Your nervous system is the master control system of your body. It is made up of your brain, sense organs, spinal cord and the nerves that branch throughout your entire body.

Your nervous system controls everything, from the way you move to the thoughts you have and the feelings you experience. It also directs bodily functions you may be less aware of, such as your heart rate, breathing, hormone levels, blodd pressure, digestion. Put simply, your nervous system is responsible for the maintenance and functioning of all your body's cells and organs. Your nervous system is extremely complex, intricate and delicate.

Chiropractic is based on the knowledge that tension, misalignments or altered function of your spine (subluxations) interefere with the flow of information and energy along your nerves and throughout your nervous system. This reduces your body's ability to coordinate its functions, adapt to changing requirements and heal itself, all of which can have dramatic affects on your health and wellbeing.

Doctors of Chiropractic focus on improving the function of your spine, helping your nervous system to function at its optimum. This helps you improve your flexibility and posture, cope more easily with the many stresses of daily life, increase performance and mental clarity and coordinate the many vital functions of your body.

Chiropractic care helps many people around the world to naturally relieve aches, pains and the symptoms of a huge range of conditions. Above all, many people are discovering that chiropractic is helping them to grow more vibrantly healthy and live the life they desire for themselves and their families.

Chiropractic is the third largest primary healthcare field (after medicine and dentisrty) in the world, using no drugs or surgery. People of all age groups can enjoy the benefits and long term outcomes of chiropractic care, from the newborn to the elderly.

Every day more and more research is being done to substantiate the legitimacy and the science behind Chiropractic, which was first recognised over 100 years ago. Research has shown to prove the effectiveness of treatments, safety of the highest standards and cost effectiveness of Chiropractic compared to other professions.



At Kangaroo Point Chiropractic, our chiropractors have 12 years of clinical experience between them. As chiropractic is evolving at a rapid pace, they both regularly participate in further education courses and are up to date on the latest research conducted into chiropractic techniques. If you would like more information on the latest research studies, please ask your chiropractor at your next visit, or alternatively, click on one of the links under 'research links'.