Gentle treatment works!
Our seventeen years' experience shows that gentle treatment works. We select the lightest appropriate method for you from our Spinal & Cranial Therapy skills.
Where adjustments are needed, having worked as McTimoney Chiropractors for many years, we use light fast adjustments that are easy on the body.
Like chiropractors and osteopaths, we "read" the alignment of your joints - most hip and knee problems are due to misalignment of the pelvis or foot - if corrected in time, you won't need a metal hip or knee replacement.
Your treatment
Your first consultation with Kathy or Five includes taking a full medical history and can take 45 minutes or an hour (some chiropractors and osteopaths use Assistants to take the medical record, and only see you for short time, they may also charge you for X-rays and other extras.)
Each follow-up Spinal & Cranial session is thorough, taking half an hour or longer, which may mean fewer treatments are needed than with many therapies, costing you less in the long run.
As we work through clothing we suggest you wear light loose clothes for your appointment, not jeans.
We'll check your alignment, noting chronically tense muscles, then carefully select the aspects of Spinal & Cranial Therapy we need to coax your body into a happier and more relaxed state.
We aim to free the blocked energies held in the tight areas, so you should feel improvement in your energy levels with treatment.
Follow-up treatment is usually one week later, and if further sessions are needed we plan to increase the time between treatments as your body strengthens and supports itself better.
What is Spinal & Cranial Therapy?
We worked as Chiropractors and Bowen therapists for many years, also using Craniosacral Therapy, treating babies, children, and adults of all ages. From this experience, and 17 years of regular professional development training, we evolved the Spinal & Cranial Therapy which we now offer.
This is not chiropractic and we are no longer chiropractors. We are registered with the Craniosacral Therapy Association, and are members of the Marches Cranial Practitioners Group.
We may focus treatment on Craniosacral Therapy alone - it is widely used for helping new-born babies and infants - also for migraines, dizziness and blocked sinuses.
Sometimes people come asking particularly for Craniosacral Therapy, or for Bowen Technique, having benefited from these before. Let us know if you want this.
Kathy enjoys working with pregnant mums, and with babies. She has previous experience as a massage therapist. Five previously trained and worked in Counselling, and is also a meditation teacher.
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A note about McTimoney Chiropractic
McTimoney Chiropractic is a highly skilled technique, using light fast adjustments that are easy on the body. The whole skeletal system is assessed at each treatment. Its holistic approach requires longer appointment times, allowing the Chiropractor time to get to know all aspects of the problem, and giving opportunity for the patient to relax and unwind. We obtained our "D.C." qualification at McTimoney Chiropractic College. It is the only British form of chiropractic. We are no longer registered as Chiropractors, if you require to see a registered Chiropractor, ask us to advise you.