Chiro London Podcast : Recent Episodes

Craig McLean

The podcast from Chiro.London, hosted by founder Craig McLean. We meet chiropractors or people of influence who have an interesting life journey to share, always intertwined with a Chiro link. We started by chatting to the whole Chiro.London team of chiropractors and along the way we expanded to include some of the past Chiro London team, international chiropractors of influence, health focused London businesses or people (yoga, Pilates, gyms, PTs, psychotherapists) and simply some cool people who have found their way through the Chiro London doors. Enjoy!

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Great to have another chat with Guy Riekeman, truly an elder statesman of the chiropractic profession. We first had a conversation in 2021 when we covered most of Guy's legacy for the chiropractic profession and I'd recommend you give this a listen as well as the current episode.

However today is all about how the role of the chiropractor has changed over the years. We start by exploring the different ways chiropractors have educated their patients. It started with brochures, then patient lectures, then in clinic video tapes and now he has a new optimal health promotion app that has launched in the USA.

From their website this is what its all about...

'My Lifestyle iQ is a content-rich Remote Patient Engagement App that allows you to manage critical areas of health and prevention.'

'It is self-directed and can also be used to enhance in-office care by integrating multiple health domains, including Exercise, Nutrition, Brain Health, Positive Psychology, and the six areas of Functional Preventative Health.'

Melissa and the UCA in the UK are looking into how UK docs can get involved in using the app. Have a listen to what it's all about and get in touch with Melissa if you are keen to give it a test in the UK.

Thanks for listening

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We follow Kat's journey from being one of the groups top 10% chiropractors to now being a coach helping others in the Chiro One set up perform at their best. Bailey our CA worked with her for 5 years in Chicago, thanks for the introduction.

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Great chat with Laurence, who, it could be argued is afraid of what a cosy and comfortable life looks like. I loved hearing about the early days with the Wellness Guys, (a before its time podcast about wellness - not chiropractic).

We follow his life from being a Chiro in Perth, to a Chiro coach in Sydney to 2 years ago again moving and ending up in Portugal.

As a chiropractic coach he loves helping you make decisions you didn't even know you needed to make. Thanks Laurence for sharing that heart wrenching story about your father-in-laws life changing accident and how it has shaped your life and decisions from then on.

Recorded minutes before a gathering of UK chiropractors in the Putney clinic in London, enjoy...

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Summary

Loved the chat with Jess Hambly, the Aussie chiro who has been in the UK for 6 years but just recently joined the Chiro.London team. She has 16 years experience, is a doula (birth partner) and has a super strong chiropractic philosophy. We signed off the week with a glass of rose and a chat about all things health and chiropractic.

Summary of what was discussed.

What is chiropractic , Jess's elevator pitch.
Jess Hambly the chiropractor, her story from the beginning to now.
Jess the professional associate - her opinion on why life as an associate is better than being a practice owner, given the right environment.
Bourbon v Cognac - blind tasting live on the pod
Unpopular opinions: challenging the germ theory of disease in a post covid world, how exposure does not always equal infection.
Definition of health - Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
Jess's past roles as a doula and how its helped her understand and help more pregnant women.
Jess and her coaches/mentors - how its helped her navigate 16 years as a chiropractor.

You can find Jess in our Fulham Clinic or on instagram @dr_jesschiro

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Loved this chat with Nimrod Mueller. This podcast episode essentially is about two things. 1. levelling up your chiro philosophy to a new unknown chiro philosophy 'gaming' level that I didn't know existed. 2. Unpacking the day I spent with Nimrod and some of the UK leaders of chiropractic plotting course for Chiro in the UK and discussing the next event taking place in March 2024.

If you don't now him, Nimrod is an Aussie chiropractor who graduated from Sydney college, Australia, practiced in the UK, then 10 years back in Sydney and now in Barcelona. If you haven't heard Nimrod speak he's one of the cleanest thinking docs and clearest communicators of chiropractic around. He's been politically active in the Aus and more recently he has teamed up with Mark Postles and become a coach at Quest.

If you are keen to get involved in the next chiro meet up just email Nimrod and the details are....

Chiro meeting in London, March 24th
⁠my email: nimrodmueller@gmail.com
⁠my blog: nimrodmueller.wordpress.com
⁠Quest www.questchiropracticcoaching.com

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Loved this chat with Martin Harvey, one for the chiropractors, I (Craig McLean) was in London 2ºC he was in Melbourne 30ºC and we covered in one episode so many ways to engage better with your clients to enable you to provide better service which naturally will encourage people to stay with you longer.

At the beginning, after setting the scene, we tackle the question as to whether it's appropriate to encourage people to be life long chiropractic patients. Some in the profession suggest it's not appropriate and we should be able to teach/train/coach all people out of a problem and dis-engage with them as soon as possible or you are just ripping people off. We came to the conclusion that with todays stressful lifestyles and peoples desire to be as healthy as possible there is a need and desire by many to add chiropractic to their healthy lifestyle choices hence it is appropriate to some people.

So listen on to find out things to do during your 1st, 2nd or routine visits that can help you engage better with your clients. Martin is an expert at helping us communicate more effectively to help people move from focus on pain to prevention and eventually performance. Spoiler alert - all about building bridges from where the person is at or focused and bridging to the possibilities of a different paradigm.

Thanks Martin here are some links to Martin's work.

Under the influence podcast - Martin chats with me Craig McLean

To sign up for Martin's email list

To learn more about Martin's Retention Recipe 2.0

Email Martin - martin@insideoutpractices.com

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Vismai is a chiropractor with over 25 years experience and our paths keep crossing. We grew up in the same country town in rural Australia, we studied together in RMIT, Melbourne, Putney chiropractic helped during his near death experience after an illness pick up in West Africa, he practiced in Holland for years around time I was first in London early 2000s, and now he has a daughter living here in London.

He currently practices in Singapore, lives in Bali with his chiropractor wife Joyti, and his two kids Dali and Finn are global nomads.

Over the years he's gained a reputation of simply and easily engaging with his clients, often found speaking at Chiro Euro about the topic. He's shared his ideas in his book Keep Your Clients and the coaching program that links with this.

I hope you enjoy our fireside chat.

The Chiropractor Singapore

Keep Your Clients

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Craig McLean, your host, welcomes Adrian Wenban, chiropractor and head of Barcelona College of Chiropractic. Following on from our last episode where a recently graduated student from both RMIT and Barcelona filled us in on the differences between the two programs.

We ask Adrian about the history of the Barcelona college, when it started, how big it is, how many students per year, but mainly how the ethos of the education is true to the origins of the chiropractic profession, keeping the students focused on the founding principles of the profession.

He expands on this to explain how three main techniques are taught, the students are hands on from year one and its not discouraged to discuss the term subluxation and DD Palmer. He encourages all of his students to find and develop their own personal philosophy around health, healing and chiropractic.

We talk about the recent RMIT situation in Melbourne Australia, where without warning or consultation the program was closed down and the profession lost 140 graduates a year. He has an opinion on where that program went wrong.

Hope you enjoy this episode, Adrian and I have history and he reminded me that he actually worked in Putney Chiropractic back in the 1990's before I took over ownership.

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Isaac reached out after finishing chiro college in Barcelona and after finding a little bit about his story I thought it would be a journey others may enjoy. He started chiro school at RMIT Melbourne Australia 6 years ago during the hardest hit covid years eventually finishing his studies at Barcelona College of Chiropractic. He's in the UK at the moment awaiting to sit the GCC test of competence and looking to work in the UK.

The news that RMIT is closing its doors to new chiropractor students in 2024 made me want to find out what is happening downunder, at the place I trained. Isaac shares some insight into life at RMIT and how it compares to the Barcelona college experience.

Here's the link to the Martin Harvey Pod with Phil Embrall about the RMIT situation.

Isaac is a 3rd generation chiropractor, son of Wayne Whittingham and Melissa Sandford (UCA fame).

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We've asked Tom Mackay to come back and record his 3rd episode on the chiro.london pod with host Craig Mclean. He's just back from running a sub 2h:30min marathon in Berlin and at 2:26 it was a pb by 8 minutes. It took him 20 marathons and a load of life lessons along the way to find a way to conquer his nemesis time. This episode was recorded in London but we were joined by fellow chiropractor Ravi Ruder who dialled in from Sydney Australia. (Tom was training in Sydney in the lead up to the marathon)

How was this achieved? Tom outlines how he tamed his nervous system feedback during training and racing. Not the direction I anticipated the conversation to go but really interesting to see how he tackled the daunting task. He outlines his 16 week lead up to the race and how he hit all the sessions on point set by his coach.

He discusses how he uses a chiropractor for injury prevention and as a sounding board to have the confidence to push through some mega hard training sessions. Big shout out to Doc Bryan Thirsk in Putney Chiropractic Tom's usual chiro while in London.

What an episode, especially if you are into running be it as a beginner or a marathon runner. But even if you are not into running, this is a story of perseverance and commitment setting out a plan to achieve a goal when others would have given up and started their golf careers.

We cover the shoe wars and Tom has an opinion about how much difference shoe technology makes to running times at present.

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Episode 78: Financial health episode. The aim was to provide some really useful information to chiropractors, anyone who is self employed or business owners about a topic that may be perceived as a bit dull. If you make it through this episode you will walk away with valuable tools to make your financial life much easier and provide a clear path to building wealth and saving tax.

We start by defining what is wealth? We tackle the concept of why 'profit' is often a dirty word in healthcare.

Then we cover the below topics....

Financial servicesAccountants and IFAs - differences and how do you find a good one?
How much do you need to earn to warrant using an IFA?
Given the slice they take from the investments why should we use them over just winging the investments ourselves?

**Wealth planning and cash flow forecasting.

Self employment.**Being a sole trader vs starting a company (we run through the tax brackets)
Tax planning
ISA’s, Pensions and other efficient ways to save tax as a high earner

PropertyMortgages and buying property (more complicated when self employed)
Renting vs Owning a property

You can find Tom here
Tom.Grunsell@westminster-wealth.com
https://www.westminster-wealth.com/tom-grunsell

These details will be important if you make it towards the end of our chat for a chance to win free beer....

Thanks Tom and Westminster for sponsoring this episode of the pod, hope you find the content useful.

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Listen in to episode 77 where myself, Craig Mclean and Doc Conor Ward ‘the health elevator’ discuss heart rate variability (HRV), what is it and why do we measure it?

What effects does chiropractic have on HRV, your nervous system and your overall health.

Lastly what is whoop / other wearable health tech devices that measure HRV, our overall strain/stress and recovery scores and how can they add to the body of scientific evidence to support how healthy lifestyle choices including a visit to the chiropractor can positively impact your overall health and wellbeing.

Early research on chiro and HRV in the link below, we need more but let's keep chatting about it and inspiring a larger body of evidence on the topic.

https://www.cjaonline.com.au/index.php/cja/article/view/178

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Welcome to Katelyn McGregor who is a chiropractor, mother of two, married to Andy McGregor a great Chiro a mate of mine, business owner and part of a private midwifery offering.

We discuss loads about being pregnant as a chiropractor, following your own advice, preparing your body, how long should you practice for before maternity leave, giving yourself time for the best possible experience, preparing yourself financially for the inevitable time out as either a self employed chiro or practice owner.

Then Katelyn shares some professional experience both as a chiro and as a member of a private midwifery team. How best to help your clients or patients.

I don't believe we chatted for 90 mins, it's a long one and quite a niche topic but I hope you enjoy and find some insight from our ramblings.

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Meet Doc Edwina Waddell from Evolve Chiropractic in Currumbin, Gold Coast, Qld, Australia. Edwina is back, our first return guest to the pod and a great review of life as a practice owner on her 4th anniversary of opening her clinic on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

Edwina was a chiropractor with us for 9 years in Putney and moved back to Aus a few years back.

We cover

as a practice owner it costs more than you think
as a one doc one ca practice its easy to make decisions and change your mind on protocol - with 3 CAs and 1 associate you now need to consider way more in terms of each individuals need for creativity
social media tips and ideas
team training and associate mentorship
russel brand
some learning post pandemic around how the practice flow and CA roles
career associates

https://evolvechiropracticgc.com.au/

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Episode 74: we meet Simon Billings a chiropractor with a special dedication to nutrition. I’ve wanted to get Simon on for ages so we can discuss simple ways to decrease systemic pro inflammatory states. The sort of thing that does no favours to anyone who is in pain, esp that reactive random joint inflammatory stuff that chiropractors see regularly. But more than that inflammation is a natural and good thing your immune system does to heal and fight off attacks in the body. However when not balanced it can create havoc - auto immune, IBS, eczema, etc..

We break it down to ways you can balance your inflammatory response using

Lifestyle factors
Nutrition (food)
Key supplements

Hope you enjoy - some great content in here chiropractors can use immediately in practice or everyone can use to help improve your health and well-being.

Find Simon here

https://inhealthsupplements.co.uk/

https://www.academyofchiropracticnutrition.com/

Hosted by Craig Mclean it was time to upgrade the pod, so we headed to Brewdog Brewery in London Waterloo and recorded this episode in their Podcast Project, a professional studio for podcasters with Docs Georgie and Sydney on their 2nd anniversary of working with us at Chiro London. You'll find Georgie in our Fulham office and Sydney in Tooting.

We cover loads that will be of interest to Chiropractors, patients and new graduate chiros. It's especially useful for those about to embark on their own journey as chiros. You hear about their reasons for become chiropractors, insight into covid life as a chiro student during a pandemic, things they learned in their first two years as a chiropractor with us at chiro london, some successes and some mistakes they made along the way.

Hope you like the new sound from the pro set up at Brewdog. Sound quality was mega and I had loads of buttons to press that I had no idea exactly what they did.

Obviously a beer and burger was needed to help us recover from this episode.

Enjoy....

October 2015 was when Jamie Murray first made an appointment at Putney Chiropractic, after googling chiropractors who work with athletes. 7.5 years later he still is on the Putney Chiro table whenever he's not travelling the world to help prevent injury and to his body to perform at its best.

Craig McLean has a chat to him at his most recent visit and he spared us 15 minutes of his time. He's a massive advocate of chiro work and chooses chiropractic to maintain his body that undergoes massive stress each time he's on court. Dr Bryan Thirsk is his main chiro and they've forged a great relationship over the years.

Whenever he can Jamie is suggesting others should try chiro, be it on the world tennis circuit or closer to home.

We hope you enjoy this short episode.

Travis is a super principled chiropractor who started his career studying philosophy and engineering. He tells his story of how he found chiropractic and how he evolved his path from one struggling clinic in Holland to now over 10 thriving practices. We deep dive into some chiropractic philosophy and he shares how he keeps his clinics principled while keeping the ethos a free and enjoyable place to work. But it's not about making money, it's about ensuring chiropractic is preserved for the next generation.

We round up the chat talking about the seminar he puts on each summer in Holland. Get your tickets here...

CHIRO TUG 2023 Den Hague Tickets, Sat, Jun 17, 2023 at 1:00 PM | Eventbrite
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/chiro-tug-2023-den-hague-tickets-554853189827

Thank you Melissa and the UCA crew for pushing me out of my comfort zone and encouraging me to give a 30 minute presentation at the October 2022 Chiropractic Essentials conference held in Birmingham. This is a recording of my 30 min slot with some pre and post comments about the talk.

My presentation covered 5 areas

Time: turning 50 and gaining perspective on time passing

Healing: My lumbar disc herniation recovery story

Immune system: My comments on the frustration I feel about how the globe losing faith in our immune systems. It was a perfect opportunity to do all we can to live a healthy lifestyle to boost our natural immunity, but instead we have just put all our faith in the covid vaccine and have been encouraged to carry on with poor health practices.

Professional relations: What can we as chiropractors do to work better together

Legacy: What is your legacy you are leaving behind?

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In this episode Craig Mclean hosts Dr Elle Cafra, our fab chiropractor in Marylebone, who joined us on the pod just before Christmas 2022. Elle is from Melbourne, Australia but she worked for 4 years in Craig's home town as a chiropractor so they have a bit to catch up on.

Differences in health care between the UK and Aus
Chiro life in a rural Australian town vs central London
They do the Ballarat quiz!
How do you pass the GCC test of competence
Differences in chiro practice as a male vs female
A section on chiro philosophy and pregnancy

We wanted to introduce the first year chiropractic students at London South Bank University to the founding principles of chiropractic philosophy. This is a recording of the chat we had with a small group of them in a cafe in Putney.

We covered the difference between chiro, osteo and physio. We introduce them to the concept of innate intelligence and healing, the vertebral subluxation complex and DD & BJ Palmer the founder and developer of chiropractic and we talk about the neurology of the chiropractic adjustment.

Jake Cooke, a chiropractor with a Masters in Musculoskeletal Neuroscience reminds me about the mechanics and neurology behind how a chiropractic adjustment works. Spoiler alert, this is how...
- resetting and stimulating mechanoreceptors
- resetting muscle spindles of intrinsic spinal muscles
- proprioceptor input centrally
- improvements to cerebellum function
- anti-inflammatory effects
- release of opioids

Then we talk about stress, the immune system and a theory around how chiropractor could help you live longer.

Kate literally had no idea I was about to record a conversation with her as we drove to the Lions of Chiropractic seminar together. I promised to not do any karaoke but half way through we were joined by Fleetwood Mac and ended the chat with some Boni Jovi.

Had loads of fun making this, enjoy!

Kate joined us 4 years ago and at her interview knew nothing about chiropractic, 4 years on she is head of our Tooting clinic, a champion of chiropractic and thriving as its manager. Listen in to her journey.

This episode is one for chiropractors and chiropractic assistants equally. Vismai agreed to allow us to record an in house training session for twenty members of our team held at Putney Chiropractic. Over the course of the 3 hour session we work through ways to better engage with our clients both as chiropractors and CAs. The better we care for our clients the more likely they are to adopt chiropractic care as part of their healthy living strategy.

Meet Alex Williams our sports rehab therapist from our Richmond clinic. He's been with us for over 5 years and provides a great service complementing our chiropractic care. Find out more about what is a sports rehabilitator, what's the difference between massage therapy, sports rehabilitation therapy and physiotherapy. Enjoy!

Mac and I sat on the bed at the end of a 7 day training camp in Mallorca. We discuss how you can improve your performance on a bike by measuring your efforts - firstly just with heart rate analysis, then with the aid of a powermeter. It starts as a novice guide and evolves into helping the more experienced bike athlete.

Mac has been a coach at TrainSharp for years and has helped me as my coach for numerous recent seasons.

Greg Sendell, I've known for years, but I never really understood the journey he was on attempting to conquer the UTMB, the 172 km (with 10,000 of altitude gain) non stop lap of Mt Blanc in Chamonix. He took the time to chat with me piecing together the mission it was to prepare his body and mind for such a massive event.

He covers training, preparation events, alternate exercise in the build up, how he became vegan in the process, how he uses the chiro to help keep him balanced, mental preparation and how he fits it in with family commitments.

Lovely to chat with @dr.amichiro two years after she was our first guest on @chirolondonpod Ami is a chiropractor who loves helping your whole family.

Since we first had her on, she has become an @instagram chiro star on the account she grew from scratch - mainly as a way of keeping in touch with her tribe during a pandemic.

Listen in for ideas for your own social media accounts. Secondly we walk through what happens when you see her as a patient at @putneychiropractic if you are pregnant, if it’s for your newborn or baby or for any member of your family.

We finish off the chat talking #pgp #pelvicgirdlepain - babies with flats heads or #plagiocephaly and co management with #physiotherapy

Don’t forget to sign up to her #webinar this week - details in her bio @dr.amichiro

Martine Beswick starred in both the 1963 Bond: From Russia With Love and the 1965 Bond: Thunderball. I'm happy to say she is still a Bond fan and she has quite some insight into life when the Bond franchise was hitting it's peak. Enjoy our chat, we cover Bond movies, her Hammer movies (she was a scream queen also) and how she has kept so healthy and well into her now 80s, although she lived the full on life through the 1960s.

We then change pace and discuss how she has kept so healthy into her 80s, what are her secrets to ageing gracefully?

Thanks Martine.

I first met Amin Momen of Momentum ski around 15 years ago, brought together by my love for skiing and his cool event the city ski championships. Amin moved his business to Putney only months before the lockdowns and travel bans started, it was a tough time for him and his business and he talks us through how he coped - diversifying, doing lockdown DJ sessions online on a Friday night, giving up half his new office space to create a really successful cafe in Putney, setting up local events, etc...

He also began a new podcast bringing his extensive list of celebrity contacts together to talk about their skiing and music passions.

We talk about how chiro has helped him over the years, how we provided chiro support for three City Ski racing events back in the day and how we should get back on it for his 2022 event in Switzerland.

We end things off with some travel tips for the future.

Find Momentum Travel here his Off Piste Podcast here

Thanks Amin.

Grow old. Get fast. Don't die.

In Phil's words, the Midlife Cyclist's author, these three things encapsulates exactly what the book is about. We are living as the first generation of human beings who have exercised heavily after the age of 40. The book looks into the effect of exercise on our heart, hormones and musculoskeletal system.

We evolve some ideas of how to stay healthy and injury free after the age of 40. This book contains some great do's and don'ts for the cyclist both those starting out after being exercise silent and plenty for the hard core lifetime cyclist.

We are joined by the books biggest fan, Guy Pearson of Pearson cycles fame. He is currently injured and having had the longest time off the bike he can ever remember, reading this book has helped him put many things into perspective.

For those that don't know me, Craig McLean, I'm not only a chiropractor but a nearly 50 year old amateur racing cyclist who's been riding with team 'Nuun Sigma Sports' for nearly a decade. Another midlife cyclist who still regularly competes with the upcoming future GB stars of cycling, both on the velodrome and road.

I hope you enjoy the chat recorded in Cyclefit HQ Covent Garden.

You can buy the book directly here https://shop.cyclefit.co.uk/collections/the-midlife-cyclist/products/the-midlife-cyclist

We had a chat to Tom MacKay in episode 56 about marathon preparation and what you have to do to aim for a sub 2:30 marathon time. 8 days ago he ran the London marathon and we hear how his race went. Did he manage to achieve his target, how did he perform on the day, what is next in the future. Enjoy

Thanks Tom for taking the time to share your thoughts and words about your journey with endurance and marathon running. Well done on the 1:10 London 'Big Half' half marathon and good luck with your quest of a sub 2:30 marathon at the delayed October London Marathon.

We cover running, training, pacing, preparation and kit (especially shoes). Tom's a regular on the chiro table - he shares his views on chiro and how it's helped him over the years. He also shares his views on yoga and stretching - as someone who is fairly inflexible he opens up to me about his frustrations with yoga and how he found his thing.

Finishing off with some insight into pro tennis from his summer job looking after the seeded tennis pro's at the Wimbledon Championships. Lastly a cool story about Bruce Springsteen. Enjoy.

Meet Wilf, 27 years old who's back pain it turned out was the result of Hodgkins lymphoma. A journey that took over a year to diagnose, including a visit to me at Putney Chiro. We walk through his journey including 12 weeks of intensive chemotherapy, hair falling out and concerns he may never make it through. I spoke to him in July 2021 and his chemo started January 2021. Thanks Wilf for sharing your story and congratulation on beating the darkness.

A great episode for chiropractors as we talk about all the red flags that eventually were there and a good reminder for us all, that sometimes it's not neuro or mechanical.

Also if you are not a chiro, this is simply an uplifting story of beating cancer.

Chiro London Insta account showing his PET CT scan before and after results as discussed

Profeet and Chiro London have had a 20 year relationship, back to when they opened in 2001. In this episode we meet Profeet's founder Shula who gives us some background into how and when she and her late husband Hamish started the business. Then I head over to the store in Fulham, SW London, UK and do an in-shop interview with Tom their lead running tech. We cover basic problems that can go wrong with the foot, knee and whole body biomechanics, what you can do about it at home and why a running analysis and/or a full 3D body biomechanics check up is a good idea. We hope you enjoy this podcast which is all about running, skiing and other sports. After this you will never buy an online trainer again.

Check out Profeet on www.profeet.co.uk

Listen in to experience whats it's like to dedicate yourself for over 30 years to become a master of Hapkido, a Korean martial art. Hapkido is a non competitive martial art focusing on throws, kicks and punches, pressure point techniques blended with meditation.

If that's not enough, she is also the founder of the Women's Sport Trust, a charity promoting elite women sport. Their strap line is "Making women's sport visible, viable and unstoppable."

She's been on our chiro tables for over a decade and she gives a fab description of how she feels chiropractic has helped her. She talks in terms of flow, when the flow is low chiro is the go! At the age of 50 she had a hip replacement and we follow that journey too, linked to her other sport - masters powerlifting.

She obtained a Masters of Strength and Conditioning with further study in Sports Psychology. Thanks Tammy.

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Mitch, as he is known, is a rugby stalwart, having played 130+ first division games for Waikato NZ, when it was a semi pro environment, he coached the All Blacks in 2001-3, coached in South Africa and USA and now is the assistance coach for England alongside Eddie Jones.

He's a lovely bloke who was kind enough to share his thoughts on performance, recovery and chiropractic, while we sipped coffee on Putney Embankment (hence some background noise for authenticity).

Matt is Head of Physical Therapy with EF Pro Cycling team & travels with them to races all over the world including the Tour de France. He's been to 13 Tours de France, he's been with Slipstream and Jonathan Vaughters for 13 years, through all its variations, Garmin, Cervelo, Cannondale and now EF. He describes a typical day at the TdF and how the riders interact with him the team chiropractor. It wasn't as I imagined and it's a pretty busy life he leads on the road. We also talk pre season camps, bike fitting, nutrition and even whoop data they use to measure recovery and sleep.

He additionally currently works as Chiropractor to a couple of football teams in the English Premier League as well as the Wales National team.

Hope you enjoy this chat with the most humble Dr Matt Rabin.

Welcome back to episode 50! Dr Guy Riekeman, we catch up with him from Detroit, Michigan although I thought he was going to be in Puerto Rico his second home, long story. Guy studied chiropractic at Palmer College in the 1970's, ran a chiropractic research and coaching company helping 7000 chiropractors worldwide. He then paused for 4 years on the beach and was a bum in California, before stepping back in the game to become the chancellor of Palmer College and later the chancellor of Life University Chiropractic schools.

Guy shares some great stories about his life and when compared to a movie, his film is winding its way towards a grand finale. We look at what pivot points in his life made the biggest impacts to the legacy will leave behind.

You've never seen a fitter looking 70 year old, so he's not checking out yet and his current day job is developing a health tracking app for chiropractors called My Lifestyle IQ and an online/virtual chiropractic degree. Thanks for the chat Guy.

Listen in if you are a (current or new) chiropractic patient who is wondering if a spinal x-ray would be appropriate for you. Meet Dr Sarah Burnett, musculoskeletal radiologist who we have worked with since 2009. Find her on twitter @radiodrsarah

We cover the risks vs the benefits of having an x-ray. Chiropractors have a listen, especially later in the episode as we discuss the GCC and what is needed to justify taking an x-ray. Spoiler alert, if you have any clinical concerns that may affect the delivery of your chiropractic treatment you are better to know what's hiding beneath.

We also cover MRI scans towards the end, what is it, who should have one and where can you get it done. Chiropractors we also discuss what to look out for regarding quality of the MRI image, different machines and different radiographers can give drastically different image qualities. Thanks Dr Sarah.

Jason Flemyng, actor, podcaster, philanthropist - takes some time to chat with us. He has quite a few tales to tell about his acting career, we start with the movies Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, we then hear about his fellow actors Statham, Brad Pitt and Sean Connery (does a great Connery impersonation). We then roll into some stories from the cocaine days and swiftly move onto how he now hosts a Podcast called 'More Than My Past' where he talks to ex-addicts or ex-cons who have recovered from a life of drug use or crime. We then get his tips on how to give back to your local community, he is forever helping other at soup kitchens, refugee camps or Brixton Prison. We end with details of why he loves a trip to the chiropractor and how his kids have seen some cool changes with a visit to his osteopath. Enjoy.

If you are wondering what is involved when visiting any of our clinics for the first time, listen in to our co-founders Craig McLean and Luke Brady as they take you on the journey from the moment you pick up the phone and book in to when you start care and beyond. We explain what happens on the first visit, will you get treatment on visit one, what examinations are done, do you need X-rays and how do we put together a plan to help you achieve your goals. We hope this helps reassure you that we can be trusted with the care of your spine and we will be there for you either in the short term for pain relief or long term maintenance and care of your spine. Thanks for listening.

Conor Ward, is known as 'the health elevator' and we jump on for a ride to the top floor, while discussing goal setting, what is a legacy goal, what did we learn from the Chiro London coaching program delivered in Jan 2021 to 15 of our chiropractors. General comments about why we as humans need coaching, why patients need health education. Great to hear how well his Lions of Chiropractic program is going and finally some words of hope and wisdom for 2021.

Thanks for taking the time Catherine and Tim, we start by covering how to build yourself a busy chiropractic clinic starting from a locker room at the local football club. Tim and Catherine now work together at Cleve Chiro near Bristol, but are both sports chiro mad, Catherine with QPR football club and Tim Bristol Rovers including some olympic international sport work too. Then we change pace and move to how they got involved in the BCA (British Chiropractic Association) and how they managed to navigate the global pandemic. What lessons did they learn and how can we as a profession work better together. All while drinking Ground Coffee Society Coffee. Enjoy.

Ryan was in South Australia, I was in London and we connected to talk about the ASRF (Australian Spinal Research Foundation) and the book they released last year 'the case for chiropractic'. We cover what is the ASRF, how can we in the UK support them, what research do they do and what is the vision of the ASRF in the future. Then we get stuck into the book and discuss numerous articles providing evidence for chiropractic. Not just supporting neck and back pain but some evidence supporting some really cool functional, neurological and health changes. Enjoy

Time for the golf podcast. About time we joined forces with a golf pro and gave you the full golf episode where we discuss - golf technology, golf tips to lower your score, body/biomechanics issues that prevent a optimal swing, what is myTPI (Titleist Performance Institute.), a couple of exercises you can do to help, we dissect all 5 of Tiger Wood's back operations and give some insight into why he needed them. Enjoy the golf episode.

Hoppers, I've know for over a decade and he graciously spared some time to speak with us on the pod. He won the 1993 rugby 7s world cup with England but an injury cut his career short. He found himself heart broken and without any support. So he set about the journey of founding the Rugby Players Association (RPA) to give back to the game and support all players who retire early or otherwise. He's a chiro, health and fitness advocate and shares his own personal strategy for health and wellbeing. Thanks Damian.

Mike is a South African doc who studied chiropractic in SA. He's been in the UK for 6 years and he shares insight into his journey as a chiro so far. He's practicing with us in the Chiro London Fulham clinic. He gets into definitions of chiropractic, how he's studying functional medicine and nutrition, we discuss ways to keep the host (you) and your immune system strong during a global pandemic, and he shares his story as one half of the Lions of Chiropractic seminar group.

One for the chiropractors amongst us, Russ Rosen has been coaching chiropractors for many years and has a big reputation as a super effective coach especially helping you with patient communication. We pull apart different ways to communicate with others, so they think for themselves and make decisions based on total health, not just fear of pain. A great podcast for the new year - something to digest to help you with your 2021 goals. Enjoy chiropractors!

Vismai and Craig went to school together, Chiro college together and parents still live 1km from each other. Their paths have crossed many times over their lives especially with Craig in London and when Vismai was in Holland. Vismai is now in Singapore and commutes from Bali. His teenage kids kids run a social enterprising fashion brand called Nalu.

Vismai shares his many life experiences but especially the time when he was in a coma for 10 days after getting super ill while in West Africa.

If you are a chiropractor listen in to half way when he shares his unique perspective on engaging with his clinic tribe.

Craig McLean here again. What is integrative psychotherapy and towards the end, where do you find a reputable one? Shula tells us her story of how she changed vocations and became a counsellor after her husband and mate of mine, Hamish lost his battle with mental health. We discuss how emotional problems can manifest as physical symptoms, useful chat for chiropractors! She outlines, about 2/3 of the way though an excellent technique for helping us reprogram any negative mental health patterns. We also discuss the use of social media with regards mental health but the best bit is our reference to Star Wars and the Jedi knights temptation to the dark side. Thanks Shula.

Thanks Ashton for a great chat. Another episode helping our local community of small businesses survive the lockdown period by promoting what they do. As the name suggests Evolve 365 gym has evolved during this period offering great remote workout program and it's even strengthened their community. We talk exercise, fitness, body image, nutrition, chiropractic, influencers, transformation (before and after pics) and general banter. Cheers

Whoop - the wearable fitness/health tracking device worn on the wrist and claims, by them, to unlock your greatest human potential. We explain what is heart rate variability, in layman's terms and we pull apart the devices and its pretty slick app interface which gives you an in-depth understanding of your sleep, recovery and strain. We tackle this through the eyes of three different sports and athletes. Tommy is full on into crossfit and gets mega annoyed when a 45 min normal human breaking workout doesn't even beat a walk for 45 mi in terms of strain. Luke looks at it as a runner, when running is the quickest way to get high strain on the CV system. Lastly I look at it as a cyclist - cycling is the second easiest way to create strain. Anyway enjoy!

Lisa and I met through an mutual client, but it turns out we've been serving the same part of London for over a decade together and it's a big surprise that we've never met. In this new virtual world it actually worked well, us meeting for the first time over Zoom and me recording it and transforming into the Pod. Enjoy listening to Lisa as she delves into Pilates, why its good for us all, but not everyone lasts the distance, why she thinks chiro and Pilates wrks well together and whats the difference in Pilates offered by Physios and studios. She offers online classes, continues to work with her students for the BASI pilates training courses and generally run a great business that is expanding next year. Go check her out at ThePilatesClinic.com I'm continuing to try and pay it forward with this pod and help promote those who are unable to open at this time. Enjoy.

Ian Whittingham co-founder of Sigma Sports - we talk bike business, bike racing and backs. What a story to go from doing bike mail orders in your bedroom to 29 years later being a massive online retailer and he talks us through the whole journey. We then cover bike racing, his IG Sigma team followed by Nuun Sigma Sports team and brief explanation of how Wiggo ended up on a Sigma Sports bike in the early days. Finally he was kind enough to declare chiro as a great tool for keeping his back healthy, esp as he doesn't get to cycle as much as he'd like. Enjoy.

This pod is in 3 parts - the first of its kind - the TRIpod. Crackers thanks for joining the show, great to have some time to chat. We cover pro rugby, England 7s, early retirement and how we met through total body chiropractic reconstruction. Then the Rio Olympics Fiji story and ending on lessons learned and how we can apply to any business. Part 1: I rode out to Windsor, we sat outside in 3 degrees chill, out front of Windsor Castle to record the pod. Part 2: it was so cold we moved location to Windsor beach, Part 3: I failed to record so we relived the gold over zoom that night. The life of a pro podcaster - nailed it!

Zara is a third generation chiropractor and she shares her story with us here on the Chiro London podcast. This was recorded live on Instagram. We follow the path from her mum inspiring her to become a chiro from a very young age. Her study at @mctimoneycollege and running her own practice in Henley. She joined us in Tooting in September 2020 and has felt at home from the off. Some great health and book reading advice towards the end. Thanks Zara.

I cycle down to Cranleigh in the Surrey Hills and record this pod onsite at the fittingroom.cc Adam Wolley is a super experienced bike fitter and we talk all about knee, back, neck and foot pain. When should you get a fit - before buying a bike or after? The classic fit vs function discussion - what can be done to help your body improve its position with exercise and chiropractic.

This one is all about the 2020/21 ski season - what is that looking like with Covid, ski technique, biomechanics, equipment and hangover cures. Warren and Craig met back in 2002/3 and through a shared passion for skiing they have evolved some cool ideas around ski biomechanics, neurology and body performance. Warren is a ski coach and still on the @voelklskis performance team, Craig the chiropractor who helped Warren understand why biomechanics are so important. They also cover strategies for surviving late night apres ski sessions and still ski well the next day. A full review of what the 2020/21 ski season looks like with the quarantine challenges. Thanks Wazza. #ski #winter #skibiomechanics #skiinjury #chiropractic #chiropractor

Harry Rowland from H Space Movement has been with Chiro London as a client for over a decade, starting when he was a semi-pro rugby player at London Irish and Rosslyn park. We track his injuries as a player and how these injuries lead him to want to learn more about injury management and rehab. So he started as a PT then Pilates instructor and now a functional movement coach. So what is a functional movement coach? Well I ask him and he shares his journey and the philosophy behind functional movement. This pod ends with the 90/90 hip move as Harrys favourite exercise to give people. Great if you are WFH. Thanks all.

Dayna started as a Chiropractic Assistant in Putney, London when she was 19 yo. After 6 months she had a 'career epiphany' and decided being a chiropractor was on her bucket list. Fast forward 5 years and she is now in 4th year chiropractic at MacQuarie University in Sydney Australia. It's a great listen for anyone considering chiropractic either in the UK or abroad.

Our first chiro advocate edition. Imagine graduating as a nurse 1 month before Covid-19 hits and your hospital ward is turned into a ICU for Covid patients. 12 hours a day in PPE - you can't take a drink as there is no means to pee through all the PPE, and it's HOT you sweat so much you are dripping. Luke takes us through his journey. The reason we have the chat is for the last 2 years he's been a regular at Putney Chiro and even with a few health challenges his one stable for the last few years has been chiro care. Enjoy.....

Luke Meessman, owner/operator of Absolute Studios in Fulham and I talk pilates. Is chiro and pilates a good match, whats the difference between yoga and pilates, matt classes (remotely) vs the reformer, pilates and physiotherapy? We finish up with 2 exercise to try, 1. for neck pain and posture challenges, 2. for low back pain. Hope you enjoy.

I was joined by Luke Brady today (my Chiro London co-founder) and we had a very relaxed yet insightful chat with Stu. He was in Puerto Rico, I was in London, Luke was in Edinburgh - it's the Covid way! We covered so many parts of the big picture story of what it takes to run 80 clinics and be aiming for 1000. We touch on team work, management, mentors, engagement of your team, his vision for the future and so much more. Enjoy.

Craig McLean here again and this week I've been chatting with Paul McCrossin the president of the UCA and we specifically pull apart the last 6 months and how Paul led the UCA members through the global pandemic. Back in the 1990s Paul and I studied together back in Melbourne, RMIT. It was a very in-depth chat about what decisions were made and why. Thanks Paul for taking the time and for showing strong leadership through this time. Listen if you want all the detail of what happened and what the current state of play is regarding using PPE and track and trace. I also ask what does chiropractic in the future look like? We finish up sharing some ski stories from back in the day.

Chiropractors in cars getting coffee.... maybe the new name for the podcast (thanks Jerry Seinfeld). We joined Bloomy for his morning drive to his second Happy Chiropractic practice in the outer suburbs of Melbourne. Michael and I studied together back in Melbourne, graduating 25 years ago. We've both learned loads in that time and we end up talking about how to truly care for patients and why its important. Plenty of banter in between.

Sam was kind enough to dedicate an hour from his busy schedule to share some stories of how he and his 6 parters in crime have grown to 73 locations since 2006. They are in six states in the US, have 107 chiropractors and also have 9 offerings in Illinois medical facilities. Luke and I travelled to Chicago in Sept 2019 and were hosted by the gang, it was great to see it first hand and great to get some of the story down on the pod. Enjoy....

Craig McLean and Luke Brady, our founders speak and review the last 20 episodes. Theres been 13 of our team chiropractors on, and 7 bonus episodes ranging from yoga gurus, to bikes, to marketing and accountancy. We chat about what we've learned and the common thread we found through our great chiro team. I was in Cornwall, Luke was in Scotland. Half way through we talk about what direction we think we should take the pod now we've met the whole team. Drop a comment on our insta page if you have an idea.

Mike Hutchinson and I met 20 years ago when he helped me devise a plan to purchase Putney Chiropractic. Ever since he's been a financial mentor and sounding board for me and the whole Chiro London management team. We record this on the back of a boat on Falmouth Harbour and talk of what we have both learned over 20 years, what he has discovered from both the chiro and dental professions and rounds it off with a great chat about what is success. One for chiros, but really anyone in business.

Simon and Neil Finemore, brothers & both chiropractors we talk about their Chiro journeys and how Simon decided a couple of years back that setting up a 300L Gin still in his garden shed was a great idea. Turns out having an endless supply of Monterey Gin in your garden was a great idea to help you get through lockdown. Enjoy.

While in Cornwall, Craig Mclean sat down with Tommy Tonkins. He is our in house, but freelance marketing guru and he shares the secret to marketing a chiropractic business successfully. Plenty of useful info for all businesses, but especially chiropractors.

Edwina led the way for female chiropractors at Putney Chiro being the first female doc to grace the practice and we talk of the many that followed afterwards. A great chat of the time spent in London and now she's started her own practice on the Gold Coast, Australia.

Gopal has been a chiropractor for 12 years and shares some insight into his career so far, his sister is a chiro, he studied here in the UK at AECC college and originally from Kingston in SW London he's returned close to home to practice with us in Kew.

Great to meet Akshar who is 2 weeks old and hear about how Khushboo prepared herself mentally and physically for the arrival of her first child. She has a unique perspective as a chiropractor with special training in pregnancy and paediatrics, but nothing can prepare you for the actual process itself. But listen on for some of the lessons she learned. Thanks Khushboo.

Brad Taylor, a top bloke from Sth Africa, who studied Chiropractic in the UK at the AECC college in Bournemouth. He's been working in Kew/Richmond Chiro London clinic for a while and he's slotted right into the community. He has some cool things to say about health and how chiropractic works. He completed his first 1/2 ironman triathlon this year and loves it. Enjoy.

So good to have a chat as the sun rose over Manly beach, we talk Aus vs UK Covid response, Chiropractic, pro surfing, swimming, and general banter about life.

Sammy Kale, daughter of Dr Mel Kale, chiropractor in Melbourne, Australia has been with Chiro London for over two years and she shares some insight into her journey as a chiropractor so far. Don't forget to stay till the end to hear the 'Sammy Kale Quiz'.

Katie Chimes is a chiropractor in Marylebone and from a very young age she got hooked on training in the gym. This lead to a fascination with the human body especially the musculoskeletal system. So after a brief time in the fitness industry she started her career as a chiropractor. She dips in and out of competitive bodybuilding while working hard as a chiro helping us all perform at out best.

We get into his Aussie rules football career leading into Chiro college in Sydney followed by his move to London. He ran his own clinic for a decade and now is with the CL team. Love the touch onto Chiro history talking BJ Palmer. Enjoy.

Random feature on the Chiro London Pod, intended for the cycling nerd. Craig (CL founder) and Adam did a 300km lap of London for Duchenne's UK. They agonise over every detail of the ride from planning, weather, kit, clothing, bikes, tyres, wheels and all the equipment - then onto nutrition and even old British movie references. Listening threatens either risk of ultimate boredom or planning your own epic cycling adventure.

Erana talks about her training at NZCC in Auckland, her love for the East End of London, Chiro life explained in simple terms, travel and all things gluten.

George is a lovely bloke, he comes for a long line of medical professionals in his family and you'll find him in Putney clinic.

Thanks Paul for taking the time to share information about your 38 year career as a chiropractor, graduating in July 1982 and been serving the Richmond/Kew community ever since. Kew chiropractic first opened at its current site in 1965 (yes 55 years ago) with Barry King in charge, followed by Chris Hadley in 1976, then our own Paul Danford in 1986. Thanks again for taking the time Paul and hope you enjoy the listen.

Great chatting with Jason about his journey from tennis pro to yogi, the development of THOY and a discussion around yoga and chiro - do they work well together or not??

The one you've all been waiting for - Grant Munro

Michael, yes he's Italian, he came to the Uk over 10 years ago and has been with the Chiro London family for the last 5 years. Learn about his interests in health, music, gymnastics, animals (yes he's an animal chiropractor too) and his unique perspective on caring. Thanks Michael.

Dr Ami-Bree Said is a chiropractor who is from Sydney, Australia and we recorded this podcast on her 5th anniversary of arriving in the UK. Learn about her passion to help you when pregnancy and to help your family to be as healthy as possible. Enjoy.

Craig and Luke, discuss the origins of Chiro London, run and bike life (they are both running and cycling nerds), touching on what is a chiro and how does it work, the why they both became chiropractors, how they came from the same town in Australia and more.....