Jennings, MO Health and Fitness

At Ellsworth Chiropractic & Med Spa, Doctor of Chiropractic Robin Ellsworth supervises wellness professionals who work one-on-one with clients to relieve body ailments. Dr. Ellsworth equips chiropractic and physical therapy rooms with high-tech adjustment tables and technologies that stimulate relaxation. Massage therapists employ nine soothing modalities, and aestheticians rejuvenate epidermises with light technology.

Naturopathic doctor Christy Jenkins has extensive medical credentials, working for years as a nurse in fields from cardiology to psychology. She now specializes in geriatric and environmental health, and frequently attends seminars and workshops throughout the country to keep her medical knowledge and practice up to date.

At Naturo Health Solutions, Jenkins customizes holistic wellness plans rooted in naturopathy—a methodology designed to magnify the body's own healing abilities through homeopathy, Chinese medicine, and clinical nutrition. She augments her practice with supplements and products designed to help detoxify bodies and stave off pain. Jenkins also oversees onsite medical-spa treatments, such as cleansing facials and massage therapy performed by licensed aestheticians.

Holistic Fitness aims to cleanse the body inside and out, employing staff members whose talents stretch as wide as their tallest client's arms. Three certified colon hydrotherapists, three massage therapists, and a doctor of chiropractic all call the holistic center home and offer services that complement one another. For example, Dr. Anne Roulo often recommends her chiropractic patients combine adjustments with colon hydrotherapy, which can increase energy levels and wash away toxic material.

Doctor of Chiropractic Phillip Meyers and his wife, professional counselor Emily Meyers, take a holistic approach to health that combines advanced technology with traditional chiropractic and massage techniques. Dr. Meyers, for example, employs the gentle adjustments of chiropractic plus kinesiology to relieve ailments that range from headaches to back pain. Though he relies partly on personal consultations, a subconscious computerized integrative operating system—SCIO—helps him diagnose concerns. For their part, the center’s experienced massage therapists keep busy relaxing tension and loosening muscular knots with talent unheard of since Houdini’s final escape from Earth.

In 2000, Doctor of Chiropractic William A. Straughn moved his self-named practice to Florissant, the place where he was born and raised and where his grandmother still lives. This move enabled him to serve the people of his hometown who suffer from chronic lower-back and neck pain or who need to regain their footing after an accident or injury. Dr. Straughn and his staff also teach patients how they can improve their diets and how to incorporate healthy habits into their workdays, such as doing jumping jacks in a crowded elevator or sprinting full speed to the restroom.