We are a clinic of three registered Chiropractors, a part-time Chartered Physiotherapist and three Sports Massage therapists. Over the years we have developed a close working relationship with numerous local consultants and GP’s providing evidence-based expert assessment & treatment of spinal pain. A large percentage of our work comes from these relationships and an ongoing commitment to excellence. Ask yourself, does your current musculoskeletal provider write to you for every new patient informing you of their findings, treatment plan and expected outcome? Do they measure their outcomes with validated pre and post outcome assessment tools and keep you updated? Do they take part in regular audits?
We do, that’s why so much of our work comes from GP’s and consultants and why we have been asked by a professional sports team to be their exclusive chiropractors. We are also registered with Axa, Aviva, SimplyHealth and other major insurers.
Have a look around our website and see the innovative programme we have developed in conjunction with the medical staff of Southend United football club where we have seen a sharp reduction in the number of practices and matches missed due to non-contact low back and neck pain since adding weekly on-site Chiropractic services to the club.
We have spoken at the GP refresher course at Southend Hospital on many occasions. The lecture includes diagnostic triage of low back pain focussing on current guidelines, identifying yellow and red flags and real-world examples of red flags we have seen over the years. We then cover when to refer to a Chiropractor and when to refer to orthopaedics with expected time frames from different phases of treatment.
If you are unable to make it to the GP refresher week and would like a presentation for your surgery during your “time to learn” sessions simply contact our clinic reception to make a booking. This has proven to be very popular with local surgeries.
Some GP’s are concerned where they stand legally when referring a patient to a chiropractor. The BMA has issued guidance on this very topic. For a full overview go here. As the BMA notes there is no problem referring to Chiropractors as we are registered healthcare providers meaning we must have malpractice and liability insurance as we are adhering to a strict protocol of guidelines and ethics.
In today’s world we all want to see “evidence” of effectiveness so here are some recent studies. You can click on any of the hyperlinks to download a PDF file of the summary or full study that is mentioned: