Compassionate Care,
Personalized Treatment,
A Commitment to Helping You Feel Your Best
At Balanced Body Chiropractic, we believe exceptional care starts with listening. Every patient has unique goals, concerns, and challenges. Our mission is to understand your needs and provide personalized chiropractic care that helps you move better, feel better, and enjoy life again.
Rather than rushing patients through appointments, Dr. Hagner believes every person deserves the time, attention, and individualized care needed to understand what's causing their discomfort.
Whether you're experiencing back pain, neck pain, headaches, sciatica, or recovering from an injury, his goal is to help you restore movement, reduce pain, and improve your overall quality of life.
Patients often say they appreciate not only the care they receive, but also the time taken to explain their condition, answer questions, and develop a treatment plan that makes sense for their goals.
Compassionate Care
Personalized Treatment
A Commitment to Helping You Feel Your Best
At Balanced Body Chiropractic, we believe exceptional care starts with listening. Every patient has unique goals, concerns, and challenges. Our mission is to understand your needs and provide personalized chiropractic care that helps you move better, feel better, and enjoy life again.
Rather than rushing patients through appointments, Dr. Hagner believes every person deserves the time, attention, and individualized care needed to understand what's causing their discomfort.
Whether you're experiencing back pain, neck pain, headaches, sciatica, or recovering from an injury, his goal is to help you restore movement, reduce pain, and improve your overall quality of life.
Patients often say they appreciate not only the care they receive, but also the time taken to explain their condition, answer questions, and develop a treatment plan that makes sense for their goals.
Hurt in a Car Accident? Don't Ignore the Pain
Personalized chiropractic care in St. Peters, Missouri for neck pain, back pain and musculoskeletal symptoms following an automobile accident.
An accident can affect your body even when the damage to your vehicle doesn't seem severe. If you're experiencing pain, stiffness or difficulty moving following a collision, Dr. Hagner can evaluate your symptoms and help determine an appropriate course of care.
Pain After an Auto Accident Isn't Always Immediate
After a collision, your attention may initially be focused on your vehicle, insurance, passengers and everything else surrounding the accident.
Physical symptoms can sometimes become more noticeable afterward. You may experience neck or back discomfort, stiffness, headaches, muscle soreness or difficulty moving normally.
If symptoms develop following an accident, don't assume you simply need to tolerate them. An appropriate evaluation can help determine what may have been injured and what type of treatment is appropriate.
Common Auto Accident Injuries
Automobile collisions can produce different injuries depending upon the forces involved, the position of the occupants and other circumstances.
Problems evaluated following accidents can include:
Whiplash
Whiplash commonly involves rapid movement of the head and neck during a collision. Symptoms may include neck pain, stiffness, headaches and restricted movement.
Back Pain
The forces associated with an accident can affect muscles, joints and other structures throughout the back.
Neck Pain
Neck pain following a collision deserves appropriate evaluation, particularly when movement becomes restricted or symptoms persist.
Headaches
Headaches can occur following accidents for several reasons. New headaches after trauma should be appropriately evaluated.
What Is Whiplash?
Whiplash describes an injury mechanism involving rapid acceleration and deceleration of the neck.
Although it's frequently associated with rear-end collisions, similar forces can occur in other accidents.
Symptoms vary. Some people experience neck pain and stiffness, while others may develop headaches, shoulder or upper-back discomfort, or difficulty comfortably turning their head.
Because symptoms after an accident can have different causes, evaluation is important rather than assuming every post-collision problem is simply "whiplash."
Your Auto Injury Evaluation
Dr. Hagner will want to understand both the accident and your symptoms.
Be prepared to discuss:
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When the accident occurred
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How the collision happened
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When your symptoms began
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Where you're experiencing pain
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Whether symptoms are changing
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Previous injuries
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Emergency or medical care already received
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Imaging already performed
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Activities that are now difficult
The examination can then help identify relevant musculoskeletal findings and determine whether chiropractic treatment may be appropriate.
Chiropractic Care After a Car Accident
For appropriate musculoskeletal injuries, chiropractic care may be one part of conservative management following an automobile accident.
Treatment recommendations should be based upon your individual condition rather than automatically providing the same treatment to everyone involved in an accident.
Depending upon your findings, Dr. Hagner can discuss whether chiropractic care is appropriate and whether additional medical evaluation or imaging may be needed.
When Accident Symptoms Require Immediate Medical Attention
Some post-accident symptoms require emergency medical evaluation.
Seek urgent care for symptoms such as loss of consciousness, confusion, significant neurological changes, severe or worsening headache, difficulty speaking, significant weakness or numbness, chest pain, difficulty breathing, severe abdominal pain, or other potentially serious symptoms following trauma.
Patient safety should always come before routine chiropractic treatment.
Frequently Asked Questions About Auto Accident Care
Should I see a chiropractor immediately after an accident?
That depends upon your injuries. Serious or potentially serious injuries require appropriate emergency or medical evaluation first. For musculoskeletal symptoms, a chiropractic evaluation may subsequently be appropriate.
What if my pain didn't begin until later?
Tell your healthcare provider when symptoms became noticeable and how they have changed since the accident.
Can chiropractic care help whiplash?
Chiropractic care may be appropriate for some musculoskeletal problems associated with whiplash injuries. Individual evaluation is necessary.
Quotes From Other Professionals
Here are some valuable insights from other wellness models that point out significant viewpoints to consider.
Mayo Clinic
Treatment and Recovery from Whiplash
“The goals of whiplash treatment are to… control pain [and] restore range of motion in your neck.”
Mayo Clinic Staff. “Whiplash — Diagnosis and Treatment.” Mayo Clinic. 2024. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/whiplash/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20378926
Cleveland Clinic
Chiropractic Care Following Whiplash
Cleveland Clinic lists “Healing after an accident or whiplash.” among reasons some people seek chiropractic adjustments. It also discusses treatment of minor neck or spine injuries, including whiplash, among potential applications of chiropractic adjustment.
Cleveland Clinic. “Chiropractic Adjustment.” Medically reviewed. Updated April 25, 2022. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/21033-chiropractic-adjustment?
Services We Offer
⭐ Personalized Care
⭐ Experienced Chiropractor
⭐ Same-Day Appointments -
upon availability
⭐ Auto Accidents
⭐ Sports Injuries
⭐ Spinal Decompression
⭐ Prenatal Care
⭐Pediatric Care
⭐Massage Therapy
⭐Wellness Care
Serving St. Peters and Nearby Communities
We're proud to care for patients from:
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St. Peters
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St. Charles
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O'Fallon
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Cottleville
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Weldon Spring
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Harvester
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Wentzville
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St. Charles County
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St Louis
Whether you're seeking relief from pain or looking to maintain an active lifestyle, we're here to help.