Assessment-led spinal & joint care
Coral Grain is a small chiropractic clinic built around one idea: nobody should be adjusted before they have been properly examined. Every course of care starts with a full assessment and a plan you can read.
Mon–Fri from early morning, with late clinics on Tuesday and Thursday.
Sixty minutes: history, movement screen, hands-on examination and a written plan.
You can book directly. We write to your GP only if you ask us to.
What we treat
If your problem is not on the list, it is still worth asking. The assessment will tell us whether chiropractic care is the right route or whether you would be better served elsewhere.
Aching that builds through the day, pain on standing from a chair, or a back that locks after a long drive. We look at hip mobility and loading habits as well as the spine itself.
Acute · Recurrent · Desk-related
Restricted rotation, tension across the shoulders, clicking or tightness in the jaw. Often tied to breathing pattern, screen height and sleep position rather than any single injury.
Postural · Tension · Screen work
Head pain that starts at the base of the skull and spreads forward, usually worse late in the day. We assess the upper cervical joints and the muscles that refer pain into the head.
Cervicogenic · Tension-type
Reaching overhead, sleeping on one side, or pain and tingling that travels below the elbow. Shoulder work is paired with rib and thoracic mobility, which is where much of the movement comes from.
Overhead load · Referred pain
Pain that appears with running, walking distance or stairs. We watch you move before we touch anything, because a knee complaint frequently begins at the hip or the foot.
Running · Walking · Return to sport
Care adapted for each trimester, using side-lying positions and a cushioned table. Techniques are low-force and we work alongside your midwife where that is helpful.
All trimesters · Low-force · Postnatal
Care pathway
Care is not open-ended. We agree a review point at the start, and at that review we either continue, change the approach, or finish.
A full history, a movement screen, orthopaedic and neurological testing, and hands-on examination of the joints involved. You leave with a working explanation, not a diagnosis you cannot pronounce.
The early appointments focus on reducing pain and restoring the movement you have lost — joint work, soft tissue technique, and two or three exercises you can actually fit into your week.
Once symptoms settle, the work shifts to loading the area so it tolerates your normal life again — lifting, sitting, training or carrying a toddler. Visits space out as the programme takes over.
Most people finish and go. Some prefer an occasional check-in around a demanding season — a marathon block, a house move, a heavy work period. Both are a legitimate ending.
Your first visit
Nothing happens without an explanation first. If we recommend an adjustment, you will hear what it is, what it should feel like, and what the alternative is.
“The most useful thing we do is explain the problem well enough that you stop being afraid of it.”
Hours & access
| Monday | 07:30 – 17:00 |
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| Tuesday | 09:00 – 20:00 |
| Wednesday | 07:30 – 17:00 |
| Thursday | 09:00 – 20:00 |
| Friday | 07:30 – 15:00 |
| Saturday | Assessments only, by arrangement |
| Sunday | Closed |
Practitioners
Chiropractor · Founder
Neve opened Coral Grain after a decade of mixed clinic work and takes most of the long-standing back and hip cases. She favours a slow assessment and a small number of exercises done properly, and is happy to say when something is outside her scope.
Chiropractor · Rehabilitation lead
Ilan runs the capacity-building side of the practice and sees most of the running, lifting and return-to-sport cases. He writes the exercise programmes and keeps them short enough that people actually finish them.
Questions
No. The sound is gas releasing inside the joint capsule as pressure changes, and it is not a measure of whether the treatment worked. Plenty of effective adjustments make no noise at all, and some techniques we use are deliberately silent.
It is common to feel mildly achy for a day, similar to the day after unfamiliar exercise, particularly after a first visit. It should ease on its own. Anything sharper, or anything lasting beyond a couple of days, is worth telling us about before your next appointment.
No — you can book directly. If your insurer requires a referral, check with them first. We are glad to write to your GP with a summary of the assessment and plan whenever you would like us to.
We will not guess before examining you. After the assessment you get an estimate and a review point, typically after three or four visits. At that review we compare where you are against what we expected, and adjust the plan or finish accordingly.
Two or three exercises, usually under ten minutes, plus one or two practical changes to how you sit, sleep or load the area. The programme is deliberately small. Consistency between visits does more for the outcome than anything that happens on the table.
Then we say so at the assessment and point you towards a more appropriate route, whether that is your GP, imaging, or another discipline. Being told your problem needs something else is a good outcome for an assessment, not a failed appointment.
Request an assessment
Send the form and we will come back to you with two or three appointment options that fit the times you have given.