John D. Turner, DC

Sports Medicine Chiropractor

Dr. John D. Turner is a Sports Medicine Chiropractor in Glendale Heights, IL with special training and skill in preventing and treating musculoskeletal, joint, and spinal athletic injuries. As a Sports Medicine Chiropractor, John D. Turner, DC performs pain and mobility assessment, treatment plan development, and mobility restoration treatment. Chiropractic Sports Medicine is a medical specialty focused on preventing and treating injuries typically occurring during athletics like football, baseball, basketball, and soccer. Significant diseases and conditions treated by Sports Medicine Chiropractors include muscle sprain, torn ACL, chronic joint and back pain, spinal disc pain, disc herniation, hamstring injury, knee injury, and nerve dysfunction. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Sports Medicine Chiropractors include diagnostic imaging like x-ray, MRI, and CT scan, pain and mobility assessment, spinal manipulation, inflammation reduction techniques, medical massage, acupuncture, physical therapy rehabilitation, spa therapy, nerve pain block injections, and referral to other specialists as needed.

A sports chiropractor is uniquely trained to provide care and treatment of injuries or illness resulting from sports and physical fitness activities. Doctors of Chiropractic with the Diplomate American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians (DACBSP) or the Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician (CCSP), sport specialty certifications from the American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians, have advanced training in the assessment, management and rehabilitation of sports related injuries. Extremity care, rehabilitation and soft tissue procedures are common skills utilized by these doctors. The specialty training covers a broad spectrum from the pediatric athlete to professional and Olympic athletes, and everything in between, using a variety of techniques and modalities.

Chiropractic Neurologist

Dr. John D. Turner is a Chiropractic Neurologist in Glendale Heights, IL with special training and skill in diagnosing and treating disorders of the brain, spine, and nervous system. As a Chiropractic Neurologist, John D. Turner, DC performs non-surgical procedures such as spinal adjustment, balance and coordination activities, and physical therapy. Chiropractic Neurology is a medical specialty dedicated to diagnosing and treating brain, spine, and nervous system disorders without the use of medication or surgery. Significant diseases and conditions treated by Chiropractic Neurologists include vertigo, spinal cord injuries, migraine, stroke, multiple sclerosis, radiculopathy, chronic pain, dystonia, neuropathy, restless leg syndrome, Parkinson's disease, and balance disorders. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Chiropractic Neurologists include digital imaging diagnostics such as MRI, CT scan, and x-ray, gait analysis, balance adjustment activities, chiropractic adjustments, post-stroke rehabilitation, eye exercises, and physical and cognitive exercises.

Chiropractic Neurology is defined as the field of functional neurology that engages the internal - and external environment of the individual in a structured and targeted approach to affect positive changes in the nervous system and consequently the physiology and behavior of an individual. Chiropractic Neurologists are board-certified specialists in non-drug, non-surgical care for those with neurologically based health problems. There are many conditions people suffer from that are in this broad category: learning and attention disorders, headaches, vertigo, pain syndromes, developmental disorders, nerve injury, spinal cord injury, head injury or stroke, movement disorders, and many other conditions.