Restore Your Body To Its Proper Alignment with Chiropractic Manipulation

Chiropractic treatment is a form of manual therapy involving soft tissue therapy, mobilisations, manipulations, dry needling, and rehabilitation. All with the aim of restoring the body back to normal to help alleviate stiffness, reduces pain and improve performance. Chiropractors also work towards correcting posture utilising manual techniques, home and lifestyle advice. As well as the hands on techniques, chiropractors also use a variety of braces, trigger point balls, foam rollers, exercise tubing and strapping with Rocktape all to allow restoration to function in the quickest possible time.

Chiropractic care is suited to people of any age and fitness level, from newborn babies to the elderly.

Chiropractic care involves several techniques, these are specialised towards each client and despite reports many of these don’t involve any “cracking” or manual manipulation.

All Chiropractors in Australia are required to complete a 5 year University degree, they are required to be registered with AHPRA and covered by all health funds.

Chiropractors can help to restore your body to its proper alignment through a range of techniques including Manipulative, Non-Manipulative, Soft Tissue, Kinesiology & Rehabilitation. The type of technique used may vary on your genetics, flexibility, age, type of injury or condition and comfort level.

Conditions chiropractic care can treat:

  • Postural Problems
  • Joint Pain
  • Sciatica (shooting pains in the leg)
  • Back injuries
  • Headaches
  • Lower back pain
  • Neck pain

All with the objectives of

  • Improving range of motion
  • Reducing pain

Your First Visit / First Treatment

During your first visit, one of our experienced Health Space Chiropractors will record your complete history and run a number of tests and scans to identify the cause of your symptoms. Following this, you will be presented with a Report of Findings and diagnosis. In the following consultations, our Chiropractor will carry out a comprehensive treatment/management plan, recommend therapeutic exercise and other non-invasive therapies, and may provide nutritional, dietary and lifestyle counselling.

Before you have a chiropractic adjustment or even sit on the chiropractic table your chiropractor will talk with you about your symptoms, your general health, e.g. blood pressure, headaches and any discomfort, your spine/vertebrae and your other joints. Some people have a fear of the unknown, but our chiropractors are experienced in helping you feel comfortable and reassured. People feel relief after their first chiropractic adjustment or spinal manipulation because pain in their musculoskeletal system, consisting of joints and surrounding muscles, is reduced.

Chiropractic Adjustments

A chiropractic adjustment refers to a chiropractor applying manipulation of joints, e.g. the vertebrae, that have abnormal movement patterns or fail to function normally. The objective of this chiropractic treatment is to increase the range of motion and reduce nerve irritability. This type of procedure can have a myriad of positive benefits without the stress of surgery.

Chiropractor back or spinal adjustments

A spinal adjustment is a common treatment for back pain and lower back pain. Spinal joints respond to spinal manipulation and heat therapy. A physical exam of your spine by your chiropractor will determine the right treatment plan for your pain, discomfort or to increase range.

Chiropractor Neck adjustment

To reduce pain and discomfort a chiropractic adjustment (spinal manipulation) can target neck pain.

The Popping Sound!

People often ask what the popping sound is when an adjustment takes place. It is known as a cavitation, this means that the fluid in the joint space momentarily separates from the cartilage. Most chiropractors say something technical like…

Chiropractic adjustments are a high velocity, and low amplitude movement of your joints in order to affect the central nervous system and release the tension.

In plain English this means that a very small movement is applied to your joints, in order to provide a small stretch to the ligaments and receptors surrounding them. This stretch relieves pain and tension by stimulating the nerves and providing information to the brain, in many cases bringing on considerable relief.

If you’re uncomfortable with a manual adjustment, or if your chiropractor doesn’t deem it to be appropriate, they may use mobilisations or an activator (pictured below). A mobilisation is different from a typical chiropractic adjustment as it uses a slow small force to help encourage movement of the joint, whilst still gently stimulating the nerves.

Postural Problems

As chiropractors, we see people with a wide range of chiropractic care needs. The severity ranges from severe chronic pain, serious complications from an accident, or just a limited range of motion from inactivity and poor posture.

Our advice to anyone suffering from musculoskeletal pain is to maintain good posture. Our team always look for an integrative health approach, helping clients think about more than just the painful spinal joint and fixing it with spinal manipulation. As a patient, you have the potential to impact your musculoskeletal system positively for the future.

Referrals from your GP

EPC – Enhanced Primary Care Plan

GPs can assist patients who suffer from chronic condition with an EPC. The GP can plan treatments with other medical providers using the Medicare Benefits Schedule, e.g. Chiropractic Treatment.

The first step is meeting the criteria, a chronic condition, such as chronic pain. The doctor can build a treatment plan of 5 sessions with various providers, chiropractic and physio, e.g. 2 of one and 3 of another – totalling 5.

Practically speaking, the EPC needs to be referred by the GP to a specific practitioner (the GP can’t just write chiropractor). The process works best when the client comes to see their Chiropractor first and then take our details when they go to the GP.

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* Note prices may vary by location & practitioner.

Available at the following locations

Rozelle Chiropractor

Chiropractic treatment is a form of manual therapy involving soft tissue therapy, mobilisations, manipulations, dry needling, and rehabilitation. All with the aim of restoring the body back to normal to help alleviate stiffness, reduces pain and improve performance.

Rozelle Chiropractor
Coogee Chiropractor

Chiropractic treatment is a form of manual therapy involving soft tissue therapy, mobilisations, manipulations, dry needling, and rehabilitation. All with the aim of restoring the body back to normal to help alleviate stiffness, reduces pain and improve performance.

Coogee Chiro
Oatley Chiropractor

Chiropractic treatment is a form of manual therapy involving soft tissue therapy, mobilisations, manipulations, dry needling, and rehabilitation. All with the aim of restoring the body back to normal to help alleviate stiffness, reduces pain and improve performance.

Oatley Chiro
Newtown Chiropractor

Chiropractic treatment is a form of manual therapy involving soft tissue therapy, mobilisations, manipulations, dry needling, and rehabilitation. All with the aim of restoring the body back to normal to help alleviate stiffness, reduces pain and improve performance.

Newtown Chiropractor
Lane Cove Chiropractor

Chiropractic treatment is a form of manual therapy involving soft tissue therapy, mobilisations, manipulations, dry needling, and rehabilitation. All with the aim of restoring the body back to normal to help alleviate stiffness, reduces pain and improve performance.

Lane Cove Chiropractor
Mona Vale Chiropractor

Chiropractic treatment is a form of manual therapy involving soft tissue therapy, mobilisations, manipulations, dry needling, and rehabilitation. All with the aim of restoring the body back to normal to help alleviate stiffness, reduces pain and improve performance.

Monavale Chiro
Pyrmont Chiropractor

Chiropractic treatment is a form of manual therapy involving soft tissue therapy, mobilisations, manipulations, dry needling, and rehabilitation. All with the aim of restoring the body back to normal to help alleviate stiffness, reduces pain and improve performance.

Pyrmont Chiro
Kings Cross Chiropractor

Chiropractic treatment is a form of manual therapy involving soft tissue therapy, mobilisations, manipulations, dry needling, and rehabilitation. All with the aim of restoring the body back to normal to help alleviate stiffness, reduces pain and improve performance.

Kings Cross Chiro
Bella Vista Chiropractor

Chiropractic treatment is a form of manual therapy involving soft tissue therapy, mobilisations, manipulations, dry needling, and rehabilitation. All with the aim of restoring the body back to normal to help alleviate stiffness, reduces pain and improve performance.

Bella Vista Chiropractor

Chiropractic Techniques

Manipulation
The majority of chiropractic adjustments involve manipulation. Manipulation involves applying a gentle manual force to a joint.

This will ultimately help increase your joint's movement, help restore your joint to its proper function, relieve pain, and prevent the re-occurrence of injuries.
Non-manipulative
At Health Space, our wide varieties of non-manipulative techniques include alternative tools to help adjust your joints. Non-manipulative techniques are an alternative option to traditional manipulative practices. Our non-manipulative techniques are not only gentler than manipulative techniques, but they are also suitable for all ages and achieve great results.
Kinesiology
Kinesiology is a muscle-testing technique that is usually combined with chiropractic adjustments. Here at Health Space our use of Kinesiology techniques allows for a holistic approach to your chiropractic treatment looking at your body from all areas including its nutrition, physical form, and mentality.
Soft tissue
Busy lifestyles and increased sitting and lifting tend to put a lot of extra stress on the body, muscles begin to work overtime and can become tired, tight and sore. At Health Space, our soft tissue techniques aim to relieve this stress, helping your body return to normal as soon as possible.

Our soft tissue techniques focus on trigger-point therapy and active releases, however some of our practitioners also use trigger-point therapy, active releases, dry needling and instrument assisted soft tissue work. They are performed either before adjustments to release chronically tight muscles so they adjust easier, or they will be done after adjustments to release any residual tightness.
Rehabilitation
Finding the cause of your problem and treating it is only the first step of a Chiropractic consult, sometimes injuries will need constant work to bring your body back to normal.

At Health Space, our individually designed rehabilitation techniques range from body-weight exercises, to postural bracing and personal training. Essentially, our rehabilitation programs aim to help get your body functioning at its best, and keep it there!
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