What we
treat
Eleven of the complaints people come in with most often, and what tends to sit behind them.
Where it usually starts
Most of these have something in common: the place that hurts is rarely the place that started it. A knee complains because the hip stopped doing its share. A headache builds because the neck has been holding a screen in place all day. So the first thing we do is watch how you move, and work back from there.
Head to foot
Five complaints that start with how you sit, stand and move through a normal week.
Headaches and neck pain
If your head starts aching by mid-afternoon at the desk, the neck and shoulders are usually where it began. We look at how you sit, how you move, and where you hold tension.
Back pain
The dull ache that never quite leaves, or the sharp twinge when you lift. Persistent back pain isn’t something to wait out. We work out what’s driving it, then give you the movement that keeps it away.
Shoulder pain
Reaching overhead, lifting a bag, even getting dressed. The shoulder may be where it hurts, but the cause often sits somewhere else, so we look at the neck, the core and the feet as well as the joint.
Knee pain
Runner’s knee, or that ache at the front of the kneecap. The knee is often just where the complaint shows up while the hip or the ankle is what set it off, so we watch how you move first.
Foot pain
That first step out of bed, the ache after a day on your feet, the heel that flares on cobblestones. Feet are your foundation, so we look at ankles, knees and hips too, not the sore spot alone.
Through pregnancy and after
Pregnancy back pain
Your weight shifts forward, your ligaments soften, and standing, rolling over in bed or getting out of the car starts to ache. Carly is Webster certified, and there are gentler ways to move through it.
Postpartum pelvic pain
It shows up bending over the car seat, getting out of a chair, or on the first run back, and it arrives on top of broken sleep. We check the pelvis, the core, and how you lift and feed.
Diastasis recti
Some separation after pregnancy is normal. What’s frustrating is the doming when you sit up, feeling disconnected from your own core months later, and not knowing which exercises help and which make it worse.
Stress, jaw and posture
Stress
Shoulders up around your ears, a jaw that’s clenched before you notice, a night of thin sleep. We work on the tension you’re carrying, and many people tell us they sleep better and feel less wound up.
TMJ pain
Clicking when you yawn, a jaw that locks, headaches at the temples. Jaw trouble often starts in the neck and upper back, so we assess the whole spine, not only the joint.
Posture problems
Tech neck, the slouch that returns the minute you stop thinking about it, that stubborn tightness across the top of your back. We assess your posture at the first visit, then work on what’s actually holding it there.
Don’t see yours?
This is the short list, not the whole list. Between us we see far more than eleven complaints, and plenty of people arrive with something that doesn’t have a tidy name at all.
Send us a message before you book. Tell us what’s going on and we’ll tell you honestly whether this is the right place for it, or point you to who else to ask.
Newborns and children
Every stage of childhood is built on movement. Rolling, crawling, climbing, balancing, running and playing are how a child learns what their body can do, and each one builds on the last.
Children’s care is very different from adult care. The technique changes with the child’s age, size and stage. For a newborn that means no more pressure than you would use to check the ripeness of a tomato. Appointments are often playful, and the assessment is tailored to the age of the child in front of us.
Carly is Webster certified through the ICPA, and a mother of three.
What we look at
Posture, movement patterns, spinal mobility, breathing, coordination, foot development, balance, and, where it’s useful, primitive reflexes. Those are the automatic movement patterns that help babies survive and develop in the first year of life, and that normally settle as the brain matures.
Why parents come
After birth, during a growth spurt, after a fall, because of a sport, or because of something they’ve noticed and can’t quite name. We don’t just look at where your child hurts. We look at how the whole body is moving.
What you take away
We’ll tell you if what you’re describing belongs with your huisarts, the consultatiebureau, or another practitioner, and an assessment gives you something concrete to take into that conversation. You don’t need a whole army of specialists to take the first step.
Not sure where you fit?
Most people aren’t, and that’s what a first visit is for. We’ll take the time to work out what’s going on and tell you what we think, before anything else happens.
