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The spinal cord and the spinal nerves. There is no coincidence that your spinal cord lives protected within your spinal column. This is an extremely intelligent design. 1) The Spine protects our delicate nervous system The spinal cord and the spinal nerves. There is no coincidence that your spinal cord lives protected within your spinal column. This is an extremely intelligent design. 2) Posture is the window to your spine Posture is the biggest clue as to your spinal health.

September 18, 1895 – On this special day 123 years ago, a momentous shift in health care took place, with the beginnings of the unique, distinct healing art, philosophy and science we now know of as Chiropractic. A pioneering clinician by the name of Dr. Daniel David Palmer administered the first specific chiropractic adjustment in history on his patient, Harvey Lillard on September 18th, 1985. Dr. Palmer delivered this historic first chiropractic adjustment with the specific

Lets Look at a Normal Spine. The normal spine apposed to one with scoliosis, provides perfect alignment of all body parts. A slight curve inward at the neck, or cervical spine, balances the weight of the head. This also allows a clear channel for the spinal cord and nerves. What is Scoliosis? It is an abnormal curvature of the spine; it is a spinal disorder, not a disease. Although in its earliest stages it may be very difficult to detect, scoliosis is in general characterise

A balanced spine and posture is a beautiful thing. If you have developed Forward Head Posture (FHP) then unfortunately there is a very high probability that you have not only lost your natural neck curve, but you have actually developed a reversed cervical or neck curve. This can lead to terrible health consequences, so we encourage you to read on as the following information is of vital importance. Our spines serve 2 main functions: 1: To support and keep us upright – we cal

A a chiropractor our focus is very much on helping people get the most out of life. With that in mind we are doing whatever we can to help increase the ‘health span’ of our clients. Many people go on to live to a ripe old age but for far too many the last decades are uncomfortable due to pain and involve  constantly traipsing back and forth from the ‘doctors’ to get their pain medication. If you don’t make time for health now you WILL make time for disease later. I’ve been lo

When I finally hung up my rugby boots at age 38, quite literally everything was hurting! I had back and neck pain my body was bruised and battered after many broken bones, countless concussions and a few trips to the hospital. The final straw had come when I was forced to have reconstructive surgery on my right knee. It was time to make some big changes and it was time to heal. I needed a new pastime and a new sport. “Healing takes time – just stay on track. It’s worth it!” T

It’s unfortunate but understandable that many people think Chiropractic is just a lot of joint ‘cracking & popping’. They don’t really understand all the amazing physiological changes that are evoked by the adjustments. Well the joint ‘pop’ is definitely associated with improved wellbeing, but what IS actually going on? Recent research points to more complex reasons for the therapeutic effects of chiropractic adjustments. There is definitely a lot going on, many things are ce

Many years ago when I was at chiropractic school we had a visiting doctor who was giving us some useful anecdotes for us to take into the real world of clinical practice. I’d like to relate one of these stories to you as it is important and it could very well apply to YOU! This is the story of the “Boiling Frog”, a widespread anecdote describing a frog slowly being boiled alive. The theory is that if a frog is placed in boiling water, it will jump out, but if it is placed in