Chiropractor
Also known as Chiropractic Therapy. What a Chiropractor does, the conditions they treat and when to see one — plus how to book a certified Chiropractor at a clinic near you or at home.
What does a Chiropractor do?
A chiropractor is a spine and joint specialist who treats pain and restricted movement with precise, hands-on adjustments — no medicines, no surgery. At CB Physiotherapy, chiropractic adjustments are always backed by a physiotherapy-led assessment, so the adjustment treats the cause, not just the click.
What is a Chiropractor?
Chiropractic is a hands-on discipline built around one idea: joints that move well don't hurt, and joints that stop moving well eventually do. A chiropractor is trained to read the spine joint by joint — to find the segments that have stiffened, locked or started compensating — and to restore their movement with precise, controlled adjustment techniques rather than medicines or surgery.
The signature technique is the spinal adjustment: a quick, small-amplitude thrust that frees a restricted joint, often with an audible click as gas releases inside the joint capsule. But an adjustment is only ever as good as the assessment behind it. Chiropractic care is at its best with mechanical problems — a facet joint that locked after a bad night's sleep, a mid-back stiffened by months at a desk — and a careful screen separates those from nerve-related or inflammatory conditions that need a different first step.
Techniques a Chiropractor uses
The core techniques and components of care — your plan combines the ones your assessment calls for.
Spinal adjustment (HVLA)
The signature technique: a quick, precise, low-amplitude thrust that restores movement to a locked spinal joint — the source of the familiar click.
Joint mobilisation
Slower, graded oscillations that free stiff joints gently — used where a full adjustment is not appropriate or not needed.
Soft-tissue release
Targeted work on the muscles guarding a restricted joint, so the movement the adjustment frees actually holds.
Corrective exercise
Retraining the strength and movement pattern that let the joint lock in the first place — the part that keeps results lasting.
Posture and ergonomic advice
Desk setup, sleep position and movement habits tuned so the same joint does not stiffen again next month.
Who should see a Chiropractor?
If any of these sound like you, an assessment is the right first step.
- ✓ Back or neck pain that feels stiff, locked or worse after sitting
- ✓ Tension between the shoulder blades after long desk hours
- ✓ Headaches that start from the neck (cervicogenic headache)
- ✓ Joint stiffness that keeps returning despite stretching
- ✓ Posture pulled out of shape by desk work or driving
- ✓ Sports people who want restricted joints freed before retraining
What a session with a Chiropractor looks like
Step by step — from your first assessment to a tracked recovery plan.
Movement assessment
Joint-by-joint screening of the spine, strength and flexibility checks and your history — this decides whether adjusting is the right call at all.
Clear diagnosis
Your chiropractor shows you which joints are restricted and what is actually driving the pain — before anything is treated.
The adjustment
A controlled, high-precision technique applied only to the joints the assessment flagged, combined with soft-tissue work as indicated.
Retrain and prevent
Corrective exercise plus a session-by-session plan with milestones, so the freed joint stays free.
Benefits of seeing a Chiropractor
- ✓ Drug-free relief for mechanical back and neck pain
- ✓ Restored joint movement, often felt within the first sessions
- ✓ Fewer neck-driven headaches and less desk-hour stiffness
- ✓ Better posture tolerance through the working day
- ✓ A plan that treats the cause, not just the click
- ✓ Seamless hand-over to physiotherapy when your case needs both
Safety, done properly
The CB Physiotherapy approach
At CB Physiotherapy, your chiropractor works inside a multi-speciality clinical team, not a standalone crack-and-go studio. Every case starts with an assessment-led diagnosis; the adjustment is combined with mobilisation, soft-tissue work and corrective exercise; and when the assessment says a different specialist would serve you better, you are routed there in the same visit.
Your plan is tracked stage by stage on Fizo IQ™, our recovery engine — diagnosis, root cause, plan, milestones, goals — so you always know where you are and what comes next. Sessions run at fully-equipped CB clinics with certified practitioners, same-day slots, transparent per-session pricing and no referral needed.
Every recovery, planned and proven
One patient record, stage by stage: your physiotherapist pinpoints the diagnosis, finds the root cause and builds your in-clinic plan — while Fizo IQ™, our AI decision-support engine, tracks every milestone until your goals are met and you leave with an exercise plan to stay active.
What a Chiropractor treats
Pick the condition that sounds like yours, or type it below — we'll match you to the right specialist and book you in.
Clear charges, no surprises
The same prices you'll see at the clinic — published before you book. Sessions run 30–45 minutes.
Range across our cities — see your city page for exact fees.
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