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The Back Clinic was developed in 1998 by Nicola Nunn to treat back and neck pain. From small beginnings we have grown to now own our especially designed premises allowing for increased staffing. This ensures timely treatment for both acute and chronic back pain. |
Philosophy of The Back Clinic:
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Our Foundation Principles Are:
TimeOur philosophy of caring, diligence and integrity means that we spend time in assessing your condition and developing a unique treatment plan for you. First appointments are 1 hour and follow up appointments are 30 minutes.
Empowering our clientsWe take time to teach you strategies to get out of pain, to use natural ways of moving, called movement patterns, to strengthen and stabilize your spine to achieve ideal posture. You can’t change a pain producing habit unless you understand what that habit is!
Understanding of the cause of the painWe focus on helping you understand the reasons for your pain and how you can change pain. This is achieved by helping you understand the various physical factors that can influence continuing pain and how to change these. This is called movement awareness.
Hands on TreatmentTouch is important! We use a number of evidence based hands on treatment techniques including mobilisation, manipulation and soft tissue release to enable you to achieve pain free movement. We have staff who are qualified Manual Therapists and members of the New Zealand Manipulative Therapists Association. We are also able to offer Acupuncture.
Use of exerciseSpecific targeted exercises are given for you to achieve pain free movement and to improve appropriate strength. We can advise on your existing exercise programme and instruct on ways you can achieve strength in a pain free manner. We work closely with Pilates instructors.
CommunicationWe talk to you! We explain your treatment in detail and can answer your questions. We communicate with your GP by letter and we can refer you on for specialist treatment if required. We are in regular communication with Specialists in the Waikato region and Auckland.
ResearchYour progress is important to us. To ensure you are reaching your own goals we take a series of baseline questionnaires and reassess as you go. These are called outcome measures. These are collated together anonymously to enable us to discover overall trends and improve our delivery of service. |
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