What is Chiropractic?

Chiropractic is based on the understanding that good health depends, in part, on a normally functioning nervous system. Chiropractic works by helping to restore your inborn ability to be healthy. When under the proper control of your nervous system, all the cells, tissues and organs of your body are designed to function well and resist disease and ill health. The Chiropractic approach to better health is to locate interferences to the nervous system and reduce or eliminate them.

One of the most common areas of interference comes from the spine. It comprises 24 moveable bones, each called a vertebra. These vertebrae protect the communication pathways of the spinal cord and all the nerves as they branch off the spinal cord to supply all of the tissues of your body. A loss of normal movement or positioning of one or more of these vertebrae can result in irritation to the nerves and subsequently disrupt their normal function. Chiropractors call this the Vertebral Subluxation Complex or simply Subluxation.

Chiropractors aim to improve the functioning of the spine by locating these areas of subluxation and, through the use of Chiropractic adjustments, restore normal movement. When the spine is working at its best, free from subluxation, the nervous system functions optimally and the body will enjoy the very best of health.

Chiropractic is a drug free, natural health care discipline. Chiropractic is a lifestyle, a way of helping your body perform at its absolute best whatever challenges it faces. Whether it's an injury, the repetitive strains of work or the common cold, Chiropractic can help you get well and stay well and perform at your best.

Techniques Utilised

Tim utilises Diversified Technique (encompassing all adjustments learned at Chiropractic College), Trigger Point Therapy, Myofascial Release. He regularly attends seminars and conferences to keep up to date with the forever evolving field of health care and specifically as it relates to Chiropractors. At the clinic there is a strong emphasis on functional stabilising exercises individualised to the patient's particular needs. Tim's background in sport also gives the clinic a particular focus on the management of sports injuries and the maximising of sporting performance through optimal body function.

Pediatric Chiropractic is also a growing area as a greater understanding develops of how small problems in children become bigger problems in adults and that when detected early and appropriate care commenced our children will enjoy far greater levels of health. They will sleep better, have stronger immune systems and greater levels of vitality.

Recent study has also encompassed learning difficulties in children. This is a growing problem in society and is yet to be thoroughly understood. Many health practitioner groups are tackling this problem and one of them is Chiropractic.