I think I need a chiropracter

lush_walrus

Ooops sorry! I just thought it was worth a warning, always better to be careful on these things!

Woby_Tide

May not be any use but looks like only Colleges may be

Anglo-European College of Chiropractic
13-15 Parkwood Road
Bournemouth
Dorset
BH5 2DF
Tel: 01202 436200
Fax: 01202 436312
E-mail: [email="jgardiner@aecc.ac.uk"]jgardiner@aecc.ac.uk[/email]
Web: www.aecc.ac.uk

The McTimoney College of Chiropractic
The Clock House
22-26 Ock Street
Abingdon
Oxfordshire
OX14 5SH
Tel: 01235 523336
Fax: 01235 523576
E-mail: [email="chiropractic@mctimoney-college.ac.uk"]chiropractic@mctimoney-college.ac.uk[/email]
Web: www.mctimoney-college.ac.uk

University of Glamorgan
Chiropractic Field
School of Applied Sciences
Pontypridd
Glamorgan
CF37 1DL
Tel: 01443 482287
Fax: 01443 482285
E-mail: [email="sking@glam.ac.uk%20"]sking@glam.ac.uk [/email]
Web: www.glam.ac.uk

University of Surrey
European Institute of Health & Medical Sciences
Duke of Kent Building
Stag Hill
Guildford
Surrey
GU2 5XH
Tel: 01483 879770
Fax: 01483 259395
Web: www.eihms.surrey.ac.uk

aliasojo

Yip...I had a feeling. We're always miles away from everything up here, lol.

lush: don't worry, I was only kidding and I appreciate the post anyway.

nappentass

I've had injuries and problems including being unable to take painkillers, thankfully found a Bowen practitioner in 2000 - which saved my life, I was suicidally depressed from living in pain all the time.
He now practices NST (another form of therapy based on Tom Bowen's work) and I can honestly say that I've felt better in my 40's than I did in my 20's!
I always check any problem out with my Doctor first, but anything muscular/physical I'm off to see Stephen my NST therapist.

Links you may be interested in
http://www.bowen-technique.co.uk/
http://www.nsthealth.com/

The best thing I can say about both of these therapies is that they are not invasive (essential if you're in pain!) and are quite gentle.
Best of all if it's going to work for you it will work pretty much straight away, you shouldn't need more than a couple of session - none of this 12 sessions @ £xxx and "we'll see how you" are lark.
My chronic original problems only took about 3 - 4 session to resolve, and now I go more for prevention or if I've a problem. Now I know that I can get on with whatever I want to do in life without fear, because I know most physical problems Stephen can sort out.

HTH
Jill

november

I had a long standing back problem which started when I fell over 20 odd years ago while 8 months pregnant. I twisted so as not to fall on my stomach :eek:

It sort of resolved (as in I was able to walk again) eventually but GP's, hospitals etc found nothing at the time.

I did it in again a few years ago lifting a computer in my previous job :mad:

It then got worse and worse with me having the odd week off in agony when I couldn't move and culminating in my embarrasing myself at a work exibition when I had to be helped home by a colleague as I couldn't walk or sit. Someone there recommended their McTimoney Chiropractor.

Its very gentle and doesn't hurt (good for chickens like me) and the two visits were all I needed I booked the first appointment then the second and was left to book a third if needed which I didn't. I do go back every six months or so though which is down as preventative but mostly because I quite like it and the massage afterwards If I remember rightly the first appointment cost £30 something and the others are £20 something. To me it is money well spent and well worth every penny.

Note - McTimoney Chiropractor's don't 'snap' you back into place - its more very very gentle 'flicking'. I was a real cynic about chiropractors in general before.

edda

aliasojo wrote:

Having to face the fact that the old bod isn't quite as able as it used to be and I seem to be getting a lot of pain in my back/shoulder. All I need to do is turn over in bed these days and it sets it off!

Had this kind of prob on and off for years actually and Doc just sends me home with strongish painkillers. Getting fed up with it now and wondered if a Chiropracter might help.

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I put up with little niggles in my back for a few years but a worse jolt about 4 years ago caused me to go to a chiropractor after the doctor just said it was my age (over 25 and all backs get worse!)

Sessions were then £27 each - now charge £30 and after the initial visits (which helped), was down to once every 3 months. Saw this as preventative - bit like dental visits.

But then, same problem recurred last year and went back to the docs - who referred me to a physio. Physio said I shouldn't need to keep going to a chiro regularly - just go back went I had a specific problem. This was confirmed by another physio I met socially.

So make sure that you don't become a 'cash cow' to whoever you decide to go to. Once it's fixed (hopefully), prevention does help.

My sympathies with the pain - and I hope that you find a solution that works for you.

Smiley_Mum

I usually have to go to chiropractor at least one trip a year to keep everything supple and moving right, otherwise I get bothered with neck and shoulder pain. Not into taking NSAIDs long term and they are not good for your stomach either. A trip for me costs £27 for about a half hour consultation/treatment. One trip is enough if I go every six months but if I have left myself to seize up and ignored the niggles then two trips does it. Also get exercises to do to keep things from seizing but not a good one at doing them regularly.