All MRI's, CT's and Xrays with their reports. Medicare card where applicable and associated paperwork for example Chronic Care Plan paperwork from the G.P.

Chiropractic care continues to provide effective treatment to millions of people worldwide every year suffering from back pain, neck pain and all other types of joint pain. Chiropractic care has also provided relief from many other musculoskeletal complaints ranging from knee and ankle problems to carpal tunnel syndrome and tennis elbow. In fact, if you suffer any musculoskeletal pain or discomfort in any area of the spine or extremities (arms and legs), you are a candidate for safe, natural, non-invasive chiropractic care. If a condition exists which is better suited for treatment by a different medical specialist, chiropractors are fully trained to identify such conditions and make the appropriate referral. However, most patients suffering from musculoskeletal complaints can and are successfully treated by a chiropractor every single day. Common musculoskeletal conditions treated:

• Low back pain and stiffness
• Neck and upper back pain and stiffness
• Shoulder pain, bursitis, capsulitis, frozen shoulder
• Shoulder reconstruction rehab
• All related rotator cuff injuries and bicep tendonitis
• Arm pain, weakness, numbness and tingling
• Extremities (arms and legs) joint pain and dysfunction
• Guyon and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Tennis and golfers elbow
• Rehab for knee and hip replacements
• Rehab for joint reconstructions

No. You may make an appointment directly with us. If you have a Chronic Care Plan from your G.P. then you will need to bring along the paperwork from your G.P. and your medicare card. Please note we are not a bulk billing clinic. There will always be a gap payment. We charge you the full fee, then we process the medicare rebate for you, which can only be rebated into a savings account via an EFTPOS card.

Often the soft tissue work is where most discomfort is felt when compared to the chiropractic adjustments.

When should I be checked? Chiropractic care aims to reduce pain, free up and improve mobility in joints, strengthen and stabilise injured areas and maintain long term correction through take home physical exercise prescription, but also giving self awareness and mindfulness exercises around your various postures, be it seated, standing, specific work related postures and movements to that individual and how to hold yourself better throughout the day to minimise injuries occurring and re-occurring. The number of treatments required depends entirely on the individuals condition. It's based on how long the problem has been there, the severity of the injury, patient compliance with exercise prescription and adherence and commitment to postural modifications. We do not subscribe to a cookbook/cookie cutter approach. Treatment tends to be more intensive initially in order to free up restricted joints, then we can re-train the compensatory movements, joints, muscles and the nervous system to work correctly through better movement patterns. Almost all patients will see an improvement in their condition within 3 treatments, after which the majority of patients will be seen less frequently as they continue to improve.

Yes. The cover provided by your private health fund varies depending on which plan you're on within your health fund and also depends on which health fund you're with. For any further questions it's best to consult your health fund. The HICAPS machine is available for on the spot private health fund rebates.

Chiropractic care is appropriate for all ages. After thorough assessment of a child, appropriate and targeted treatment, postural advice and exercises will be given. There's always room for improvement, whether it be simply postural advice and bad habits that can be pointed out by your practitioner which parents can then look out for and hold their children more accountable, whether it is restricted hips due to the bad way they sit which requires soft tissue work to release muscle spasm, mobilise the hip joints, someone might always rest their right elbow on the table and so have an upper body twist which will require the release and mobilisation of potentially the wrist, elbow, shoulder, neck and upper back, point out the bad posture and suggest better postures to hold themselves in, exercises to stop back fatigue and get on top of the problem to prevent recurrences, patients as young as 14 are now presenting with poor posture which creates poor lasting posture, essentially the child is growing crooked which will mean more treatment in their adult life and make them more prone to other related conditions.

A balanced diet and regular exercise will certainly help your condition, but will not necessarily deal with an existing problem in the same way as chiropractic care. While exercise will increase your fitness and core strength, chiropractic can pinpoint problem areas that are reducing your body's efficiency and flexibility.