Our chiropractic team draws on a wide range of techniques — from gentle low-force methods to advanced post-graduate specialisms like Functional Neurology, Applied Kinesiology, SOT and NET. Below you’ll find descriptions of the techniques we use most often and what each is best suited to.
Our Techniques
Diagnostic & Treatment Systems
Functional Neurology
How the nervous system controls movement, balance and coordination, and what that means for your rehabilitation. We work within a musculoskeletal scope, not with neurological disease.
Learn moreApplied Kinesiology
Manual muscle testing, used as one input during assessment alongside a conventional examination. It helps direct our clinical reasoning; it is never a diagnosis on its own.
Learn moreVisceral Chiropractic
Very gentle soft-tissue work on the abdominal wall and trunk, for musculoskeletal tension only. It is not a treatment for digestive or organ conditions, which need medical care.
Learn moreNeuro-Emotional Technique (NET)
A gentle mind-body approach to the physical tension that stress can produce. It works on the body, not the mind: it is not psychological therapy or a treatment for any mental-health condition.
Learn moreSacro Occipital Technique (SOT)
An established chiropractic system using padded blocks and your own body weight to rebalance the pelvis and spine. Very little force, and comfortable to receive.
Learn moreMotion Palpation
A hands-on assessment, feeling how individual joints move to find where motion is restricted — so treatment goes where the problem is, not only where it hurts.
Learn morePosture Analysis
An assessment of how you hold and move, and how that loads your joints and muscles. It shapes both the hands-on treatment and the advice that keeps problems from returning.
Learn moreAfferentology
Afferentology looks at the sensory information joints and muscles send to the nervous system, and how that shapes movement and control. It informs the rehabilitation we build around you.
Learn moreJoint Techniques
Chiropractic Manipulation (Diversified)
A precise, controlled movement that restores motion to a stiff or restricted joint. We use the widely taught Diversified technique, chosen after assessment and always with your agreement.
Learn moreExtremity Techniques
Hands-on care for the joints of the arms and legs as well as the spine — shoulder, elbow and wrist through to hip, knee and foot.
Learn moreFlexion-Distraction
A rhythmic, non-thrust technique for the lower back, using a table that gently stretches and mobilises the spine. Among the gentlest options for the lumbar spine.
Learn moreDrop Technique
The Drop, or Thompson, technique uses a sprung section of the table to deliver a gentle, low-force adjustment. It suits anyone who prefers a lighter touch or feels wary of firmer methods.
Learn moreToggle Recoil
A precise, very low-force adjustment used mainly for the upper neck. It relies on accuracy and speed rather than force, which makes it gentle in a sensitive area.
Learn moreCranial Chiropractic
A very light-touch approach using subtle contacts around the head and upper neck. A gentle option where head, jaw or upper-neck tension is the main complaint.
Learn moreLifestyle & Rehabilitation
Chiropractic Exercise & Rehabilitation
A graded programme to rebuild strength, movement and confidence. For most problems this is the part that makes recovery last, rather than an optional add-on.
Learn moreErgonomics
Practical advice on setting up your desk, car, sleep and daily routine to take strain off your body. Often one of the most useful parts of a course of care.
Learn moreNutrition
General, sensible guidance on eating to support recovery and healthy joint load, offered as part of wider care. Specific dietary needs are for your GP or a registered dietitian.
Learn moreGeneral Wellbeing
The practical side of getting better: activity, sleep, stress and the habits that support recovery. Supportive guidance rather than medical advice.
Learn moreSoft Tissue Techniques
Soft Tissue Orthopaedics
A structured way of assessing and treating muscle, tendon and ligament, matching the method to the tissue and the stage of the problem. Many everyday aches start here.
Learn moreMuscle Energy Techniques
Gentle methods that use your own muscle contractions to ease tightness and improve movement. No thrust and no force, so they suit anyone who prefers an active, low-force approach.
Learn moreMassage (Within Chiropractic Sessions)
Targeted soft-tissue work within a chiropractic session, to settle tight muscles and prepare the area for the rest of your treatment. Different from a standalone massage appointment.
Learn moreFascia Release
Sustained, gentle work on the connective tissue that links the muscles. Easing restriction in one area can free up how a whole region moves.
Learn moreCupping
Gentle suction that lifts the soft tissue to ease muscular tension and free up how the tissues move. One option among several for tight, aching muscles.
Learn moreDry Needling
Very fine sterile needles used to release tight, tender trigger points. A Western musculoskeletal approach for stubborn muscular tension, carried out by trained practitioners.
Learn morePIR / PNF Stretching
Hands-on stretching that uses a brief muscle contraction first, so tight muscles let go more easily than with ordinary stretching alone.
Learn moreKinesiology Taping
Flexible elastic tape that supports an area while still letting it move. A modest adjunct during activity and recovery, alongside hands-on care and exercise.
Learn moreLow-Level Laser Therapy
Painless low-intensity light applied to the tissues to support comfort and recovery. The evidence is mixed, so we offer it as an adjunct rather than a main treatment.
Learn morePregnancy-Related Techniques
Gentle, modified care for the musculoskeletal aches of pregnancy, particularly the lower back and pelvis. Our pregnancy-trained practitioners work alongside your midwife and maternity team.
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