Thirsk Chiropractic Clinic
What is Chiropractic?
Chiropractic is a profession which specialises in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions which are due to mechanical dysfunction of the joints and their effects on the nervous system.
Chiropractors treat the causes of pain associated with many of the problems of modern living. They use their hands to adjust the joints of the spine and other parts of the body where signs of restriction in movement are found. This adjustment improves mobility of the joints and relieves pain by restoring normal function. The body's own healing processes are then able to get on with the task of improving health.
Chiropractors today treat many thousands of patients every week for a wide variety of ailments affecting all parts of the body. Common problems that can be helped include:
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headache and migraine
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neck pain
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shoulder, arm, wrist and hand problems
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chest or abdominal pain
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back pain or sciatica
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hip, leg, knee, ankle and foot problems
- sports injuries
Chiropractors will also support the treatment they offer with counselling and advice about the patient's lifestyle, work, diet and exercise.
Chiropractic can be suitable for people of all ages and all walks of life, including new born babies, the elderly, pregnant women and sports enthusiasts.
General Chiropractic Council
On June 14th 2001 chiropractic became a legally registered profession. The General Chiropractic Council (GCC) is the UK-wide statutory body which protects the public by regulating chiropractors, promoting high standards and ensuring that the contribution chiropractors make to the health of the nation is understood by all. It is now a criminal offence for anyone to practice chiropractic, or to call themselves a chiropractor, if they are not on the register. This means that the public will know that anyone calling themselves a chiropractor will have been properly trained and will have achieved a safe standard of competency.
The GCC has its own website which includes a copy of the register which is updated at frequent intervals. If you wish to find a chiropractor near to where you live or work then there is a search facility on the website so that you can easily locate the clinic that is the most convenient for you.
The GCC can be found at www.gcc-uk.org
British Chiropractic Association
The BCA is the oldest and largest Chiropractic Association in the United Kingdom having been founded in 1925 and it
represents over 50% of UK chiropractors. All BCA chiropractors will have undergone a minimum four-year full-time internationally-accredited undergraduate course and are registered with the General Chiropractic Council, the UK's statutory regulator for the profession. The BCA aim to promote, encourage and maintain high standards of conduct, practice, education and training within the profession in the UK.
The BCA can be found at www.chiropractic-uk.co.uk
College of Chiropractors
The College of Chiropractors is an academic membership organisation with over 1500 UK members, 2200 members worldwide, and the following objectives:
- to promote the art, science and practice of chiropractic;
- to improve and maintain standards in the practice of chiropractic for the benefit of the public;
- to promote awareness and understanding of chiropractic amongst medical practitioners and other healthcare professionals and the public;
- to educate and train practitioners in the art, science and practice of chiropractic;
- to advance the study of and research in chiropractic.
Members and Fellows of the College have always firmly embraced postgraduate training and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in the public interest, pre-empting any statutory requirement. Being part of the College demonstrates an active commitment and contribution to the College’s objectives. Since its incorporation in 1999, the College has worked with an eminent Advisory Board which supports the College in its aim to achieve a Royal Charter to signal the importance of chiropractic in complementing the mainstream healthcare professions and to provide impetus to build an integrated chiropractic service around patients.
The College actively fosters patient and public partnership through the Lay Partnership Group and via patient involvement in its governing Council. It offers its membership a wide and growing range of benefits including paper and on-line subscription to the Clinical Chiropractic international journal, on-line access to Science Direct (a journal information service), discounts on Elsevier publications and access to a UK-wide programme of subsidised CPD events via a unique infrastructure of regional and expert groups or 'faculties'.
The CoC can be found at www.colchiro.org.uk
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