Arts degree in Chemistry. After graduation he worked in research and development for 3 years and dabbled in powerlifting and professional wrestling. That’s what lead him to chiropractic school. While at Palmer College of Chiropractic, he focused on learning how to best help the athlete. He took several extracurricular courses on how to address soft tissue injuries, how to adjust extremities, and how to better manage sports injuries. He graduated in June of 2012, where we were the Palmer Clinical Excellence Award winner and a keynote speaker at commencement.
In 2019, Dr. Durnas earned his Diplomate from the American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians (DACBSP)®. He is only the 427th chiropractor in history to earn this designation, and only the 6th recipient in the history of Illinois. He completed over 300 hours of classroom and online courses focusing on in depth on the diagnosis and treatment of sports injuries, concussions, and emergency procedures, and had over 100 on the field hours with athletes that ranged from cross fitters, professional and high school football players, professional BMX and Motocross riders, triathletes, and runners. Dr. Durnas passed a 6-part practical exam and a 250 question Board exam and contributed a case study involving nerve damage in a professional athlete following a hit to the shoulder.