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Metro deskSt. Louis city and county, St. Charles County,
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The Gateway Arch on the horizon over the Mississippi at dusk, seen from the riverbank

Metro-wide, spine first

One metro. Six interstates. Three doors that open this week.

Gateway Spine Health covers the whole St. Louis region: north county, south county, the city, West County, St. Charles County, and the Illinois side of the river. Wherever the crash happened, the answer is the same clinic with three offices. Missouri Injury Clinic in Hazelwood, on Tesson Ferry, and in O'Fallon examines crash, concussion, and sports injuries and writes the findings down.

Start with an exam → Pick your nearest office
North countyHazelwood(314) 627-1411South countyTesson Ferry(314) 530-5480St. Charles CountyO'Fallon(636) 280-0990

The Arch over the Mississippi at dusk. The one landmark every reader of this desk shares.

What this desk is for

01Time to exam is the variable

The physics of a crash are indifferent to zip code. Sudden deceleration loads the neck, the low back, and the brain. What you control is how many days pass before a clinician looks.

02Findings, written and dated

The first visit at Missouri Injury Clinic produces a history, an exam, a diagnosis if the findings support one, and a treatment plan you can read. The record is a care document first.

03Three offices, one standard

Hazelwood for the north, Tesson Ferry for the south, O'Fallon for St. Charles County and the far west. Same clinic, same doctor's standard, same three lanes behind every door.

The metro's crash math

The map is big. The next step is the same everywhere.

I-70, I-64, I-44, I-55, I-170, and the 270 loop stitch this region together and generate its collisions. Page Avenue, Manchester, Lindbergh, Tesson Ferry, and Highway K generate the slower ones. A rear-end hit in stop-and-go traffic on 270 at Dorsett and a T-bone at a four-way stop in Affton put the same structures under the same kind of load.

Crash injuries surface on a delay. People feel fine trading insurance information at the scene and wake up the next morning with a neck that will not turn. The Centers for Disease Control notes that symptoms of a mild traumatic brain injury may not appear until days after the injury. That is why the instruction on this desk never changes: get examined inside the week, whichever office is near, whether or not day one felt like anything.

Six lanes of interstate traffic streaking under an overhead sign gantry at dusk in the St. Louis suburbs
Blue hour on the loop. Every one of these lanes feeds one of the three offices on this desk. Editorial scene.

The guides, by mile marker

Eleven readings for a metro that drives everywhere.

Start at the top if the crash was this week. Jump to the corridor pieces if you want to know which door is shortest from where you were hit.

MM 01After the wreck

The week after a metro crash, day by day

Why the neck and the head report late, what to watch for from the first night through day seven, and the one appointment that anchors the week.

Read the guide →MM 02First visit

What the first visit actually is

The clinic's published lane is diagnosis and a treatment plan after a crash. What a crash exam typically involves, what to bring, and what to say.

Read →MM 03The record

The dated exam record, what it is and is not

A care document first. Why the date on the first exam matters to the next clinician, and why this desk will not put a number on anything.

Read →MM 04Corridors

The 270 loop and the six spokes

I-70, I-64, I-44, I-55, I-170, and the loop that ties them together. Which office each corridor favors when you are hurt and tired of driving.

Read →MM 05The commute

The commute crash: low speed, real load

Why a stop-and-go rear-end hit at 15 miles an hour can leave a neck that will not turn, and why the seat position matters.

Read →MM 06Concussion

Concussion without a knockout

You did not black out. You still cannot read a screen for ten minutes. The clinic's named TBI toolset and when it applies.

Read →MM 07ER or clinic

Emergency room or injury clinic

The bright line, drawn plainly. What the ER is for, what it is not built to do next, and where the planned care happens.

Read →MM 08The river

The river crossings and the Metro East

Poplar Street, Eads, the Stan Musial, and the Illinois commuters who get hurt on the Missouri side. Which door is shortest from the bridges.

Read →MM 09Offices

Three offices, one clinic

Hazelwood, Tesson Ferry, O'Fallon. Addresses, hours, phones, the midday closure, and how to pick the one you can drive to this week.

Read →MM 10FAQ

Metro crash care, the questions we get

Which office to call, how fast an exam happens, whether it is one doctor, what about the midday hours, and what this site is.

Read →MM 11About

About this desk and how it is paid

Who writes this, what it covers, the advertising relationship stated plainly, where facts come from, and how to send a correction.

Read →

The concussion lane, specifically

Many clinics mention concussion. This one names its tools.

Missouri Injury Clinic publishes a dedicated TBI and concussion rehab lane. The tools it names on its own site, in its own words, are below. For a metro full of highway-speed crashes, having that lane behind the same doors as the spine work matters.

Read the concussion guide

The first visit

Findings, not vibes. A plan you can read.

The auto injury lane at Missouri Injury Clinic is defined on the clinic's own site as diagnosis and a treatment plan after a crash. That is the deliverable. A crash exam at any chiropractic injury clinic typically starts with a history of what happened and an exam of how the neck and back move, and the clinic's published lane is what comes out of it: a diagnosis and a treatment plan. A plan you can read beats reassurance you have to remember.

Bring your ID, your insurance card, and whatever paperwork the scene produced. 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.

What the first visit includes, in detail →

A chiropractic exam room with a treatment table, a glowing lightbox showing a cervical spine film, and a spine model on the counter
An exam room, morning light, a cervical film on the box. The first visit is an exam, not a conversation. Editorial scene.

Featured clinic

Missouri Injury Clinic. Three doors on one metro.

Joseph L. Hollingsworth, DC. Putting the CARE back in Healthcare. Lanes published: auto injuries, TBI and concussion rehab, sports injuries.

Start with an exam →
North county

Hazelwood

14 Village Square Shop Ctr
Hazelwood, MO 63042

Mon to Thu 9am to 6pm
Fri 9am to 12pm
Closed daily 12 to 2

(314) 627-1411
Go to Hazelwood →
South county

Tesson Ferry

11144 Tesson Ferry Road, Suite 200
Saint Louis, MO 63123

Mon to Thu 9am to 6pm
Fri 9am to 12pm
Closed daily 12 to 2

(314) 530-5480
Go to Tesson Ferry →
St. Charles County

O'Fallon

2163 West Terra Lane
O'Fallon, MO 63366

Mon, Tue, Thu 9am to 6pm
Wed and Fri by appointment
Closed daily 12 to 2

(636) 280-0990
Go to O'Fallon →
All three offices close from 12 to 2 every day. Fridays are mornings only in Hazelwood and on Tesson Ferry, and by appointment in O'Fallon. Hours as published on moinjuryclinic.com; confirm on the call.

Published reviews

Three lines, as the clinic publishes them.

These are the only reviews this desk will print, reproduced exactly as they appear on moinjuryclinic.com. We do not write reviews and we do not rank providers.

Great service and wonderful people

Byron Coffee, as published on moinjuryclinic.com

Great service lovely staff!

Jaymee Golley, as published on moinjuryclinic.com

Missouri Injury Clinics is the best place for treatment.

Stephanie Griffin, as published on moinjuryclinic.com

Before anything else

The bright line this desk will not blur.

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, not a wasted trip. Everything on this desk is educational and is not medical advice. It is published as advertising for Missouri Injury Clinic, and it says so on every page.

Emergency room or injury clinic: the full guide →

The stone piers and iron spans of the Eads Bridge seen from the St. Louis riverfront street below
Eads Bridge from the riverfront. Steel needs load ratings; injuries need records. Photo: formulanone from Huntsville, United States, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Get examined this week

An exam this week, whichever door is near.

Missouri Injury Clinic examines crash, concussion, and sports injuries at three offices across the metro. A documented exam this week protects your health and your options. You do not need to have decided anything about a claim before you get examined.

Start with an exam →
Hazelwood (314) 627-1411
Tesson Ferry (314) 530-5480
O'Fallon (636) 280-0990