Neck & back pain

Headaches

Sports injuries & performance issues

Sciatica

Postural issues

General joint and muscle aches

Joint Manipulation

Therapeutic adjustments are made to correct the misalignment of a specific joint in the body, often being the root cause of pain. These adjustments can be made throughout the body, commonly occurring in high-movement areas such as the spine, ankle, or knee. The adjustment is generally associated with a ‘popping’ or ‘cracking’ noise. 

Exercise Therapy

A regimen or plan of physical activities designed and prescribed for specific therapeutic goals. It's purpose, to restore normal musculoskeletal function or to reduce pain cause by disease or injuries.

Kinesio Taping

A rehabilitative taping technique designed to facilitate the body's natural healing process while providing support and stability to muscles and joints without restricting the body's range of motion. Additionally, it provides extended soft tissue manipulation to prolong the benefits of manual therapy administered within the clinical setting.

Nutritional Advice

Dietary analysis is particularly important to patients for identifying possible deficiencies in diet that could cause harmful long term damage to their body. Nutritional advice merely refers to the advice given to patients on their dietary habits, where applicable.

X-ray Referrals

  Doctors and dentist commonly conduct x-rays, however chiropractors, osteopaths, physiotherapists, and podiatrists are authorised to send patients for certain x-ray examinations. It is not always required during a chiropractic examination. Patients will only be referred for x-ray if deemed necessary, often to provide a more detailed clinical understanding of the condition.

X-ray referrals are bulk billed*

Bio-mechanical and Ergonomic Education

Biomechanical education refers to the laws of movement or structure of the human body in relation to chiropractic care. Ergonomic education refers to the process of designing or arranging workplaces, products, and systems so that they fit the people who use them, often following an injury or in a preventative sense.

Dry Needle Therapy

Similar to acupuncture (traditional Chinese medicine) with regards to the use of acupuncture needles to treat the musculoskeletal and nervous systems based on modern neuroanatomy science. The ‘dry’ component merely refers to the lack of fluid being injected into the trigger points.

Deep Tissue Massage

A type of massage therapy that uses firm pressure and slow strokes to reach deeper layers of muscle and fascia (the connective tissue surrounding muscles). It's used for chronic aches and pain and contracted areas such as a stiff neck and upper back, low back pain, leg muscle tightness, and sore shoulders.

Trigger Point Therapy

A form of remedial massage therapy in which direct pressure is applied to specified points on tender muscle tissue to bring about reduction in muscle tension and pain relief. Each muscle has potential trigger points which can become activated by muscle overuse, inflammation, trauma, electrolyte imbalances, infections, and nerve pain.