About Chiropractic

Chiropractic is a primary health-care profession, so you do not need to be referred by your doctor as a chiropractor is trained to diagnose your problem and will refer you to another health-care practitioner if necessary.

Chiropractors treat problems with joints, bones and muscles, and the effects they have on the nervous system. Working on all the joints of the body, concentrating particularly on the spine, they use their hands to make often gentle, specific adjustments to improve the efficiency of the nervous system and release the body's natural healing ability.

People of all ages and from all walks of life can benefit from chiropractic treatment, from babies and children, through adulthood and into later years and including pregnant women.

Chiropractors treatment consists of a wide range of manipulation techniques (some very gentle) designed to improve the function of the joints, relieving pain and muscle spasm.Such skilled manipulation is very specific, directed at individual joints in order to reduce strains and improve mobility in one area without disturbing another.