Your first visit
$85 for fifty minutes. Examination, explanation, treatment if it is appropriate, and a written plan with a number of visits on it. Nobody will ask you to sign up to anything.
The fifty minutes, broken down
History, properly taken
What you were doing when it started, what makes it worse, how you sleep, what you have already tried. Most of the diagnosis is in here.
Physical examination
Movement testing, joint assessment, orthopaedic tests and neurological screening where the symptoms warrant it. Baseline measurements are written down so visit four has something to compare against.
What we think it is
Explained in plain language, including what we are not sure about. If it is not a chiropractic case you find out here, and the visit ends with a referral.
Treatment, if appropriate
Manual therapy, mobilisation, soft tissue work or adjustment — with the technique explained before it happens and an alternative offered if you would rather.
The written plan
Expected number of visits, what improvement should look like, what you do at home, and the date of your four-visit review. You leave with a copy.
On risk, honestly
Spinal manipulation carries a small risk. The common one is soreness for a day or two after treatment, which happens to roughly a third of people and settles on its own. Serious complications are rare but they are not zero, and the evidence on neck manipulation in particular is debated within the profession.
You will be told what technique is planned and why, and mobilisation or soft tissue work is always available instead of a high-velocity adjustment if you would prefer it. Saying no to a technique does not change your fee or your plan.
This practice’s numbers
Length of the first appointment
History, examination and treatment in one visit — you are not booked back for a second appointment just to get started.
Visit at which your plan is reviewed
Compared in writing against where you started, with a copy for you to keep.
Patients who get some soreness for a day
The most common thing people notice after treatment. It settles on its own.
First visit fee
Fifty minutes, examination included. $65 for every visit after that.
These are facts about how this practice runs an appointment, not a promise about how your own case will go. Ask at reception if you would like more detail.
New patients usually seen within two days
No referral needed. Ring between 7am and 6pm and whoever is on the desk will find you a slot.