The chiropractor in New Plymouth that you can trust
New Plymouth Chiropractic Clinic - your spine care specialist
At New Plymouth Chiropractic Clinic, we are committed to providing a full and thorough evaluation of your specific problems and your spinal function, and then restoring the maximum possible pain-free function with compassion and education, working together to achieve total recovery for you.
Chiropractic is well documented to relieve pain and discomfort and restore function in one of the safest and most natural ways possible, and we use the most modern chiropractic equipment, technology and techniques as well as traditional chiropractic methods where indicated.
A landmark 1979 New Zealand Royal Commission of Inquiry ascertained that chiropractic care was extremely safe and effective for specific problems relating to the spine, joints and nerves, and that the New Zealand public should have greatly widened access to chiropractic care.
For expert chiropractic care in New Plymouth, call us today!
About chiropractic
Chiropractic focuses on helping the body’s innate ability to heal, allowing your body to express its full health potential. It is based on the principle that the body is an intelligent, self-healing, organised being.
The body’s control system is the nervous system, made up of the brain, spinal cord, and cranial and peripheral nerves. This is what controls and communicates with all the other systems, telling every cell and organ what to do, and receiving information about what is happening in the body back to the brain.
The spinal cord contains 13 million cells alone that transmit electro-chemical signals to all organs, and our brain contains over 100 billion neuron cells communicating with the body at 320 km/h!
This system is so important it is encased in bone, (skull and spine), and is one of the first systems to develop in a foetus. When your nervous system is interfered with, (a subluxation), information being relayed between the brain and the body and the body and the brain is changed or stopped. This means that the body cannot respond by doing the things that it should to enable full health.
Due to the dynamic nature of the spine, (highly mobile in its supporting and protecting role), it is the most common site for stress and tension causing dysfunction of the nervous system.
If the brain is where information is processed, then the spinal cord acts as the cable that runs the information to the rest of the body. If any of the nerves or related components are damaged, disrupted, or cannot function properly, it can effect very specific regions of the body, like pain in the shoulders or wrist, or it can be more severe like permanent disability in the legs or internal organs. However, since only 18% of nerve fibres relay pain, 82% are not related to pain, and so it is very possible that you have subluxations in your spine that you are unaware of if they are not involving nerve pain fibres.
Chiropractors work with the body, removing this interference by making adjustments to the spine, (housing the spinal cord). Chiropractors detect and remove areas of spinal dysfunction that are causing irritation, tension or interference to the nervous system. These adjustments trigger the nervous system, which changes the body’s chemistry, physiology and anatomy to restore proper function.
Chiropractors also work with extremity joint problems, (shoulders, elbows, wrists, knees, ankles, hands and feet). When Chiropractic techniques are applied to dysfunctional extremity joints range of motion can be improved and painful inflammation reduced, (without drugs or surgery).
A Chiropractor’s 5 year degree specializes in anatomy, biomechanics, physiology, neurology, radiology and pathology, and there is a growing body of research that supports the health benefits and effectiveness of Chiropractic, but at the end of the day it is the body’s own innate ability to maintain a stable environment, (when there is no interference), that achieves a fully healthy state.
Consequently, Chiropractic is the third largest healthcare profession in the world after medicine and dentistry, and the largest drug-free health care system in the world, - because it works! Studies show that Chiropractic is 100 times safer than “over the counter” medications, and 24,413 times safer than spinal surgery.
Opening hours
Monday & Wednesday 8:00am - 7:00pm
Tuesday & Thursday 8.00am - 1.00pm
By Appointment Only
About us
Dr Neil J Haldane BAppScC was born and bred in New Plymouth, educated at Omata School and Spotswood College, and after 5 years of study and graduating with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Chiropractic from Melbourne, returned to practice in New Plymouth in 1986. Neil has had over 30 years' experience in practice in New Plymouth and has enjoyed the full spectrum of his profession, including serving on the Taranaki Area Health Board, and the New Zealand College of Chiropractic Board. Neil is a member of the New Zealand Chiropractors Association.
To practice Chiropractic in New Zealand a duly qualified Chiropractor from a recognized tertiary education institution must pass and hold New Zealand Chiropractic Board licensing examinations. Chiropractors in NZ were legislatively recognized in the 1960’s, and today are covered by the Health Practitioners Competency Assurance Act, 2002. Continuing Professional Development conferences, seminars, and courses ensure that we stay up to date with developments and techniques in Chiropractic care to ensure we continue to provide superior Chiropractic services.
Di was also brought up in New Plymouth and educated at Woodleigh School, Devon Intermediate and Spotswood College. Di has had 30 years' experience in Chiropractic services and is always willing to go that extra mile to meet your needs and make you comfortable in a relaxed and friendly environment.
We have a total of over 60 years' experience in providing Chiropractic services to Taranaki!
