Exminster's Chiropractor Kirsten Stockman welcomes patients from Exeter, Topsham and all surroundings areas.
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Chiropractic Matters
Chiropractic is a primary healthcare profession so you don’t need a GP referral to consult our clinic.
About Us
At Chiropractic Matters our aim is to restore the health of as many individuals and families as possible from all ages and all walks of life.
Chiropractors use a hands-on treatment correcting misalignments (Subluxations) within the joints, muscles and ligaments. It can help to relieve many symptoms throughout the entire body and is a whole new world of body management ...
Our Chiropractor offers several different techniques to achieve maximum results with treatment ranging from the most modern (gentle) though to a more traditional approach (manual). Chiropractic Matters has a multidirectional approach to healthcare giving you everything you need to make your care specific for all your aliments.
Located in the quiet village of Exminster, just 2 miles from Exeter city centre, Chiropractic Matters was founded by Chiropractor Dr Kirsten Stockman. It has easy access from neighbouring villages (Kenton, Kenn, Powderham, Starcross and Dawlish) and across the water (Topsham, Cyst St George, Cyst St Mary, Woodbury and Woodbury Salterton), and the addition of plenty of parking allows a relaxing journey, unlike a city based clinic.
Operating from Exminster’s Westbank Centre, we offer a warm, welcome and friendly environment with a real community feel. We value each patient as an individual and care for your well being. It is our promise to ensure that we will provide the best care possible.
Consideration is made for each patient and we acknowledge that every man, woman and child is different, as are their bodies and goals. Our treatment plans, guidance and advice reflect this.
Whilst the business of modern medicine is concerned primarily with prescribing drugs, treating symptoms and quick fixes, Chiropractic is a natural healthcare using no drugs. It looks to find and treat the cause of the symptoms and not mask them with medication.
The Chiropractor realigns your body which initiates your own body's healing response.
It is your body that then does all the hard work. When you break your arm, a medical doctor may put your arm in a cast, but it is your own body that actually heals the fracture in the bone. It knows which cells to use, how to grow them and the right time in the healing phase to put them into the break ... AMAZING. No doctor in the whole world could do this!
Chiropractors work with this system to reduce pain and suffering and to improve overall health. Proper healing takes time, so please be patient!
About Chiropractic
So what is Chiropractic?
Chiropractic is a primary healthcare profession so you don’t need a GP referral to consult our clinic.
Chiropractors are highly skilled and trained musculoskeletal specialists who are qualified to examine, diagnosis, treat and advise on a large number of alignments throughout the entire body (If you are unsure if Chiropractic can help just call us to find out more).
The largest misconception about Chiropractic is that we just treat backs, this isn’t so ! From the joints of your little toe right through the entire body (not forgetting your organs) to the plates of your skull, Chiropractic can help with it all.
How it works
For your body to correct and heal a problem it must firstly recognise there is one, only once it does this will it initiate a healing response. If your body is unable to do this it will not heal and problems will become reoccurring, causing poor health and suffering.
Chiropractors realign (adjustments) joints and muscles (subluxations) which can then allow the body to heal properly. We work with your body’s inbuilt healing process (Innate intelligence) while treating the area of complaint. Inside every one of us, our body repairs, regenerates and recovers from the stresses and strains of everyday living on a daily basis (The doctor within). Without these processes our bodies become less healthy and then disease arises (symptoms and suffering).
Your nervous system (brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerves) is the communication pathway which allows your body to communicate with itself so you can coordinate and function properly. Your body’s healing response is also controlled by your nervous system. If there is a break down in this communication anywhere in your body you will experience problems and therefore symptoms.
What is a Subluxation?
The Subluxation is the Chiropractic term for the misalignment within the body and is what Chiropractors diagnose and treat.
The Subluxation can exist within joints and muscles (best described as an area of tightness) and can cause local pain and discomfort because of tissue compression and stretch, as well as radiated pain.
Subluxations also interfere with how nerves work. They prevent some messages from the body getting to the brain about tissue damage, joint position and inflammation, as well as from your brain to your body (miscommunication). If your brain doesn’t receive this information then it won’t be able to heal you.
The body reacts or compensates for these subluxations leading to tension in the whole body as well as muscular weakness or tightness, altered posture and biomechanics. These areas are then vulnerable to injury. Correction of these subluxations allows the body to be balanced again, taking pressure off nerves allowing good communication between your body, which then relieves symptoms and suffering.
What is an adjustment ?
The adjustment is the Chiropractic term for the correction of the Subluxation. The adjustment is made with a very specific high speed, low amplitude trust with a direction of correction using minimal pressure where possible.
The Chiropractor may use their hands for this but may also use various different chiropractic adjusting tools (see techniques). The adjustments correct the misalignment of the joint and muscle, relieving pain and symptoms, but also restoring the nerves to their full working capacity, which allows the body the detect and heal tissue damage.
Being in good health is much more than being free of symptoms. Symptoms are the bodies warning lights and usually by this time things have been ongoing in your body long before you felt any problems.
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