A community journal · Published for Missouri Injury Clinic
The lead · West County
Highway 64 through the valley, Clarkson, Olive, and the Boone Bridge carry this community every day, and sometimes they carry it into a crash. This desk covers the part that comes after: getting examined quickly, with findings written down and dated. The near office of Missouri Injury Clinic is in O'Fallon, one straight run west over the bridge.
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Where our readers crash
The 64 corridor through Chesterfield Valley, the Clarkson and Baxter intersections, Olive at 141, the ramps at Chesterfield Parkway and Boone's Crossing. High speeds and dense merges produce exactly the rear-end and side-impact collisions that load necks and low backs.
The injuries from those crashes often check in a day or two late. This desk's one recurring headline: do not wait them out. Read the 64 corridor for the roads and two days later for the biology.
The near office, honestly located
Missouri Injury Clinic does not have an office in Chesterfield. What it has is an office at 2163 West Terra Lane in O'Fallon, which from most of Chesterfield is a direct shot west on 64 across the Daniel Boone Bridge into St. Charles County.
The Tesson Ferry office in south county is the alternate if 270 south is your natural direction. Hazelwood serves the north side. All three belong to the same clinic under Joseph L. Hollingsworth, DC. Pick the office you can drive to this week.
In this edition
Ten pieces, written for one town, about one decision: get examined this week.
Start with piece 01The local playbook for the days after a collision on 64, 141, Clarkson, or Olive, hour by hour and then week by week.
02The lagAdrenaline, soft tissue, and the biology of delayed symptoms. Why the exam should be booked before the symptoms fully arrive.
03The visitWhat the first visit at Missouri Injury Clinic actually is, what to bring, what to say on the phone, and the route over the Boone Bridge.
04The recordWhat a dated injury exam is, what it is not, and why the date on the first one matters for everyone who reads it later.
05The roadsThe merges, the exits, and the intersections this desk hears about most, and where the emergency room is versus where the clinic is.
06The headAn airbag that did its job can still leave a concussion behind. The signs, the bright line, and the clinic's named TBI toolset.
07The fieldsSports injuries are the clinic's third lane. What a sprain, a strain, and a hit to the head have in common on a Saturday.
08The officesThere is no Chesterfield storefront. Here is where the offices are, when they are open, and which one you can drive to this week.
09QuestionsStraight answers about the O'Fallon office, Wednesdays, teenagers, insurance paperwork, and what the first call should sound like.
10The deskWho writes this, who pays for it, how facts are sourced, and how to send a correction.
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Putting the CARE back in Healthcare
One clinic, three offices, one chiropractor's standards. Joseph L. Hollingsworth, DC, publishes three lanes: auto injuries (diagnosis and a treatment plan after a crash), TBI and concussion rehab, and sports injuries. For Chesterfield the near office is O'Fallon, straight west on 64.
Call the office you can drive to this week, say it was a crash, and ask for the earliest exam. If you already have an attorney, bring their contact so records can be sent where they need to go. You do not need to have decided anything about a claim before you get examined.
Book the exam this weekWhat the clinic actually does
Diagnosis and a written treatment plan after a crash. The exam, the findings, and the plan are dated, so the next visit works from facts instead of memory.
The tools are named on the clinic's own site: vagus nerve stimulation, neurofeedback, Alpha Stim, sensory motor integration, exercise with oxygen, oculomotor rehabilitation, and cognitive rehabilitation.
Return-to-training care for athletes. The valley ballfields and the high school tracks send the same necks, shoulders, and heads the highway does, on weekends.
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Emergency first
Chest pain, a sudden severe headache, weakness or numbness on one side, trouble speaking, a loss of bowel or bladder control, or a head injury with vomiting or worsening confusion is an emergency room trip right now, not a call to a clinic. An injury clinic is built for planned care. If a clinic sends you to an emergency room instead of booking you, that is the system working.
Disclosure
This page is advertising. This desk is compensated for featuring Missouri Injury Clinic, and it is not the clinic, not a law office, and not a party to anyone's insurance claim. We publish only the lanes, offices, and hours the clinic publishes on moinjuryclinic.com. We do not write reviews, rank providers, or give medical or legal advice. Everything on this desk is educational reading. It is not medical advice, and reading it is not an exam.