Thirsk Chiropractic Clinic

Chiropractor: Richard Skippings

Richard Skippings graduated from the Anglo-European College of Chiropractic in 1985 and moved back to Yorkshire the same year to take up a position in the Roundhay Chiropractic Clinic in Leeds, where he worked for three years. He opened the clinic in Thirsk in 1988 when he was ready to branch out on his own and bring chiropractic to a new area. He has always been active in the work of the profession, both on the Council of the British Chiropractic Association and in the College of Chiropractors where he was invested as a Fellow of the College in 1999, and in 2004 he attained a Specialist Fellowship from the Sports Faculty. In January 2006 Richard was appointed as the Chairman of the Faculty of Sport & Exercise of the College of Chiropractors and in 2010 he was elected to serve for a second term of three years. He was also elected to serve as one of the Officers of the College as the Director of Specialist Faculties. In 2008 he was appointed to the Education Commission of the Federation Internationale de Chiropractique du Sport (FICS) with the remit of helping to organise and standardise post graduate education for Sports Chiropractors around the world. Richard has specific responsibilities within Europe.

As you can see Richard has a particular interest in Sports Medicine. He is a Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician, has been awarded the International Chiropractic Sports Science Diploma and has a Post Graduate Diploma in Sports Medicine from Sheffield University. This enables him to utilise different therapies and techniques as well as his chiropractic expertise, so as to provide the athlete with optimum care. He is an honourary life member of the British Chiropractic Sports Council and Team Chiropractor for the British Masters Athletic Federation having been in attendance at British and European Outdoor and Indoor Championships and at five World Championships. He was also in attendance at the 2000 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Sheffield. In his spare time Richard is a Hockey Umpire, officiating in the Premier Division of the Yorkshire Mens Hockey League. He is also a Level 1 Umpire coach and serves as the Umpire Development Co-ordinator for the North Yorkshire Hockey Development Group. He is a member of the Yorkshire Young Umpire Action Group which encourages and develops umpiring in young people. He also serves on the Executive Committee of the Yorkshire Hockey Association.

• Member of the British Chiropractic Association
• Fellow of the College of Chiropractors
• Specialist Fellow of the Faculty for Sport & Exercise of the College of Chiropractors
• Chairman of the Faculty for Sport & Exercise of the College of Chiropractors
• Honourary Life Member of the British Chiropractic Sports Council
• Member of the Federation Internationale de Chiropratique du Sport
• Member of the Board of Education of FICS
• Member of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine
• Member of the NHS register of Complementary and Alternative Practitioners

Email: dik@chiro.co.uk

General Chiropractic Council
Registration No. 00136

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