For Patients
You or someone you know is experiencing the effects of whiplash injury!


Now what do you do?


Welcome to the University of Nebraska Medical Center/The Nebraska Medical Center web site for whiplash injury. Surgery image


This site will provide you with information about your condition and our surgical treatment and program including trigger point surgery for patients suffering from soft tissue injuries resulting in the chronic, painful and often times, debilitating effects of whiplash related injury. Dr. Ake Nystrom, Director of the Center for Whiplash Injuries routinely and successfully treats patients from the United States and abroad.


Whiplash Injury victims may experience various chronic, life altering symptoms including pain, dizziness, tension headaches, migraines, sensitivity to light, neck and back pain, numbness, tingling, muscle weakness, fatigue and depression.