Garden City Health is a clinic on Innes Road in St Albans, Christchurch, that offers both chiropractic and osteopathic care under one roof. The team sees people of all ages, from newborns to grandparents. The chiropractors work with general and sports patients and focus on managing injuries, preventing them and improving performance. Care starts with a chiropractic assessment of movement, balance and strength, followed by adjustments, treatment and exercises. The osteopaths use hands-on techniques, including joint articulation, stretching and mobilisation, with gentler release methods for children and older people, and they may prescribe exercises to support recovery.
The team members each bring a different background. Guy combines chiropractic adjustments with neuromuscular therapy and craniosacral therapy, after working for six years in sports massage and personal training. Neil trained at the New Zealand College of Chiropractic in Auckland and had practised in Darfield and at Northlands Healthcare before joining the clinic. Richard has worked in Christchurch since 1998 and brings engineering experience to how he reads the forces that affect the body in car accidents and falls. Grace, an osteopath, has a special interest in chronic pain, head and neck complaints, and pregnant women and their babies. The clinic's approach is that movement is central to recovery, whatever a patient's age.