New-patient assessments open this week. Extra evening slots on Tuesday and Thursday until 7pm.
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Spinal & movement care · Pine Lane
A small, unhurried studio for backs, necks and the stiffness that creeps in from sitting. We work out what is actually driving your pain, then give you a plan you can follow between visits.
Start here
Most people arrive with one of these six. Find the closest match to see what we check in the first session and what the opening plan usually looks like — then bring that in with you.
Pain that bites when you stand up, lift, or get out of the car, and an ache that settles in after a long day.
Tightness across the top of the shoulders, a neck that will not turn fully one way, and a late-afternoon burn between the shoulder blades.
Headaches that start at the base of the skull and wrap forward, often on the same side, often worse on long work days.
A line of pain, pins and needles or heaviness travelling into the buttock, thigh or calf.
A niggle that appears at a certain lift, stride or swing and keeps interrupting your training block.
Pelvic and low-back discomfort through pregnancy, and the stiffness that follows in the early months after birth.
No surprises
Forty-five minutes, start to finish. Nothing happens without you knowing what it is and why it is being done.
Ten minutes on the history: when it started, what makes it better or worse, what you have already tried, and what you want to get back to.
Bring any scans or letters you have
Movement testing, joint-by-joint checks and, where relevant, nerve and strength testing. You stay in comfortable clothes throughout.
Wear something you can move in
A plain-language explanation of what is driving the pain, what we can help with, and what sits outside our scope.
Questions welcome at any point
Hands-on treatment if it is appropriate on day one, then a short written plan: what to do at home and when to come back.
Plan emailed the same day
If the assessment points somewhere outside chiropractic care, we will say so on the first visit and help you work out the right next step.
Request a first visitCare approaches
Four approaches, usually combined. We will tell you which ones your plan leans on and adjust as things change.
Targeted work to restore movement at a specific stiff segment. If you would rather not have the quick, popping style of adjustment, we use a low-force instrument or slow mobilisation instead — just say so.
Sustained pressure, stretch and movement through the muscles guarding the painful area. Often the part that makes the first week noticeably easier.
Strength and control work in the studio with bands, kettlebells and a low step, so the area holds up once treatment stops. Three or four exercises, not a programme you will abandon.
Practical changes to how you sit, drive, lift and sleep. We go through photos of your actual desk or van rather than a generic posture diagram.
The space
One treatment room and one open floor, so assessment, hands-on work and movement all happen in the same appointment.
Ground floor with a step-free entrance from the courtyard, a wide doorway and seating just inside the door.
A height-adjustable table, a cushioned pregnancy setup, and a quiet room if bright light makes your headaches worse.
A changing corner with hooks and a mirror, water on the bench, and a bike rack under cover by the courtyard gate.
Appointments
Tell us roughly what is going on and when you can get here. We will come back with two or three times that fit.
Before you book
The things people ask on the phone before they commit to a first visit.
No. You can request an appointment directly. If you are already working with a GP, physiotherapist or specialist, bring their letter or scan report along — it saves us repeating tests you have already had.
Something you can move and bend in: leggings or shorts, and a T-shirt or vest. We need to see how you move, so avoid stiff jeans or a fitted suit. There is a changing corner if you are coming straight from work.
Usually yes, if the assessment supports it and you are comfortable going ahead. Sometimes the better call is to settle things down first with soft-tissue work and positioning, then adjust at the second visit. Either way we explain the reasoning before anything happens, and you can decline any technique.
We give you an estimate at the end of the first visit and review it after the third. Simple, recent problems often need three or four visits. Long-standing pain usually takes longer and leans more on the rehab side. We do not sell blocks of visits in advance, and we will tell you when it is time to stop.
Treatment itself is usually not painful, though soft-tissue work on a guarded muscle can be tender while it is being done. It is normal to feel mildly achy or tired for a day afterwards, a bit like after unfamiliar exercise. Pain that is sharper or lasts beyond two days is worth telling us about so we can change the approach.
Yes, with a modified approach. For pregnancy we use a side-lying, cushioned setup and gentle techniques. With reduced bone density, or if you take medication that affects bleeding or bone strength, we avoid higher-force adjustment and use low-force instrument work and mobilisation instead. Please mention these in your request notes.
Go to urgent medical care rather than waiting for an appointment if you have sudden loss of bladder or bowel control, numbness around the groin or inner thighs, rapidly worsening weakness in a leg or arm, a severe headache unlike any you have had before, or back pain following a significant fall or accident. These need assessing the same day.
Opening hours
Appointment-only, so there is no waiting room queue. Requests sent overnight are answered the next working morning.
The studio sits at the quiet end of Pine Lane, with a step-free entrance through the courtyard and covered bike parking by the gate.