Most of what arrives in this desk's mailbox is some version of the same dozen questions, asked by people who are calm about their curve and suddenly not calm about a crash, or by the people next to them. We answer them here in our own voice, which is slow by design. Where a question is really about your specific spine, the answer is always the same: that belongs in an exam room, not on a page.
01Can a chiropractor fix my scoliosis?
This publication will not promise you that, and you should be wary of anyone who does from a webpage. What a clinic can do is examine your spine, document its state, and treat the pain and injuries that come up in life with a curve. Specific answers about your curve require an exam, not an article.
02I was just in a car crash. Does my scoliosis change what I should do?
It changes the urgency, not the steps. Get examined this week, and lead with your curve when you call so the examiner can separate your baseline from the fresh injury. Missouri Injury Clinic takes auto-injury patients at all three rooms.
03My usual ache feels different since the wreck. Is that meaningful?
Different is exactly the word to take to an exam. Sorting old ache from new injury is hard from the inside and routine for an examiner working with written findings. Higher than usual, the other side, into an arm, with a headache: those are the changes worth naming.
04Which room should I call?
The nearest one you can reach this week. O'Fallon, (636) 280-0990, for the western metro; Hazelwood, (314) 627-1411, up north; South County on Tesson Ferry, (314) 530-5480. All close 12 to 2 daily, and O'Fallon is by appointment on Wednesday and Friday.
05I felt fine at the scene. Why would I need an exam?
Because soft-tissue injury commonly shows up hours or days after a crash, not at the scene. Adrenaline, swelling, and muscle guarding each run on their own clock. An exam in the first week catches the injury while it is still distinguishable from your usual pattern.
06I am helping a family member with a curve who was just rear-ended. What do I do?
Call the nearest room for them, say it is an auto injury and that they have scoliosis, and book the earliest opening. Tell them what you booked. Then step back. The exam and written plan from that visit anchors both their care and whatever paperwork follows.
07Do I need an attorney before I get examined?
No. You do not need to have decided anything about a claim before you get examined. The exam is a care document first. If you already have an attorney, bring their contact so records can be sent where they need to go. This desk does not advise on claims.
08What should I bring to the first visit?
Your curve history in whatever form you have it, any paperwork from an ER or urgent care visit after the crash, and a plain written account of what feels different since the impact. If you have nothing written about your curve, say what you know.
09Is this site a substitute for my regular scoliosis follow-ups?
No. Nothing here diagnoses or measures anything. Keep whatever monitoring arrangement you have. This publication is reading, and one clear pointer for the specific event of a crash.
10What does the number of degrees actually tell me?
It tells clinicians something about the likelihood a growing child's curve will progress, and something about breathing and structure at very large angles. It tells almost nothing about pain. Plenty of people with small curves hurt and plenty with large ones do not. Our dispatch on degrees and decades goes into this.
11Will the clinic bill my insurance, or a claim?
Ask the clinic on the phone and take the answer from them. We do not publish payment terms for a clinic we do not own, and we will not describe an arrangement we cannot verify.
12When is it an emergency instead of a clinic call?
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. If any of that is present, go to an emergency room or call 911 first. The clinic exam comes after.
13Who runs Missouri Injury Clinic?
Joseph L. Hollingsworth, DC, a chiropractor with three rooms in the St. Louis metro. The clinic's line is putting the CARE back in healthcare. Its published lanes are auto injuries, TBI and concussion rehab, and sports injuries. Details at moinjuryclinic.com.
14Is this desk independent?
No, and we say so on every page. This desk is compensated for featuring Missouri Injury Clinic. It is not the clinic, not a law office, and not a party to anyone's insurance claim. Our editorial standards page explains exactly how that relationship works and what we will not do.
A question we do not answer
"What is my case worth?" arrives more often than we would like, and this desk has nothing to say about it. We are a reading desk attached to a chiropractic clinic, not a law office. The clinic treats patients, not files. What we can tell you is the thing we tell everyone: a documented exam this week protects your health and your options, and the dated record from that first exam is what everyone will ask for if a claim is ever part of your story. Everything past that sentence is someone else's job.
Sending a question
Write to the desk through the clinic's contact page at moinjuryclinic.com and say it is for Scoliosis Insider. We read everything, we answer what we can in these pages, and we never publish a reader's name or details. About the desk explains how we source facts and how corrections work.
If the question is about your spine, ask it in a room.
Missouri Injury Clinic examines, documents, and writes a plan. For the one week after a crash, that is the answer to most of the mail we get.
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