St. Louis MO Chiropractic Care | ActiveSTL Chiropractic and Sports Rehab

Our St. Louis sports chiropractic clinic believes that the better optimized your body is, the better you perform, feel, and function as a whole. Using tried and true, evidence-based techniques, we help you find your natural, most efficient self.

If you’re in pain, feeling discomfort, or want to find your body’s healthiest state and peak performance, our chiropractic solutions are here to meet all of your unique goals. We work with those who work from a desk daily to those who compete in athletic events to those who want to age with more strength. Wherever you are, we’ll meet you there and help you improve upon it.

Chiropractic care and sports rehabilitation are safe, noninvasive ways to support your body, helping it find balance, fostering a reliable, complementary relationship between body and mind. When we suffer physically, it’s hard to remain focused mentally and emotionally.

If you’re ready to find empowerment, strength, and comfort through organic, proven methods, let’s go.

Schedule your appointment today because when the body is performing as it was designed, life is better!

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Common conditions we treat:

Athletic / Sports Conditions

- Ankle problems
- Plantar fasciitis / flat feet
- Herniated disc / bulging disc
- Golf injury
- Running / triathlon injuries
- Shin splints
- Tennis elbow / tendonitis

Back and Neck Conditions

- Back pain / low backaches
- Neck pain / stiffness
- Headaches
- Sciatica
- Spinal stenosis

Personal Injury & Accident Conditions

Other conditions include

Shoulder pain
Loss of range of motion and flexibility
Knee pain
Ankle and Achille’s pain
Work-related injury
Sporting event preparation
Sports rehabilitation
Preventative care for the body

The Best Chiropractic Care in St. Louis

Our bodies are used consistently; even while at rest, muscles are stimulated. Body maintenance is as essential as car maintenance. If you want to perform well and in comfort, the best solution is proactive chiropractic care.

Our team will give you the tools to keep your body safe through proper posture, exercises, stretches, insight, and therapies. You deserve to live pain-free and to enjoy an active lifestyle; let us help you get there.

Ready to improve your quality of life? Contact us to learn more.

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Our Process

STEP 1.

Assessment

Receive a comprehensive assessment that focuses on your pain, movement patterns, and compensations. This is an important step to receiving treatment during your first visit.

STEP 2.

Get a customized treatment plan

We are goal-oriented, meaning we will discuss your desired goals from care at our office. We will place you in a specific phase of care based on your symptoms during your first visit.

We focus on 3 phases of care: Pain Relief Phase, Return to Activity Phase, and Performance Phase.

STEP 3.

Pain Relief Phase

Pain is usually the driving force for someone to schedule an appointment. For this reason, visits may be more frequent at the beginning to help alleviate pain and discomfort as quickly as possible.

Chiropractic adjustments, muscle work, and other therapies may be used initially to help get your symptoms under control.

Marathon male athlete crossing the finish line

STEP 4.

Return to Activity Phase

Whether you are returning to work, sport, or everyday life, we want you to be able to do so pain-free and with confidence.

This phase often requires a lower frequency of visits, but it is an important phase to reinforce all the work put in during the acute phase of your injury. During this phase, we start to introduce rehab exercises and movement modifications.

STEP 5.

Performance Phase

Think of this phase as the fine-tuning and maintenance phase. We want to keep the forward progress moving in the right direction. If progress plateaus, we risk returning to the acute phase sooner than desired.

This phase is to help you become stronger, faster, and smarter with custom-made home exercise programs, occasional adjustments, and maintenance muscle work.

Our chiropractic solutions and services

The chiropractic care and sports-related therapies we offer are safe, effective, and efficient. We understand the power the body holds and nurture that power for the most reliable, responsible results.

We want the same thing you want, to get your body healthy and strong quickly. You owe yourself a life of comfort; let’s get a plan designed for you and start restoring function now.

Some of our chiropractic techniques and services include:

- Chiropractic adjustments or spinal manipulations
- Dry needling
- Shockwave therapy
- Sports rehab
- Corrective exercises and stretches
- Instrument-assisted soft tissue mobility techniques

You can trust us to define the precise terms of your needs and create a wellness plan that supports that; we never take a one-size-fits-all approach to your care. Your confidence is our goal, and we’ll aim to earn it throughout this healing process.

Whether you’re 10 or 100, it’s never too early or too late to find the well-being your body, soul, and mind crave.

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Meet Dr. Donahue

After experiencing first-hand the benefits of chiropractic care, Dr. Donahue is on a mission to change the health care of those in the Greater St. Louis area. Dr. Donahue provides a noninvasive, drug-free approach to treating acute and chronic pain. Dr. Donahue uses a patient-centered approach to help each individual meet their health goals, whether that is eliminating pain, decreasing headaches, or assisting athletes to compete to the best of their ability.

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Some of Dr. Donahue’s certifications and qualifications include:

Background in Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization (DNS)
Active Release Technique (ART)
Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA) certified
Functional Movement Screen (FMS) certified

As a life-long marathoner, I’ve been to multiple chiropractors who haven’t been able to solve my problems with repeated costly visits. Dr. Donahue is the first I’ve found who is proactive with working with me on a plan to minimize reoccurrence and has me running pain-free and smoother than ever. For a first-rate professional experience, I highly recommend Dr. Donahue and his staff.

Jill F.
Marathon Runner

I have been headache free for the past week thanks to my adjustments. (I have been living with almost daily headaches for more years than I can count.) I particularly like the fact that Dr. Donahue realizes that the muscles and bones work together so he works to stretch muscles as well as make sure the spine is aligned. He is extremely professional! I feel amazing after only 3 visits.

Kathy P.
Busy Grandparent

Dr. Donahue is an amazing chiropractor. He is attentive, thorough, has a friendly demeanor, thoughtful, and extremely knowledgeable. I came in hobbling from an ankle injury and Dr. Donahue gave me the information and healing I so needed. In 6 sessions he was able to get my ankle moving and get some of the scar tissue straightened out. Dr. Donahue is a great asset to have. I’m so happy I found him!

Erin K.
Active Mom