Frequently Asked Questions

What is chiropractic?

Chiropractic is a non-invasive, effective and drug free approach to body balance and health and is the third largest healthcare profession in the world, behind medicine and dentistry . It has been safely practiced for 113 years and continues to positively affect the health and wellbeing of Britons of all ages, from infants to the elderly.

Chiropractic is the largest natural health care profession in the world and has become the Number 1 choice for health and healing without drugs or surgery.

Why? Chiropractic is safe, and it works!

The results speak for themselves…

Every day, all over the world, millions of people are enjoying outstanding results at the gentle, caring hands of chiropractors. In just over 100 years, Chiropractic has grown to it’s rightful place as a leader in the health field. The reason for this… patient after patient experiencing transformational results under this gentle, safe, and effective hands-on care.

You can be assured – we have a commitment to excellence when it comes to the level of care we provide.

How it works (put simply!)

Your body, controlled by your nervous system is a self-healing organism.

The brain communicates with the nervous system to co-ordinate every single function of your body from digestion, to breathing, to immune response. The nervous system is just like any communication system; it sends messages. That is how it balances, heals and regulates mechanisms in your body.

Your spine protects your nervous system.

Your spine’s primary function is to protect your nervous system and keeping it functioning is integral to maintaining healthy nerve function.

Irritation to the nervous system sets the stage for malfunction and disease.

Spinal misalignments and imbalances interfere with your nerve passageways. This can be caused by physical, chemical or emotional stresses, which then produce a defensive posture. Muscles contract locking spinal joints that pinch or irritate nearby nerves. This sets the stage for disease and ill health with your spine, muscles and internal organs. Most spinal misalignments are minor and painless and people are unaware of them, or they can be major and very painful.

They can affect your spinal mobility, the capacity of your muscles and organs to function optimally and hence your overall balance and health.

Chiropractic maintains the function of the spine and nervous system.

Chiropractic maintains the function of the spine and nervous system through gentle spinal adjustments that reduce tension and nervous system irritation. The chiropractor feels the movement of the spine while you are laying face down and a specific force is administered to correct the misalignment. This manoeuvre also results in instant localised relaxation of the surrounding muscles and tissues.

Your adjustment helps to free your nervous system from irritation, and the effects of an adjustment continue for hours or days after you leave the office. Your body continues to change, strengthening ligaments and tendons, retraining muscles, and forming new motor and nerve pathways as you go about your daily life.

Adjustments are very specific and safe: We exactly assess the direction, speed, depth and angle required. It is not uncommon that a slight noise from the shifting of gas and fluids in the joint is heard, but this sound is not a guide as to the value or effectiveness of the adjustment.

All joints of the body can be adjusted to help restore proper range of motion and function. Think of an adjustment as “tuning” a piano, adjusting each string so it produces the perfect tone.