Welcome to the most holistic assessment you've ever had….

Chiropractors are considered Primary Healthcare professionals. This means that anyone at all can come and visit us without having to be referred by a GP or other party. For this reason we need to check that you are in the right place and screen for those needing more urgent medical care.

With anyone attending our clinic for the first time we have an in-depth conversation with you about your current symptoms, medical and surgical history, any previous traumas and ask information regarding your daily habits and movement patterns. Some of the questions we ask might seem strange, or even irrelevant on the surface but often these are the pieces that can hold the key to why you feel the way you do.

For example, I saw a heating engineer for the first time three months ago who had had a bad fall on his bottom whilst skiing twenty years prior. He had left this incident out of our initial intake form presuming it would have nothing to do with headaches he was experiencing on a daily basis. The opposite turned out to be true. On examination we found that his tailbone was pulled to the right which was then causing a tension pull all the way up through his spine to the neck which was triggering the headaches.

If I hadn’t gleaned this information and then carried out a ‘full M.O.T’ we might never have got to the root cause of the headaches which were at that point causing him to have days off sick from work, taking copious amounts of painkillers and interfering with his ability to spend quality time with his family.

When you attend a chiropractor you are not just going to have your ‘spine checked’. Of course this is important but we take the opportunity to check many more aspects of your body;

 ·      Nervous system

·      Cranial nerves

·      Joint mobility

·      Orthopaedic tests

·      Leg Length

·      Muscle strength

·      Muscle tension

·      Blood pressure/cardiovascular system

·      Respiratory system

·      Abdominal system

·      Emotional health

·      Specialist tests as required to rule out allergies, nutritional deficiencies etc.

It is very rare that you get the opportunity for such a thorough M.O.T across many body systems and we believe that in doing so Chiropractic can become a vital part of your journey to better health and wellbeing.

Call us today on 01292 502 292 to book your check-up!

‘til next time,

Francesca