Aligned Family Chiropractic Reviews

When I met Belinda, I wasn’t disappointed. She is very knowledgeable around pregnancy and labour offering me articles to read so that I could make an informed choice about my birth plan. Furthermore, she gave me exercises to encourage the baby to be in the most optimal position for birth and ease the hip pain I was experiencing. From the start, she encouraged a family approach by asking my husband to a session as I would need his assistance in a couple of the exercises. In addition, we were both invited to a talk Belinda routinely offers on the benefits of chiropractic care to help her clients understand what it is.

I gave birth to my beautiful baby boy at home which I do think is partly because of the care I received from Belinda. Within a few days of giving birth, I was experiencing a lot of pain in my pelvis and made an appointment to see her straight away. If you are ever in pain, Belinda and her wonderful staff, Lucy and Louise will always try to give you an appointment as soon as possible, even if it means a lot of extra work for them.

Within a couple of weeks, I was able to walk again and was in considerable less pain. My son had an assessment after his birth and is now under Belinda’s care alongside my husband. We believe that chiropractic care is for life as we continually have to maintain healthy spinal function and rebalance the nervous system because of the daily stresses we experience. Therefore, we will make sacrifices elsewhere to ensure we can continue to receive the care.

I came to Belinda simply because I was feeling old, stiff and achy, probably in part due to my being in early menopause. I often had minor pain in my hip area and just felt I was ageing before my time. I wanted help from someone who looks at the whole picture, the complete body and this is exactly what Belinda does, offering advice on diet and exercise where necessary to complement her chiropractic adjustments. Being in early menopause is, at times, a psychological challenge but since seeing Belinda, and thanks to her honesty and frankness, I have been able to get back on track with positive thinking.

As I write, I have been seeing Belinda for over 3 months. After the initial consultation I was startled by how often and how long Belinda wanted to see me. I realised it was going to involve a considerable financial commitment and, as my husband was also going to be seeing Belinda, it was something we had to seriously discuss. The deciding factor was thinking about how we’d had to pay for 3 major pieces of work on our car in the space of a month. We didn’t question it. We need our car and if it needs fixing we pay for it. So why couldn’t we do the same with our health? Why did we hesitate when our own bodies so obviously needed ‘servicing’. That was the deciding factor. Since then chiropractic care has become a part of our lives.

After only a few adjustments I began to feel the effects of Belinda’s adjustments. I had a general feeling of well being and I noticeably felt stronger in my hip area. I continue to feel well and often after an adjustment I feel quite elated, almost as if I’ve been given a new lease of life! But I guess that’s what chiropractic does, releases the life we all have in us. Another area of weakness I have is in my right arm which has become considerably weak over the years. Belinda has told me this is going to take time and I realise that now. However, progress is being made and, together with exercises and physical activity recommended by Belinda, I feel confident that I will regain some of the lost strength. The patient-practitioner relationship has always been of paramount importance to me. I need to know what’s going on. I need to be able to ask questions and get answers. With Belinda this is exactly what you get. It’s not just a case of coming in for a weekly adjustment, Belinda is always willing to ‘take time out’ to offer advice or give suggestions, on dietary supplementation for example.

A little about my husband. Paolo has without a doubt felt the benefit of seeing Belinda in the past few months. He no longer has lower back pain (something he put up with on and off for at least 10 years) and he has noticed other general health improvements, for example improved digestion and bowel movements. He has taken Belinda’s advice and cycles more often but for shorter lengths of time rather than longer, less frequent rides, and he no longer suffers from neck pain. Our children, aged 9 and 11, have also been having adjustments from Belinda. They didn’t have any specific problems beforehand but they have both said they feel better after adjustments and they both certainly enjoy it. I wouldn’t hesitate to suggest that any parents reading this should get their babies or children along to see Belinda. I wish I’d known that chiropractic adjustments can help babies with colic – we suffered for a year with our second child!

If I could say one thing to any new patients reading this it would be to remain patient. There is no quick fix for anything and Belinda makes no such claims. If you come on board with Belinda you have made a positive life decision and I hope you get the health benefits that my family and I have had from regular adjustments. Unfortunately we will soon have to stop seeing Belinda as we will be returning home to Italy but I have already located a chiropractor who I hope will be able to continue Belinda’s work.

And last but certainly not least a brief mention for Lucy. What a great part of the practice she is! I would like to take this opportunity to thank her for all her help and constant patience in the making and changing of appointments. And the smile is always a winner! We shall all miss you both very much.

My first appointment at Family Chiropractic was fantastic. Belinda explained the principles of Chiropractic Care and assured me that the cause of the problem and not just my symptoms would be addressed. After receiving a scan and x-rays, a leg length discrepancy which had resulted in imbalanced pressure being placed on one of my lower discs was found.

Since discovering the cause of the original problem I have visited a podiatrist who prescribed a small heel lift to pop into my show to level things up and I receive regular chiropractic care with Belinda. My life has changed completely; I now have virtually no back pain and am no longer restricted with walking or standing.

I am so grateful to Belinda and her team and cannot thank then enough for how much better I feel now when only a few months earlier I had given up hope that anything could be done.

I have since gone on to recommend chiropractic care to friends and family.

Science and Biology were not my thing at school but Belinda has a knack of explaining things that you can remember and take note of. I have a much better knowledge of what a vertebrae dysfunction is now.

‘Family Chiropractic’ is just that. Everyone is on first name basis. This practice has really changed the way my life has proceeded in these past few years; I am much more aware of what I can / cannot put my body through. The ‘can’ bit being the positive.

I have mentioned Belinda to numerous people because I truly believe Belinda has made a difference to my life for the better.

Belinda, Charles and Lucy are Family Chiropractic.