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Practicing in St. Charles IL since 1988, his primary focus has been on injury prevention, wellness, and early intervention. His goals include teaching people how to prevent injury, recover from painful conditions quickly, and live a healthier lifestyle. Dr. Mark Glesener is active in his local community, often speaking to local community groups and corporations on wellness and injury prevention.

Continuing his education with an emphasis on updating his knowledge and skills to eliminate acute, chronic, and recurring pain, allows him to include treatment methods that are on the cutting edge of healthcare. Helping people recover their lives and return to work and the leisure activities they enjoy are the reward he reaps for his efforts.

Community Involvement:

• St. Charles Breakfast Rotary
• St. Charles Chamber of Commerce

Professional Groups:

• Illinois Chiropractic Society
• American Chiropractic Association
• ACA Council on Occupational Health
• International Academy of Chiropractic Occupational Health Consultants
• Certified Graston Practitioner
• Fascial Manipulation Association

Onsite Wellness Care Physician:

• Grahams Fine Chocolates - Geneva, IL
• Grahams 318 - Geneva, IL
• Local manufacturing and food processing plants - St. Charles, IL

Learn more about Dr. Glesener here

I WOKE UP WITH SEVERE PAIN.

It hurt to move my neck. It even hurt to breath. I was five.

They loaded me horizontally into the back of the family station wagon and crept slowly down the gravel road. I moaned. The highway was easier, but the trip to the doctor was long and painful.

Offloading me, my neck hurt walking to the doctor’s office. We went in and waited.

FOURTEEN YEARS LATER…

I was good at football. The next step was a college program. The first two days went well, and then I injured by back. There was no space in the training room for a freshman, so they laid me on the cement hallway floor and ice massaged my back. Then I could not move. Everyone went back to their dorm rooms. The trainer said the pain would release in a bit and then I could leave. Alone in the Field House, after an hour I could stand. It was a long slow limp back to my dorm room.

I suffered through half the season; every hit was agonizing. Each trip to the team doctor got me more 800 mg Motrin. The medication barely took the edge off my pain.

Talking to my parents one night, they said, “why don’t you see a chiropractor?” I scheduled with Dr. Fox for his last appointment, so I could go after practice. He examined me. I do not recall anything that he said. I remembered what he did. I got adjusted and immediately stood up without pain. Leaving the office into the cold fall night I was thinking, WOW, that worked so well. Why didn’t the team doctor, coach or trainer send me to see the chiropractor?

BACK TO THE FIRST STORY

My turn came in the doctor’s office. He had me lie on the table.  He was old, his hands were strong. I was scared. Dr. Petersen worked on me for some time. When he was done the pain was gone. Dr. Petersen was a chiropractor.

MY JOURNEY

Throughout my life there have been times chiropractic was a first choice for care. Unfortunately, there have been many times I suffered, later to learn that chiropractic care should have been my first choice.

From all my experiences I decided to become a chiropractor. I wanted to help people. Along the way I thought, wouldn’t it be great if we all could find a doctor to take care of pain quickly? I found smart people and learned from then. Taking this knowledge, I have created and continuously improved a new treatment model. Something unusual in healthcare – rapid recovery without prolonged treatment or medication.

My way of treating is unlike medicine’s watchful waiting with drugs. It goes beyond physical therapy’s endless exercises. I am much different than the regular chiropractor, who wants to treat you three times a week for a year and promises to heal everything and restore your spinal curves. My focus is rapid pain relief.

MY PATIENTS

People do not have to suffer with pain. If you have not found something that works, or want to avoid medication and possible surgery, I am here for you.

When I see you, the first question I ask my doctor-self is, “should you even be in my office, or is there another doctor who can help you more?” If you need surgery, I will send you, and tell you more about what is going to happen than the typical surgeon. If you need medication or another specialist, I will send you to them. Most people just need a short course of quality treatment to feel and stay better.

YOUR STORY

At our office, we approach your case with a targeted, personalized, and progressive approach. We call it the Rapid Recovery Difference. (It is so different than anything I have seen, we had to give it a name.) Our goals: getting you out of pain quickly and teaching you ways to stay better longer.

If you think our approach would help you, give us a call and we will schedule you for a free initial examination and consultation. From there, we will see if you can benefit from our Rapid Recovery Difference and be pain free.

Be Well,
Dr. Mark