Paid notice
Plain talk on back pain after a wreck. Sponsored by Missouri Injury Clinic, and it says so on every page.
The bulletin board · St. Louis metro
This bulletin is for people who got rear-ended on the way home from a shift and are now doing math: can I afford to deal with this, can I afford not to. Short answer: a crashed back that goes unexamined gets more expensive, not less. Here is how to handle it without blowing up your week.
Hours that work
Open till 6, Mon to ThuHazelwood and Tesson Ferry. Friday mornings 9 to 12. Office after a day shift.
The catch
Closed 12 to 2, every dayAll three offices. Do not burn a lunch break driving over unannounced.
The ask
One exam, this weekFindings written down, a plan you can repeat, a dated record. Then you stop guessing.
The honest version
You were in a wreck. The temptation is to tough it out because you have a shift, kids, a schedule that does not bend. Fair. But back injuries from crashes stiffen on a delay, and the version of you three days from now may not be able to lift what today's version can.
The fix is one appointment. Missouri Injury Clinic takes auto-injury patients at three offices around the metro. They examine you, write down what they find, and hand you a plan. Then you know what you are dealing with instead of guessing, and your week stays yours.
Read the first week, day by day
Pinned to the board
Start with the first week. Then the call, the paperwork, the job, and the offices. Short pages, read on a break.
What a crashed back does over the first seven days, and the one move that keeps it from running your month.
Read the notice The lagDay one feels fine. Day two you cannot get out of the truck. Why soft tissue runs on a delay.
Read the notice The callThree phone numbers, one script, a visit that fits after a day shift. What to bring and what the exam is.
Read the notice The paperworkEvery job site runs on one rule: if it is not written down, it did not happen. Same rule for your back.
Read the notice The rear-end hitThe bumper looked fine. Your back did not get the memo. What a low-speed hit does in half a second.
Read the notice Back to workLifting, driving, standing all day. How to work a physical job with a crashed back without making it worse.
Read the notice The other injuryNo blackout, but the headache and the fog started after the wreck. Say so on the phone.
Read the notice The officesTesson Ferry, Hazelwood, O'Fallon. Addresses, hours, phones, and the 12 to 2 closure that trips people up.
Read the notice Quick answersCan it wait till my day off. Is a little pain worth it. What the first visit actually is. Twelve answers.
Read the notice The fine printWho writes this, who pays for it, where the facts come from, and how to get something corrected.
Read the noticeBuilt around a workday
Hazelwood and the South County office on Tesson Ferry run Monday through Thursday 9 to 6, Friday mornings 9 to 12. O'Fallon runs Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 9 to 6 with Wednesday and Friday by appointment. All offices close 12 to 2. Call on your morning break, take the first opening after your shift.
One thing before anything else. Numbness running down a leg that is getting worse, trouble with bladder or bowels, a head injury with vomiting, or anything that scares you is an emergency room problem tonight, not a clinic appointment this week.
How to get seen this week
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Run by Joseph L. Hollingsworth, DC, a chiropractor. Lanes the clinic publishes: auto injuries (diagnosis and a treatment plan after a crash), TBI and concussion rehab, sports injuries. "Putting the CARE back in Healthcare."
Mon to Thu 9am to 6pm
Fri 9am to 12pm
Closed 12 to 2 daily
Mon to Thu 9am to 6pm
Fri 9am to 12pm
Closed 12 to 2 daily
Mon, Tue, Thu 9am to 6pm
Wed and Fri by appointment
Closed 12 to 2 daily
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The record
If it is not written down, it did not happen. The exam on day two or three is the baseline every later visit gets measured against, and it is the document everyone who comes after will ask for. A documented exam this week protects your health and your options. You do not need to have decided anything about a claim to get one.
Why the paperwork matters