Shaw Chiropractic Clinic

01/01/2026

29/12/2025

At Shaw Chiropractic Clinic, we don’t guess — we analyse your system.

We assess your nervous system by checking specific reflex points and your spine, helping us understand how your body is adapting and where stress may be limiting healing. At times, we may recommend blood tests or further diagnostic investigations to ensure we have a clear and complete picture.

This approach isn’t new. During B.J. Palmer’s research clinic, it was common practice for patients to have their blood, urine, and spine X-rayed to track progress and identify any pathology that could limit healing potential.

Our goal is simple: remove interference, support your nervous system, and allow your body to do what it does best — heal and adapt.

25/12/2025

🎄Wishing all our patients, past and present, a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year🎄

22/12/2025

A reminder of our Christmas opening hours - we look forward to seeing you all again in the New Year. Have a wonderful time over the festive period 🎄🎁

19/12/2025

Did you know that chiropractic has been measuring spinal changes for over 100 years?

This photo shows the Conturographometer, a diagnostic machine developed in B.J. Palmer’s Research Laboratory. It was designed to map the shape and curves of the spine—both front-to-back and side-to-side.

As the instrument gently followed the spine, it created a visual record on graph paper. By repeating this regularly, chiropractors could track changes in spinal alignment over time and measure improvement week by week.

Even today, the principle remains the same:
✔️ Assess
✔️ Record
✔️ Re-check
✔️ Measure progress

At Shaw Chiropractic Clinic, we continue this tradition of thoughtful assessment and monitoring, always focused on how your nervous system and spine are adapting over time.

📍 Chiropractic care at Shaw Chiropractic Clinic: rooted in history, guided by progress.

13/12/2025

In Sacro-Occipital Technique (SOT), pelvic blocks are carefully placed wedges that guide the body into a position where it can naturally correct itself. Instead of forcing movement, the blocks use gravity and your own breathing to gently balance the pelvis, relax tense muscles, and reduce strain on the nervous system.

By restoring proper motion through the spine and pelvis, SOT helps improve the flow of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)—the vital fluid that nourishes and protects your brain and spinal cord. When CSF flows more freely, the body shifts out of stress, muscles unwind, and the nervous system can function at its best.

A simple setup. A powerful effect. A balanced body from the inside out.

08/12/2025

Created in the 1920s by Dr. M.B. De Jarnette—an engineer turned chiropractor—SOT was built on a mix of scientific testing and a holistic chiropractic philosophy. Instead of relying on the early development of X-rays, De Jarnette developed a unique way of assessing the body through posture, reflexes and muscle testing to find where the nervous system needed support.

At Shaw Chiropractic Clinic, Max and Callum specialise in this advanced, less-common technique. With their post-graduate training, they’ve found SOT to be one of the most effective and comfortable approaches for patients—helping friends, family, and now the community of Wiltshire experience incredible better health through natural means.

05/12/2025

⏳ Healing Takes Time — And Coordination ⏳

Your body is constantly repairing, regenerating, and rebuilding — but this only happens when your nervous system can properly coordinate every cell involved. For true healing to occur, your spine must be balanced so those vital messages can flow freely.

When the spinal column is out of balance, that coordination is interrupted. Cells don’t get the right signals at the right time… and dysfunction follows.

Think of it like rowing a gig boat 🛶:
When every rower is in time, coordinated, and the boat is balanced, you glide effortlessly and travel further with less energy. But if one side is out of sync, the whole boat struggles — progress slows, and everything feels harder than it should.

At Shaw Chiropractic Clinic, we help your body get back in rhythm, so it can do what it’s designed to do: thrive.

01/12/2025

🌟 Why We’re Always Checking the Top of Your Skull! 🌟

At Shaw Chiropractic Clinic, you’ll often see our chiropractors gently assessing the very top of your skull — specifically the occipital fibres. But why?

Any distortion or imbalance in your spine creates a reflexive pull on the muscles that attach at the top of the skull. These subtle tensions act like “warning signals,” helping us understand what’s happening further down the spine.

In SOT (Sacro-Occipital Technique), we use these indicators to ensure your spine is clear, aligned, and functioning at its best. The occipital fibres give us powerful insight into how your nervous system is adapting.

If you’ve noticed us checking this area during your visit, now you know — it’s one of the most important windows into your overall spinal health!

28/11/2025

🚗😅 Callum’s Big Motor-Pattern Challenge!

Here’s a snap of Callum bravely taking the wheel… on the left-hand side of the car, not the right!
(Yes, we all made it back in one piece — promise! 😂)

Trying something new like this is more than just a laugh — it’s a perfect example of how new challenges fire up the brain. When we step outside our usual habits, we create fresh motor patterns, stimulate new neural connections, and keep our nervous system adaptable and sharp.

At Shaw Chiropractic Clinic, we love helping your brain and body communicate clearly so you can keep learning, moving, and taking on whatever life throws at you — even left-hand driving!

24/11/2025

Your nervous system is like the electrical wiring of your body — it controls everything. When that wiring isn’t functioning at its best, signals can get scrambled, slowed, or blocked… and that’s when aches, tension, low energy, and other “mysterious” issues can show up.

At Shaw Chiropractic Clinic, we focus on restoring clear, balanced communication in your nervous system so your body can work the way it was designed to. When the wiring is working, you work better too.