Health . . .
Here, at the clinic we strive for much more than just relieving back pain. Our aim is to help you restore to your optimum health, both physically and emotionally. Health is a wide concept, which influences every aspect of one's life. Our bodies are self-healing but sometimes we are put under stresses and strains that disrupt the regulatory mechanisms that normally keep us well. These can be injuries, repetitive strain, faulty posture, mental stress, fatigue, infections, incorrect breathing etc etc.
When this happens, any number of health problems may develop - back pain, neck pain, arthritis, and headaches to name just a few. For over 100 years chiropractors have been helping people get well without drugs or surgery.
At the clinic, we strive for the highest standards of care and service. Examination and treatment is carried out by university trained and fully qualified Chiropractors who are registered with the General Chiropractic Council.
Understanding Chiropractic . . .
The core principles of Chiropractic are to treat you as an individual and look at you as a whole. Nerve impulses flow from your brain and down your spinal cord. Pairs of nerve roots branch off from between each pair of spinal segments. These nerves link your brain with every organ, tissue and cell of your body.
Because of their close proximity to the moving bones of the spine, improper positioning or movement of spinal bones can irritate or compromise nerve function. This can lead to an enormous variety of symptoms, from just a sore back to headaches, pulled muscles, digestive problems, and general tiredness for example.
In children altered spinal function can manifest itself as aches and pains, colic, reduced concentration, altered behaviour, frequent infections (including ear infections and glue ear), growing pains, bed wetting, scoliosis and more.
Chiropractic aims to normalise spinal joint function thereby restoring normal nerve supply thus allowing your brain to fully control every single cell in your body. Without this communication between the brain and the cells of your body, your brain cannot control proper functioning of the tissues, whether they are muscles, joints, the heart, lungs or any other type of tissue.
The way in which your spinal function is altered and how this affects your body is particular to you, and depends on many factors including your previous medical history, history of any trauma, lifestyle and age. Also the way in which your Chiropractor will treat this is individual to you.Treatment . . .
After taking a complete medical history and performing the relevant physical examination, your Chiropractor will discuss with you what factors affect and compromise your present condition. Once a diagnosis has been established and explained to you, a treatment plan will also be explained to you.
The primary course of treatment used by your Chiropractor is specific Chiropractic adjustments. This will help to return individual bones to their proper motion and position and correct the neurological reflexes in and around your spine. There are many ways of using carefully directed and controlled pressure to restore better position and motion to 'stuck' or fixated (spinal) joints. This may require a quick thrust, or in other instances slow continued pressure. In some cases special tables or instruments such as the Activator are used. Chiropractors are fully trained in assessing and treating problems with other joints and soft tissues.
Some adjusting approaches can result in a 'popping' sound. This sound is created by the shifting of gas and fluids within the joints.
Chiropractic and Children . . .
The first trauma children encounter is often being in a compromised position in the womb followed by the birth process. Other trauma occurs when children learn to walk through poor posture and sports injuries. Children can be checked and treated from the moment they are born. Unborn children can benefit from their mother's treatment, as problems in the low back or pelvis of the pregnant woman can compromise the space the baby has and therefore affect their spine or head whilst in the womb, or even alter the nerve-supply and blood-flow to the uterus.
Not many women are aware that the size of the birth-canal can be reduced by up to 30% in women whose pelvis is misaligned, leaving even less room for the baby to pass through at birth!
In children altered spinal function can manifest itself as aches and pains, colic, reduced concentration, altered behaviour, frequent infections (including ear infections and glue ear), growing pains, bed-wetting, scoliosis and more.
Chiropractic treatment of babies and children often involves holding the affected joint, allowing the ligaments and muscles to relax to the right tension. Sometimes a special instrument is used to correct the joint. Your chiropractor is specifically trained to treat babies and children.