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Wheat Chiropractic & Wellness Center provides ultrasound therapy for residents of Holts Summit and the surrounding area. With nearly two decades of experience, Dr. Wheat and Dr. Galbraith deliver drug-free care from their Jefferson City office, about a 10-minute drive north from Holts Summit. Most insurance plans are accepted — call (573) 636-3555 to verify yours.
Holts Summit sits just across the Missouri River north of Jefferson City, connected by Highway 179. Many Holts Summit residents commute into the capital for work and appreciate that quality chiropractic care is only a short drive south on their way home. For ultrasound therapy, Holts Summit residents choose Wheat Chiropractic because the practice has been voted Jefferson City's Best Chiropractic Office by City's Best Magazine every year since 2014 and the News Tribune Reader's Choice every year since 2016. That combination of national recognition and local trust means patients do not have to drive to Columbia or St. Louis for quality chiropractic care — it is available right here in Jefferson City, about a 10-minute drive north from Holts Summit.
Therapeutic ultrasound is not the imaging kind used to see babies—it is a deep-heating treatment that uses sound waves to reach tissues several centimeters below the skin. A handheld sound head glides over the injured area with a conductive gel, delivering vibrations that create gentle heat deep within muscles, tendons, and ligaments. This deep heat increases blood flow, relaxes muscle spasms, speeds the healing of soft tissues, and makes stiff joints more responsive to adjusting. Wheat Chiropractic uses ultrasound to treat muscle strains, tendonitis, bursitis, and scar-tissue buildup from old injuries. A treatment takes only 5–10 minutes and is completely painless—most patients feel only mild warmth. It is frequently paired with chiropractic adjustments, since loosened, warmed muscles hold an adjustment better and recover faster.
Most patients feel only mild warmth or nothing at all. The sound head glides over the skin with a gel, delivering deep heat to muscles and tendons. Holts Summit patients often find the 5–10 minute session relaxing and completely painless.
Ultrasound loosens tight muscles and increases blood flow before an adjustment, so the joint moves more freely and holds the correction longer. Holts Summit patients get better, longer-lasting results when ultrasound is paired with adjusting.
When performed as part of a chiropractic treatment plan, ultrasound therapy is usually covered by major medical insurance. The office verifies benefits before care begins, so Holts Summit patients know their cost.
Acute conditions often improve within 3–6 sessions; chronic issues may need more. Your doctor includes ultrasound in your written care plan, and the short drive from Holts Summit makes frequent visits easy.
Absolutely — many of our patients commute from Holts Summit across the Highway 179 bridge. The drive is about 10 minutes, and we offer morning and late-afternoon appointments so you can stop in on your way to or from work.
Wheat Chiropractic & Wellness Center is located at 1001 Diamond Ridge, Suite 900, Jefferson City, MO 65109 in Jefferson City — about a 10-minute drive north from Holts Summit (roughly 6 miles south on Highway 179). We welcome patients from Holts Summit, MO (ZIP 65043) and the surrounding communities.
We also provide ultrasound therapy to patients in the cities surrounding Holts Summit: