Comprehensive Chiropractic & Sports Performance

Comprehensive Chiropractic & Sports Performance 🏅 One of St. Louis’ Top Chiropractic Clinics
💥 Sports Rehab | Family Care | Evidence-Based
👨‍⚕️Dr. Feder, Dr. Gorman, Dr. Benton
📍 Eureka, MO

We are staffed by caring, high-quality Chiropractors. Some services we offer Chiropractic Care, Nutritional Education, Sports Performance assistance & Supplements. Our beautiful Studio in Eureka offers Pilates, Yoga, and massage therapy. We strive to provide the most innovative ways to assist our patients and clients on their journey to a healthier lifestyle.

06/23/2026

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That stubborn ache on one side of your low back might not always be your disc. Sometimes your quadratus lumborum (QL) is working overtime.

The QL is one of the muscles that helps keep your low back stable, especially when you bend or lean to the side. When it’s overloaded from sitting, lifting, or compensating for other weak areas, it can become tight and uncomfortable.

This stretch is a great way to temporarily decrease tension and improve mobility. Research shows that stretching can help reduce pain and improve range of motion, but mobility alone isn’t the answer. 🧠

The bigger key? Strengthening the muscles that support your spine afterward. A resilient low back needs both mobility and stability.

Stretch what’s tight. Strengthen what’s weak. Move often.

06/22/2026

POV: A rotator cuff tear is NOT a death sentence. 💪

A lot of people hear the words “rotator cuff tear” and immediately think surgery. But research shows that many partial and even full-thickness tears can be managed successfully with the right rehab program.

In this video, we’re working on a DNS shoulder uprighting exercise. The goal isn’t just to make the shoulder stronger—it’s to improve how the shoulder stabilizes and coordinates with the rest of the body. Your rotator cuff doesn’t work alone. It relies on the scapula, trunk, and surrounding muscles to create a stable base for movement.

Studies have shown that structured exercise programs can significantly improve pain and function in people with rotator cuff tears, with many patients achieving excellent outcomes without surgery. In fact, conservative care is often recommended as the first line of treatment unless there is severe weakness, traumatic injury, or failure to improve with rehab.

The tear on the MRI matters far less than how well you can move and control your shoulder.

Movement is medicine. Stability is earned. And a tear doesn’t mean your shoulder is broken.

06/20/2026

Told the team we were going to a competition to see who could run backwards the fastest (without looking back and hitting their head on the staircase).

But instead, we reversed the videos to see whose backward run looked the most normal after they were reversed.

Let us know who you think won. 🥇

06/19/2026

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A disc bulge isn’t literally a water balloon… but the analogy helps explain what can happen.

Discs are complex structures made of strong outer fibers and a gel-like center. They don’t simply “slip out.” But when we spend hours and hours in flexed positions—slouched sitting, bending, or repeated flexion under load—it can increase pressure on the back side of the disc. In some people, that pressure can irritate or compress a nearby nerve and create pain, numbness, or sciatica.

That’s why so many people say, “I bent over to pick up a sock and threw my back out.” The sock wasn’t the problem—it was often the thousands of flexion cycles and prolonged postures that came before it.

Research has shown that prolonged sitting increases disc pressures, and repetitive flexion combined with compression is one mechanism associated with disc injury and herniation. That doesn’t mean bending is bad—it means dosage and recovery matter. 💡

The goal isn’t to avoid flexion forever. It’s to understand which movements calm your symptoms down, improve your tolerance, and gradually build resilience so you can get back to doing what you love.

06/18/2026

Low back pain that’s been hanging around for years often leaves muscles guarded, tight, and full of painful trigger points. Sometimes those muscles need more than stretching alone.

Dry needling uses thin monofilament needles to target myofascial trigger points and create a local twitch response that can help decrease muscle tension, improve blood flow, and reduce pain. Research has shown that dry needling can provide meaningful short-term improvements in pain and function for people with chronic low back pain, especially when it’s combined with exercise and an active rehab plan.

It’s not about “fixing” the pain with needles. It’s about calming down irritated tissues so you can move better and actually tolerate the exercises that create long-term change.

That’s why we use dry needling as one tool—not the only tool—to help people get back to doing the things they enjoy.

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06/17/2026

🚨 How to actually fix your anterior pelvic tilt 🚨

The internet loves to make anterior pelvic tilt sound like a diagnosis. The reality? It’s a normal position that every healthy spine and pelvis should be able to move into.

The problem isn’t that you’re stuck in anterior pelvic tilt. The problem is when you lose the ability to control your pelvis and move back into a posterior pelvic tilt when your body needs it.

That’s why exercises like the dead bug can be so valuable. By placing a band underneath your low back, you get immediate feedback on whether you’re maintaining control of your pelvis and core throughout the movement.

Research shows that improving lumbopelvic control can reduce excessive stress on the low back and improve movement efficiency during everyday activities and exercise. The goal isn’t to hold one “perfect posture” all day long. The goal is having options and being able to move in and out of different positions when needed.

Movement variability > perfect posture.

If you can’t control your pelvis, your low back often ends up doing more work than it should.

06/16/2026

Some people need to stretch. Some people need a massage. And some people just need a steel rod and a little elbow grease.

In this video, Dr. Feder is performing IASTM (Instrument-Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization), commonly known as GrastonÂŽ, on the low back.

IASTM is designed to help improve tissue mobility, decrease pain, and stimulate local blood flow to areas that may have become stiff or irritated over time. Research suggests that instrument-assisted soft tissue techniques can help improve range of motion, reduce pain, and enhance function when combined with an active rehabilitation program. The goal isn’t just to make you feel better for a day—it’s to help you move better so you can stay better.

One of the biggest benefits of IASTM is that it allows us to target areas of restriction efficiently while saving our thumbs from taking a beating all day. 💪

Whether your low back pain is coming from tight muscles, irritated tissues, or movement limitations, techniques like IASTM can be a valuable tool as part of a comprehensive treatment plan.

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06/15/2026

🚨 QUIZ TIME 🚨

The nerve pain, numbness, or tingling going down your arm may not always be coming from where you think.

One of these muscles can contribute to symptoms that mimic nerve pain by creating compression around important nerves as they travel from the neck into the arm.

A️⃣ Sternocleidomastoid
B️⃣ Scalenes
C️⃣ Trapezius
D️⃣ Digastrics

Drop your guess below ⬇️

Research has shown that muscular tightness and dysfunction around the neck and upper chest can contribute to irritation of the brachial plexus and other neurovascular structures, leading to symptoms such as pain, numbness, tingling, and weakness into the arm. That’s why addressing soft tissue restrictions is often an important piece of the puzzle—not just treating the area where the symptoms are felt.

What’s your answer? 👇

Huge thank you to the team at Legends Country Club for having us out at the Member-Guest Tournament! ⛳️We had a great ti...
06/13/2026

Huge thank you to the team at Legends Country Club for having us out at the Member-Guest Tournament! ⛳️

We had a great time helping golfers get loose, move better, and feel their best before heading to the first tee. Events like these are a great reminder that staying active and performing your best starts with taking care of your body.

We’re fortunate to have an incredible team here at Comprehensive Chiropractic & Sports Performance, including multiple chiropractors, a skilled physical therapist, and an amazing massage therapist, all working together to help our community move well and move often.

Whether you’re trying to play a better round of golf, recover from an injury, or simply stay active without pain, our goal is always the same: help you do more of what you love. 💙

06/13/2026

Your hip pain starts to improve when you realize the glutes aren’t the only muscles that matter.

When most people think about hip strengthening, they immediately jump to clamshells, band walks, and glute bridges. While the glutes are important, they’re only one piece of the puzzle.

The adductors (inner thigh muscles) play a huge role in stabilizing the pelvis, controlling movement during walking and running, and helping transfer force through the lower body. Research has shown that weakness in the adductors is associated with several hip and groin-related injuries, and improving adductor strength can reduce pain while improving function.

The Copenhagen plank is one of the most effective exercises for building adductor strength because it challenges the muscles both isometrically and dynamically. Adding movement with the bottom leg increases the demand even further, forcing the entire hip complex to work together.

Strong hips aren’t built by training one muscle group. They’re built by training all of them.

If you’ve been focusing only on your glutes and your hip pain isn’t improving, it may be time to give your adductors some attention.

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113 W 5th Street
Eureka, MO
63025

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