Chiropractic
Restoring the body’s natural balance
What is Chiropractic?
Chiropractic from the meaning ‘done by hands’ is a way of adjusting bones in the body to improve the alignment of the skeleton which helps the nervous system work more efficiently by restoring it’s function. Chiropractic care aims to restore the body’s natural balance by realigning the bones to relieve pain and discomfort associated with the misalignment of bones and also to increase the mobility of the body.
Your spinal column is made up of 24 vertebrae plus the sacrum and coccyx. Throughout the spinal column, nerves exit directly from the spinal cord which is an extension of the brain. It transmits information to your body from the brain. If there is a blockage in the spinal nerves due to the vertebrae becoming misaligned then the body will not function correctly where that nerve supplies. Chiropractic acts to restore this function by manipulation of these bones.
A misalignment such as these can occur for many reasons, the most common being, incorrect lifting, poor posture, car or sporting accidents, falls and stress.
The manipulations themselves are very gentle, making treatment suitable for people of all ages. Your chiropractor may also use some ‘soft tissue work’ to help progress the treatment aiding maximum relief.
Do you suffer from any of the following? If so, chiropractic may be able to help you:
- Joint pain
- General aches and pains
- Acute and chronic back pain including lumbago
- Pain associated with pregnancy
- Sports injuries
- Neck pain
- Headaches or migraines
- TMJ or jaw pain
- Frozen shoulder
- Tennis and/ or golfers elbow
- Musculoskeletal pains
- Hip and knee pain (osteoarthritis)
- Ankle or foot pains (including plantar fasciitis)
- Tension and inability to relax
Berkshire Health Clinic offers the gentle forms of the McTimoney and sacro occipital techniques. These holistic and gentle forms of chiropractic makes treatment suitable for people of all ages from newborn babies to the elderly, pregnant ladies and all in between!
Berkshire Health Clinic offers the gentle form of McTimoney chiropractic, sacro occipital technique and traditional diversified chiropractic techniques.
All of our chiropractors are registered with the general chiropractic council, McTimoney Chiropractic Association, United Chiropractic Association and the Royal College of Chiropractors.