SPINAL CHAP Sam Guillemard BSc GCC MCA McTimoney Chiropractor in Brighton Email or telephone: 07980 089 377

McTimoney Chiropractic was founded by John McTimoney. He became fascinated by chiropractic after receiving treatment himself in 1942. An engineer himself, he was struck by the logic of the philosophy of structure, cause and effect evident in the chiropractic way. He studied and qualified in 1950, learning &assimilating the wide range of chiropractic manipulations. Gradually McTimoney began to develop his own approach. Thisused gentler techniques dependent on the speed, skill and movement of the chiropractor. In this way, he created a system that allows the body to come back into alignment by respecting the innate knowledge present in the human system. The bone naturally returns to its correct resting position without force or stress. In 1972 he opened the Oxfordshire School of Chiropractic with 14 students so his knowledge would not be lost. This has evolved to become the McTimoney College of Chiropractic. McTimoney taught that health depends on healthy nerve messages, and that misalignment of the vertabrae or other joints interfere with the nerve messages - and in turn effect every cell and organ in the body, thereby creating pain and tension. He also emphasised that human beings are not purely physical but mental, emotional and spiritual beings and that treating thewhole body restores health to all these aspects of the patient.