MCTIMONEY CHIROPRACTIC AT EPSOM CLINIC

A misalignment of the vertebrae or bones can occur for many reasons, some of the most common are incorrect lifting, car or sporting accidents, childbirth, falls, stress and poor posture. Chiropractors use only their hands to make adjustments to the bones of your body. The key to the success of the adjustments is in the speed, dexterity and accuracy with which they are performed. We will first take a full case history regarding your general health background as well as details of your symptoms. This will help in assessing and analysing your particular problem. We will then thoroughly examine all the joints in your body, literally from head-to-toe using only their hands, and make the appropriate adjustments where necessary. Chiropractors have a finely tuned sense of touch, developed in their four years of training, which enables them to feel for misalignments of the vertebrae and bones.

Upon feeling a problem, we will use one of a number of light, swift and dextrous techniques, unique to McTimoney method, to adjust the bone. If we discover or suspects a problem which requires medical investigation or an x-ray, we will refer you to a GP. Wherever possible we will work in co-operation with your GP and a letter is normally sent to your doctor informing them of your treatment. In 1942 after a chiropractic treatment by Mr. Ashford, a chiropractor who had trained under DD Palmer, the discoverer of chiropractic, John McTimoney became fascinated by chiropractic, still a very little known therapy in Britain. He was struck by the logic of its philosophy of cause and effect and became eager to learn it himself.

In 1944 Mr. Ashford referred John McTimoney to a local chiropractor, Mary Walker, DC. Due to illness Dr Walker was unable to fulfil her ambition of opening her own school of chiropractic. However, in the late 1940's she passed on her complete training, to two pupils, one of whom was John McTimoney.