The Back Dr.

The Back Dr - Ryde
69 Ryedale Road,
West Ryde 2114

Open 7 days

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Philosophy

The Back Dr Philosophy is simple. We use a variety of natural methods to care for you.

Our Vision

We want everyone to experience the joy of a pain free, 100% mobile & healthy lifestyle.

To allow people to be naturally healthy without the use of drugs or surgery.
To help people grow up in balance, live a healthy, positive life and grow old with a functioning, vital, healthy body that can keep up with their minds

The Four Factors of Health

Health is determined by your habits of Eating, Thinking, Physicality and Energy. To be truly naturally health you need to address all four.

Eating / Biochemical
Inside your body the chemical reactions never stop!

Every second of the day your body is performing complex chemical reactions. Converting your energy to food. Using that energy to fuel your cells. Thought processes in your brain are chemical reactions. Your Hormone system is a complex series of chemical reactions.

We depend on good food and nutrition for the normal functioning of our bodies. Some nutrients are not made by the body and so it essential that we obtain these from our diet. Without a balanced intake of nutrients, we can shift this balance to poor health and lead to the development of illnesses.

The good news is that better nutrition can significantly improve your health and help reduce the risk of developing conditions such as osteoporosis, blood pressure, diabetes and some cancers.

We can help you determine the adequacy of your diet and provide you with practical advice and recommendations to address any conditions and insufficiencies, whilst doing our best to suit your eating preferences. This way you can help ensure that you are giving your body the nutrition it needs for good health.

The food you eat determines what reactions occur and how this affects your body. The by-products of poor quality food, bugs in your gut and the constant detoxification process occuring in your liver can result in poor health. Modern medicines load your body with unusual chemicals and this can affect your health also.

Physicality / Structural
The most complex machine ever made, YOU!

Your body is a complicated & amazing machine. Every day as soon as you get out of bed, & until you finally get back there, your body is performing a complicated & extremely difficult balancing act.

Simple injuries are easy to understand.... you fall over, hurt yourself, receive treatment until it is healed. More often than not, this is the less common injury.

What is far more common is a postural/repetitive strain style of injury. Due to countless causes, the body can become unbalanced. To maintain balance the body adopts an alterred posture.

Very few people grow up perfectly straight. Most people adopt a slightly twisted posture to keep themselves in balance. To maintain this posture, their spine and other joints are required to maintain an altered position.

When the spine shifts out of alignment, it puts uneven pressure on spinal nerves leading to irritation. Spinal nerves supply every organ & muscle of the body. Therefore, an irritation to the vital nerve flow can cause not only back & neck pains but also ill health. We call this a subluxation.

Subluxations happen as a result of the twisted posture our bodies have to adopt to keep us upright & balanced. And subluxations are very much due to the forces that our bodies are exposed to. This posture also puts unbalanced and excessive forces through the muscles, ligaments, joints and tendons. Over time, with daily forces being exerted on the body these tissues fail and painful symptoms present themselves.

The areas where these symptoms occur depends on the postural shape your body adopts and the forces you put through it. For example labourers typically develop low back problems wheras office/computer workers develop headaches, neck and shoulder problems.

Spinal misalignments associated with postural problems cause interference with the transmission of nerve signals. The result of this interference is a reduction in the function of your body's cells and organs. This reduction in function can over time lead to pain, illness, disease and other symptoms.

If you have no symptoms, it does not necessarily mean that you are healthy. Being healthy means having a body that functions properly all the time. The nervous system controls every function of your body.

Thinking / Emotional
Health & wellbeing guided by emotions!

Beliefs, Attitudes and emotions are major contributing factors to health and wellbeing. People tend to only think of this for mental illnesses or syndromes, but emotions are very important. Underlying emotional problems can present as health problems.

An emotional issue (particularly one you are not aware of) can guide your actions and reactions and ultimately cause problems. Addictions, excessive eating or self-image problems can be due to something that has happened a long time ago.

Most people have probably heard of miracle cures from serious illnesses by positive beleifs and actions. Some holistic healers believe that emotional problems are the underlying cause of most health problems. The phrase bitter and twisted comes to mind.

Energy / Electromagnetic Radiation
Health & wellbeing guided by emotions!

We are energetic beings. The Traditional Chinese Medicine, Indian Ayurvedic & Acupuncture systems are based around lines of energy and the flow of that energy through our bodies. We are exposed on a daily basis to harmful radiation (Solar, Pollution, Mobile phones………………………….. This can have a major effect on our health.

Treatment Options

Pain Relief

Primary Goals – Pain Relief

This level of care is enough treatment to ease or eliminate the pain of the major complaint. Treatment usually involves Chiropractic adjustments, Remedial Massage & a single consultation where we prescribe exercises & stretches appropriate to your condition.

Relief care is usually 1 or 2 treatments per week until the relief you are looking for has been achieved. Once that occurs, treatment is finished. If the problem re-occurs, you get some more treatment.

Reventative Care

Primary Goals –Pain Relief, Prevention of Recurrence

This is a comprehensive treatment program. Our aim is to create noticeable improvements to spinal alignment (x-ray assessment) & balance. Our goal is to completely resolve the major complaint, plus an in depth maintenance program to prevent recurrence & promote natural health.

Treatment usually involves Chiropractic Adjustments, Remedial Massage, Orthotics for your shoes & a series of Rehabilitation consultations where we prescribe exercises & stretches appropriate to your condition. This level of care also involves a couple of consultations with the Dietitian, Counsellor & Kinesiologist.

Life Extension

Primary Goals – Pain Relief, Prevention of Recurrence & Optimization of Health.

This is the complete clinical experience. Our aim is to treat all four factors affecting your health (structural, emotional, biochemical & energetic), to get you as healthy as possible & keep you that way for the rest of your life.

Treatment will involve a comprehensive program utilizing Chiropractic Adjustments, Remedial Massage, Orthotics for your shoes, a complete Dietitian, Counselling & Kinesiology treatment program & a full Rehabilitation program of exercises & stretches appropriate to your condition.

For Yoga, Fit ball & other clinic classes, Life Extension clients pay a reduced price.