Nimbus Clinics

Massage therapy focuses on the musculoskeletal system while chiropractic deals with the nervous system. To put it another way, chiropractic addresses the hard tissues, like the spine and various joints, while massage therapy focuses on the soft tissues.

When you get both of these services together, you can cover the entire system.

If these disciplines are so closely related, does it really make that much of a difference?

The short answer is that it absolutely does.

We can use massage techniques to relax the body between adjustments. Gradually loosening up some of those tight muscles can often complement your chiropractic adjustments.

Soon, you’ll start to feel some of your everyday stresses begin to melt away as your blood flow begins to increase. When your muscles are nice and relaxed, it can increase the comfort of your adjustments and aid with your sleep.

It’s one thing to receive a massage just to help you relax, but at Nimbus Clinics, we provide massage therapy with the express intent of helping you reach your peak of health and reduce some of the soreness and tenderness you may be feeling.

We work to relax your muscles and increase your blood flow, so our chiropractic solutions can be more effective.

At Nimbus Clinics we use principles of sport and exercise science and physiology to help with injury prevention and rehabilitation, to get you back to optimal functional, occupational or sport specific fitness.

Sports massage therapy is about more than treating pain, though. It can also help to promote flexibility and decrease stress, which can help you improve your game so you can play more confidently.

Even if you don’t experience a debilitating injury, you can take advantage of our massage therapy techniques to wind down, relax your muscles, and make sure you’re ready for the next big game.

Nutrition is also an important part of this process. Your body is a connected organism, which means that the right dietary plan can also contribute to injury recovery and overall health and well-being.

Of course, sometimes injuries happen despite all our best efforts. In these cases, our sports therapists offer rehabilitation programmes can help you start on the path to competing again.

If you’ve overdone it with your physical activity lately or have been spending long periods of time inactive, then a sports massage could be the ideal solution.

A highly effective treatment for dealing with muscular problems caused from physical activity, repetitive actions, stress, inactivity and poor posture, sports massages involve a range of techniques designed to achieve a specific outcome, such as reducing aches and pains.

While their name may suggest they’re only for sportspeople, that’s not strictly true. Whether you’re planning on recovering in time for an upcoming marathon, have been spending more time inactive at home lately, or are keen to relieve your muscular pain after sleeping awkwardly, a sports massage is designed to speed up your recovery, reducing any muscular tension you’ve built up recently.

Here are a few benefits you may experience:

Improved range of motion of joints,
reduced neurological excitability,
improved mental health,
reduced likelihood of injury,
improved flexibility,
reduced recovery time,
improved sleep,
reduced number of muscle spasms,
improved blood flow and
reduced muscle tension.

Nimbus Clinics provides specialised therapies for people who are experiencing pain or stiffness caused by sports participation. Whether you require a sports massage before an event to help you relax and get loose, or a therapeutic treatment to reduce soreness after a game, we can help.

The sports-related issues we help with focus on specific areas of your body, so you can continue to play to your strengths and give it your best efforts. Get those tight muscles worked on, make sure your shoulders are flexible and strong, and start to manage the discomfort you may be feeling.

Rehabilitation is an important part of the healing process and at Nimbus Clinics our goal is to help you re-establish your flexibility, mobility and core strength so you can optimise your recovery.

Chiropractic adjustments are the start, but when they’re combined with the right rehabilitation plan, we can be even more effective. It comes down to the right movements and the right intensity, to build an effective recovery process.

Many people experience muscle imbalances related to strenuous activity or a long-term lack of activity. In some other cases, muscles become over-activated and may shorten or lose endurance. Whatever the cause, rehabilitation is a critical part of the healing process.

Many of these problems require strengthening or retraining of muscles to fully overcome the problem.

In these cases, we may recommend a rehabilitation programme. Whether your problem stems from certain injuries or years of poor posture or work habits, we can develop a programme for you.

Recovery is all about taking a complete approach to your health and wellness. We may begin with chiropractic or sports therapy and then start adding some rehabilitative exercises. From there, we may look into ways to improve joint mobility and flexibility, or if strengthening your core will help avoid pain or relapse in the future we'll help you work on that too.

Everyone is different and we can work with you to create a rehabilitation programme for your specific needs.

Rehabilitation is not something that is going to happen overnight. It’s not supposed to.

It is supposed to take your body from one state to another and provide lasting results.

It’s critically important to stick to your plan to minimise the risk of relapse. We want to optimise your recovery and many of our clients often do so well with this process that they then choose to build on the foundations they've created with a strength & conditioning programme to help support their healthy lifestyle.

At Nimbus Clinics, we can develop strength and conditioning programmes specifically for you.
This is an important part of our process because as you build your strength our other chiropractic services can speed up your recovery.

This, in turn, increases your ability to achieve better results.

Any athlete – especially those who do a lot of weight training – are going to put a lot of stress on their bodies. The type of strength & conditioning programmes we develop for you are designed to optimise your performance, maximise your strength gains and reduce the risk of injury.

Proper strength and conditioning can help you prepare for the types of physical stresses that we face every day. Whether you’re looking for pre-season conditioning or help with post-season recovery, we can help you prepare your body for a variety of activities.

Core strengthening can help stabilise and build the musculature that is used for a wide range of movements. As you continue to build your core, you can become more confident in your movement and you may begin to notice increases in your strength and control.

It all starts with your core. This is the foundation on which we can build a lot of power.

Conditioning isn’t just about targeting certain muscles in the body. It’s about a complete approach to health and strength.

At Nimbus Clinics we also make nutritional recommendations to assist with maintaining a healthy weight that will support your lifestyle. Proper nutrition can also affect your recovery time, we advise on this so you can recharge between sessions and get ready to get back out there and give it your all.

At Nimbus Clinics, we take a complete approach to your health, which means the right nutrition plan is just as important as any other element of our practice.

Our chiropractic services are built on the idea that your body can do a lot to maintain its own health, as long as your nervous system and everything else is functioning at it’s best.

We can help you maintain that kind of functionality through chiropractic, effective exercise programmes and a custom nutrition plan. This way we can do more than just focus on a single problem area. We can help you build and strengthen your overall health.

We approach your health from two different angles.

The first is chiropractic adjustments that work on your muscles, joints, tendons and bones. These are all the things that are controlled by the nervous system.

The second is with good nutrition, which addresses the functions of many other organs that are controlled by the nervous system.

By making good nutritional choices, you can get things heading in the right direction. Our nutritional consultations may include how to make healthier food choices or implementing a regimen around an anti-inflammatory diet.

Everyone has different nutritional needs and we will work closely with you to tailor a programme that helps you get the results you want.

Gait analysis is where a skilled and experienced clinician assesses and evaluates body movements, biomechanics and the activity of muscles during an individual’s normal manner of walking or running.

In our experience there’s a lot you can learn and understand about how and why someone moves in the way they do. What we can’t see however, is how force is transmitted through different parts of the joints and tissues in the feet through the ground.

To enhance our clinician’s gait analysis experience, we use a specialist foot scanner to gather more data about how and why more force goes into different areas of your feet and what the biomechanical implications may be for this from a short or long term perspective.

Using this with elements of sports biomechanics helps us to understand the more intricate details of what we can do to help everyday people or athletes alike to walk or run more efficiently and to identify posture related or movement related problems in people with or without injuries.

We use the information we gather to assist you with optimising the way you walk and/or run or to suggest if a particular type of shoe or insole might help to provide more support.

Orthotics use arch supports to help align or support different movable parts of the foot and ankle. They are shoe inserts that are used to improve foot function and irregular or abnormal walking patterns.

Many different situations may call for orthotics. We most often recommend them for:

Arch pain,
heel pain,
flat feet (that are causing foot pain or issues in the ankles, legs, knees, hips or lower back) and
overpronation (feet rolling in too much).

Of course, this is just a small list. There may be any number of issues that call for orthotics. Be sure to talk to us about it to learn more about your options.

The goal of orthotic devices is to change the pressure on certain points of the feet in order to relieve painful symptoms. These devices can:

Help align and support the feet or ankles,
improve some of the function of the foot or ankle and
help accommodate various foot deformities.

It’s also possible to use them to help to make your shoes more comfortable.

Orthotics can address a wide range of issues, but just like everything else, it requires a complete approach in order to see the best results.

At Nimbus Clinics, we don’t just fit you with an insole and send you on your way. We assess the biomechanical function of your feet, take a scan of each foot and create a bespoke, high quality 3D printed custom orthotic for you that fits like a glove. We can combine this with rehabilitation programmes or massage therapy to help you feel even better.