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At Covenant, we focus on healthy families, particularly expecting moms, babies, toddlers and kids with special needs. Chiropractic care is an integral part of a healthy lifestyle, no matter your age. Keeping your nervous system healthy allows for a full expression of health and life.

Expecting Moms: Whether you're pregnant or trying Dr. McGowin has strategies to help you! From preconception through postpartum and beyond, chiropractic is an important part of a healthy pregnancy. The Webster Technique is a specific chiropractic analysis and adjustment that focuses on balancing the pelvis and sacrum of an expecting woman. This technique requires advanced education and certification, and is considered by many to be the key to a safer and more comfortable labor and delivery. The Webster technique is a safe, gentle technique that restores pelvic movement and alignment, allowing your baby find its way to the optimal position for birth. Dr. McGowin is certified in Webster Technique. She has also taken several continuing education classes that better help her support expecting moms.

Babies: A baby should see a chiropractor? Absolutely! Dr McGowin has advanced training in pediatric chiropractic. By adjusting the spine, we allow optimal nervous system function; "side effects" include resolution of colic, constipation, ear infections, feeding/latch challenges, anxiety and bedwetting (just to name a few!)

Kids: As kids move through development, it's important to keep their nervous systems as healthy as possible. This allows them to meet milestones on time, recover from injuries and maintain a robust immune system.

Complex Kids: From anxiety to autism and everything in between... we've got you covered! Kids with complex needs respond exceptionally well to skilled chiropractic adjustments. It's the absolute best way to change the brain and nervous system! Dr McGowin has advanced training and years of experience working with kids with challenges. The results she gets are undeniable!

Healthy Adults: While we are primarily a pediatric clinic, we do often accept certain healthy adults as chiropractic patients.

What is it?

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, also known as HBOT, is a safe, non-invasive modality that increases oxygen levels throughout the body. There are a wide variety of HBOT chambers that deliver different levels of pressure and different levels of oxygen. The chamber we use at Covenant Chiropractic & Wellness is a soft-sided chamber that reaches 1.3 Atmospheres Absolute (AtA), or close to the equivalent of 11 feet below sea level. It operates on ambient air.

Sessions are available in 60, 90 or 120 minute dives. A doctor's order is required for HBOT. This can be provided by your primary care physician. You may also establish care with Dr. McGowin, here at Covenant, to determine if HBOT would be beneficial for you.

Inflammation is known to be the main trigger of symptoms for most ailments. Without oxygen, inflammation continues unchecked. Oxygen is one of the main natural anti-inflammatories our body uses to heal injuries and manage inflammation. Because the increased pressure of an HBOT chamber dissolves oxygen into the blood, the circulatory system is able to deliver increased oxygen to stressed or damaged tissue.

HBOT has been shown to benefit:

The SPOT for TOTs is a multi-specialty clinic devoted to babies, children and adults with Tethered Oral Tissues (TOTs) like tongue and lip tie. We begin with a skilled, comprehensive exam. Based on those findings, we develop an appropriate plan that may include Lactation Consultation, Chiropractic Care, Feeding Therapy and/or CranioSacral Therapy. If necessary, we provide referrals to Orofacial Myologists and release providers. 

Nutrition Testing & Consultation - We have multiple testing options for patients who want deeper insight into their health. From nutrient deficiencies to food allergies, from hormones to digestion challenges, we can help! A variety of test options are offered, including hair, saliva, urine, stool and blood. Based on the results, a detailed care plan is offered that may include supplements, herbs, homeopathy and/or changes in diet.

Remedy Testing is a non-invasive hair and saliva bioresonance test that offers information about hormones, food sensitivities, environmental sensitivities, toxins and nutrient deficiencies. It also offers an individualized plan to address the findings; these may include homeopathy, supplements, flower remedies or herbs.

IonCleanse by AMD detoxification sessions are also available. The IonCleanse by AMD helps the body detoxify through the healing power of ions. Many children and adults have impaired detox pathways. Using the IonCleanse is safe, non-invasive and relaxing.

At Covenant, we focus on healthy families, particularly expecting moms, babies, toddlers and kids with special needs. Chiropractic care is an integral part of a healthy lifestyle, no matter your age. Keeping your nervous system healthy allows for a full expression of health and life.

Expecting Moms: Whether you're pregnant or trying Dr. McGowin has strategies to help you! From preconception through postpartum and beyond, chiropractic is an important part of a healthy pregnancy.

The Webster Technique is a specific chiropractic analysis and adjustment that focuses on balancing the pelvis and sacrum of an expecting woman. This technique requires advanced education and certification, and is considered by many to be the key to a safer and more comfortable labor and delivery. The Webster technique is a safe, gentle technique that restores pelvic movement and alignment, allowing your baby find its way to the optimal position for birth. Dr. McGowin is certified in Webster Technique. She has also taken several continuing education classes that better help her support expecting moms.

Babies: A baby should see a chiropractor? Absolutely! Dr McGowin has advanced training in pediatric chiropractic. By adjusting the spine, we allow optimal nervous system function; "side effects" include resolution of colic, constipation, ear infections, feeding/latch challenges, anxiety and bedwetting (just to name a few!)

Kids: As kids move through development, it's important to keep their nervous systems as healthy as possible. This allows them to meet milestones on time, recover from injuries and maintain a robust immune system.

Complex Kids: From anxiety to autism and everything in between... we've got you covered! Kids with complex needs respond exceptionally well to skilled chiropractic adjustments. It's the absolute best way to change the brain and nervous system! Dr McGowin has advanced training and years of experience working with kids with challenges. The results she gets are undeniable!

Healthy Adults: While we are primarily a pediatric clinic, we do often accept certain healthy adults as chiropractic patients.

Specialized services for kids with complex needs

Autism, ADD/HD, PANS/PANDAS, food allergies/sensitivities, retained primitive reflexes

At Covenant, we believe in recovery. Most doctors will tell you that the only thing a parent can do for their child is ABA or other therapies. While those approaches are good, if the child is unwell, progress will be limited. Using lab testing (usually with urine or stool), Dr. McGowin works to find out the root cause of the child's challenges, then develops a comprehensive plan to restore health.

When a child feels better, they behave better!

Recovery is possible!

Complex Kids

We offer hope for struggling kids! It is a drug-free, innovative approach to address developmental delays, focus, behavior, language and socialization challenges. This program is for kids with: ASD (autism), PANS/PANDAS, ADD/HD, dyslexia, developmental disabilities, APD (auditory processing disorder), learning disabilities, behavior issues, language delays, anxiety, toe-walking, fine/gross motor issues, bed-wetting.

When certain processes in the body are not working efficiently, behavioral issues can occur. Our approach identifies these problems and corrects them. We don't just focus on managing symptoms; the goal is finding the root cause of the child's symptoms. Sometimes it's nutrient deficiencies, sometimes it's food allergies/sensitivities; other times it's something more complex like intestinal pathogens or mitochondrial dysfunction. No matter the cause, Dr. McGowin works to create a detailed care plan that addresses each issue.

The physical exam Dr. McGowin offers is comprehensive. Not only is she looking for things like eczema or other signs of metabolic challenges, she also assesses things like Retained Primitive Reflexes, eye movements and other issues that could be causing challenges for a child. Through this exam, we learn how a child is processing their world. We identify gaps in brain development. We find out WHY they're struggling and address those specific issues.

Cranial Sacral Therapy (CST) is a gentle, hands-on method of treating the membranes and cerebral spinal fluid that surround and protect the brain and spinal cord. This treatment assists the self-corrective nature of the nervous system by freeing up tight structures, thus leading to reduced pain and stress, strengthening the immune system recovery, improving information movement through the nerve channels and enhancing health well-being. Because it is so gentle, CST has proven affective for people of all ages, for all kinds of problems affecting the nervous system. Covenant Chiropractic & Wellness utilizes CranialSacral Therapy for patients with Tethered Oral Tissues (TOTs) and patients have experienced profound results in the use of this treatment.

CST has been reported in research to help alleviate or diminish the following:

Our CranialSacral therapist, Jackie Steuber, is a licensed physical therapist and has added certifications specifically in CranioSacral Therapy. She has over a decade of experience in this therapeutic approach and is highly sought out by families all across mid-Missouri. Jackie works in partnership with Dr. Sonia McGowin to ensure a comprehensive treatment protocol is created to address each patients’ specific needs. We are sure you will find Jackie to an excellent resource for you and your family as you seek to make program on your road to recovery.