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.
Neck Pain Shouldn't Limit How You Live Your Life
Personalized chiropractic care in St. Peters, Missouri focused on understanding your neck pain, improving movement, and helping you return to everyday activities with greater comfort.
Whether your neck started hurting after an injury, long hours at a computer, or seemingly for no reason at all, persistent discomfort can affect everything from driving and sleeping to working and exercising.
At Balanced Body Chiropractic, Dr. Hagner takes time to understand your symptoms and determine whether chiropractic care may be appropriate for you.
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.
Why Does My Neck Hurt?
Neck pain can have many potential causes. Sometimes symptoms begin suddenly after an injury. Other times, discomfort develops gradually after months or years of repetitive positions, limited movement or physical stress.
Potential contributors can include muscle strain, joint irritation, prolonged computer or phone use, injuries, repetitive movements and age-related changes.
That's why simply knowing where you hurt isn't enough.
Dr. Hagner will want to understand when your symptoms started, what makes them better or worse, whether they travel into other areas, and how they're affecting your everyday life.
Common Causes of Neck Pain
Posture and Prolonged Sitting
Hours spent working at a computer, driving or looking down at a phone can leave the neck and upper back feeling stiff and uncomfortable.
Rather than trying to maintain one "perfect" posture all day, changing positions regularly and improving workstation ergonomics may be useful for some patients.
Muscle and Joint Problems
Muscles and joints in the neck work together to support and move your head. Irritation or restricted movement can contribute to pain and stiffness.
Whiplash and Auto Injuries
Rapid acceleration and deceleration during a collision can affect structures in the neck. Symptoms may include pain, stiffness, headaches or restricted movement.
Auto Accident Injuries →
Age-Related Changes
Changes in joints and discs become more common with age. Importantly, imaging findings don't always correspond directly with symptoms, which is another reason the entire clinical picture matters.
When Should Neck Pain Be Evaluated?
Consider scheduling an evaluation when neck discomfort:
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Persists or repeatedly returns
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Limits your ability to turn your head
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Interferes with work or sleep
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Developed following an injury
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Is accompanied by recurring headaches
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Extends toward the shoulder or arm
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Is progressively worsening
An evaluation can help determine what's contributing to your symptoms and whether chiropractic care is appropriate.
How Chiropractic Care May Help Neck Pain
For appropriate musculoskeletal neck conditions, chiropractic care may focus on improving joint mobility, function and movement.
Dr. Hagner doesn't assume every person with neck pain needs identical treatment.
Your health history, examination findings, symptoms and goals help determine what approach—if any—is appropriate.
Depending upon your individual needs and the services actually offered at Balanced Body, treatment may involve chiropractic techniques, mobility recommendations, stretching, posture or ergonomic guidance and other conservative strategies.
Neck problems and headaches can sometimes occur together.
Certain headaches, including cervicogenic headaches, originate from structures in the neck. Other headache disorders—including migraine—have different mechanisms.
That's an important distinction.
If you're experiencing headaches along with neck discomfort, tell Dr. Hagner about the location, frequency and characteristics of your symptoms.
Internal link: Headaches & Migraines →
Neck Pain, Headaches and the Upper Neck
Neck problems and headaches can sometimes occur together.
Certain headaches, including cervicogenic headaches, originate from structures in the neck. Other headache disorders—including migraine—have different mechanisms.
That's an important distinction.
If you're experiencing headaches along with neck discomfort, tell Dr. Hagner about the location, frequency and characteristics of your symptoms.
Your Neck Pain Evaluation
Your appointment begins with understanding your symptoms.
Dr. Hagner may ask about:
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When your pain started
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Previous neck injuries
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Automobile accidents
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Headaches
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Arm symptoms
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Workstation habits
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Sleeping positions
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Activities that aggravate symptoms
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Previous treatments or imaging
The examination can then help evaluate relevant movement and function.
If your findings suggest that another type of medical evaluation is appropriate, that should become part of the conversation.
Getting Back to Comfortable Movement
Neck pain can become particularly frustrating because your neck is involved in so many ordinary activities.
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Driving requires turning your head.
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Computer work requires sustained positioning.
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Sleep becomes difficult when finding a comfortable position hurts.
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Even reading or looking at your phone can become irritating.
Our goal isn't simply to focus on a painful spot. It's to help you understand what's happening and work toward restoring the movement and function that matter in your everyday life.
Frequently Asked Questions About Neck Pain
Can chiropractic care help a stiff neck?
It may be appropriate for certain musculoskeletal causes of neck stiffness. An evaluation helps determine what may be contributing to your symptoms.
Can my neck cause headaches?
Some headache types, particularly cervicogenic headaches, originate from structures in the neck. However, headaches have many potential causes.
What is "tech neck"?
"Tech neck" is an informal term commonly used to describe neck discomfort associated with prolonged positions while using computers, tablets and smartphones.
Will I need X-rays?
Not necessarily. Imaging decisions should be based on your symptoms, health history and examination findings rather than performed automatically on every patient.
Why Choose Balanced Body for Neck Pain in St. Peters?
When you're hurting, you want more than a rushed appointment.
You want someone who will listen.
At Balanced Body Chiropractic, our approach emphasizes:
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Individualized Evaluation
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Your symptoms, history and goals guide the process.
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Personalized Recommendations
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Treatment isn't automatically identical for every patient.
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Clear Explanations
Dr. Hagner wants you to understand what's being recommended and why.
Conservative Care
When appropriate, chiropractic provides a non-surgical option for certain musculoskeletal problems.
Whole-Person Goals
We're interested not only in where it hurts but in what your symptoms are preventing you from doing.
And if your findings suggest that your condition requires evaluation or treatment outside the scope of chiropractic care, the appropriate next step should be discussed.
Quotes From Other Professionals
Here are some valuable insights from other wellness models that point out significant viewpoints to consider.
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Neck Pain and Musculoskeletal Conditions
“Neck pain can result from many different causes—from injury, to age-related disorders, or inflammatory disease.”
Johns Hopkins Medicine. “Neck Pain and Problems.”.. 2026. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/neck-pain-and-problems
National Institutes of Health / PubMed Central
Manual Therapy and Neck Pain
“Spinal manipulation was shown to be effective for chronic neck pain when combined with exercise.”
LeFebvre R, Peterson D, Haas M. “Evidence-Based Practice and Chiropractic Care.” Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine. 2012;18(1):75–79. PMID: 23875117.. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3716373/
Cleveland Clinic
Chiropractic Care and Neck Pain
Cleveland Clinic lists “Neck pain.” among the common reasons people seek chiropractic adjustment and discusses chiropractic care in the context of musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction.
Cleveland Clinic. “Chiropractic Adjustment.” Medically reviewed. Updated April 25, 2022. https://www.research.va.gov/topics/cih.cfm
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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.