CHIROPRACTIC

Chiropractic is clever stuff!

The function of your spine can influence the way your  brain perceives what's going on in your body. Chiropractic care restores the health and function of your spine, thereby improving the communication between your brain, your body, and the environment.

If your brain can accurately perceive what is going on, it can control your body better. Your brain needs to integrate all the sensory information to be able to accurately move your body. This is called sensory motor integration.

When your brain gets it right, it can carry out movements with pinpoint perfection.

If your spine is not moving properly, though, it makes it harder for your brain to accurately perceive what is going on in your body, and this impacts how it can control your movements. You may notice this as clumsiness, but it can also lead to accidents and the development of painful conditions.

A chiropractor gently adjusts dysfunctional spinal segments. An adjustment is a high speed yet gentle thrust to a segment that is not moving properly.

A package of chiropractic care may be used regularly to help maintain good posture, promote health and improve performance, no matter what it is you do, from a high performance athlete to a senior member of the community enjoying a potter in the garden.

Chiropractors can often help with:

• Back Pain
• Neck Pain
• Ankle sprain (short term management)
• Cramp
• Elbow pain and tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis) arising from associated musculoskeletal conditions of the back and neck, but not isolated occurrences
• Headache arising from the neck (cervicogenic)
• Inability to relax
• Joint pains
• Joint pains including hip and knee pain from osteoarthritis as an adjunct to core OA treatments and exercise
• Generalised aches and pains
• Lumbago
• Migraine prevention
• Minor sports injuries and tensions
• Muscle spasms
• Plantar fasciitis (short term management)
• Rotator cuff injuries, disease or disorders
• Sciatica
• Shoulder complaints (dysfunction, disorders and pain)
• Soft tissue disorders of the shoulder

Referral: Chiropractors have broad diagnostic skills and if your chiropractor feels your problem is not suitable for chiropractic care or needs further investigation, they will liaise with your GP and other health care providers to arrange an appropriate referral, as long as you provide your permission to do so.

Chiropractic students in the UK study for four to five years to gain their Integrated Masters in Chiropractic (MChiro) degree.  In the United Kingdom, chiropractors are Statutorily Regulated by the General Chiropractic Council (GCC)