Chiropractor Hilton streetview

Find Drs Barrie Lewis and Jane Ackerman at 56 Groenekloof Road, Hilton in South Africa.

Please phone 033 343 2549 for a short, no-charge CONSULTATION if you are in doubt whether you have a "Chiropractic Condition" or not; There will be no treatment giving you space to decide whether you want to continue or not. 

Whatsapp: 063 447 9354

• Chiropractic Conditions is a central page at our site. It provides you simply and easily with the sorts of diagnoses that the average DC would be treating.
  

• Healthy Living Tips is another vital page at Chiropractic Help. Sparkling wellbeing is not just about having your subluxations adjusted. This link gives you some insights into different foods you could and perhaps should be eating.

Directions to chiropractor Hilton streetview

1. From the N3 take the Hilton exit and travel into the village towards the Quarry.
   
2. Pass Hilton Hotel on your left, the Shell service station on your right, cross the narrow bridge over the train line.
3. Immediately after the new office block, and opposite the shopping centre, turn right into Winstead Road.
4. At the next junction, turn right into Groenekloof Road. After 100 metres you will find Lewis-Ackerman Chiropractic on your right.

YOUR CHIROPRACTORS

Dr Barrie Lewis DC

Dr Barrie Lewis, BSc, UED, BEd, DC graduated from the National University of Health Sciences in Chicago in 1980 and has been in practice for 36 years.

Prior to that he studied at Natal and Rhodes Universities, gaining a BSc, UED and a BEd.

He practised first with his mother, Dr Unity Lewis, in Pietermaritzburg until her death, and has been working in the Netherlands since 2003, returning to Hilton in September, 2010.

His PR number is 0400 637.

Over and above the usual joint, muscle and nerve conditions that all chiropractors treat, he has a particular interest in the management of hip arthritis, groin pain and chronic sacroiliac discomfort.

Whilst hip replacement today is highly successful, untreated fixations in the pelvis can result in unresolved issues post surgery.

I wondered today whether to change that highly successful to something else; I was consulted by a man aged seventy who has had three hip replacements of the same joint; he has increasing daily pain and hobbles with a stick.

Undetected and poorly managed, hip conditions such femoro acetabular impingement syndrome, cause pain and stiffness in the groin in the young person; undiagnosed and untreated it leads inexorably on to hip arthritis.

One of his favourites is the mother of all nasty conditions; vertigo. The world spins, and nausea and vomiting are not uncommon. Usually an adjustment of the neck is not the solution; the Epley manoeuvres are. Whilst they are not pleasant, they do fix the problem and usually quite quickly.

Severe dizziness is often due to a condition in the inner ear. Eighty percent of the time it is caused by benign positional paroxysmal vertigo that responds rapidly to the Epley manoeuvres. Small crystals of calcium that have come loose from the hairs in the balance organ have to be redeposited back in a sort of rubbish bin where they belong.

Use the site search link to find more information for example on vertigo dizziness.

Increasingly, with more time on his hands, nutrition and exercise play a more important part of his practice; prevention is always better than a cure.

• Chiropractor Dr Barrie Lewis
  

Dr Jane Ackerman DC

Dr Jane Ackerman, DC graduated from the Durban University of Technology in 2005. Together, Drs Barrie and Jane make a great team. Experience + a Twenty-first century education.

Being a mother of two small children herself, she has a particular interest in the treatment of children. Why do we hiccup?

PR 039 2367

• Chiropractor Dr Jane Ackerman
  

Consulting hours 

CHIROPRACTOR HILTON Streetview

Monday: 7.30-10.00 and 16.00-17.30

Tuesday: 7.30-10.00 and 16.00-17.30

Wednesday: Emergencies on request, when available.

Thursday: 7.30-10.00 and 16.00-17.30

Friday: 7.30-10.00 and 16.00-17.00

Saturday: 7.30-9.00

CONSULTATIONS

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THIS IS A CASH ONLY PRACTICE

First consult at Hilton Chiropractor : R500 cash (50 minutes)

Subsequent: R420 cash (20 minutes)

Consult*: No charge

* You may be unsure if you have a "chiropractic condition"; you have concerns, doubts. A 15 minute, no-charge consultation may help settle your doubts. There will be no treatment.

First consult fee very low? INITIAL CLINICAL CONSULTATION FEE ...

X-rays

If X-rays have been taken, please be sure to bring them with you. It speeds the whole process up. If they have been taken at Kauffman and partners, provided you tell us at least 24 hours ahead of time, we can view your them on line.

See what useful information this X-ray provides.

What is Chiropractic?

At Chiropractic Hilton Streetview we treat mainly patients complaining of joint-nerve conditions like headache, carpal tunnel syndrome and rib pain; low back and leg ache, ankle and foot troubles.

It's interesting though how often patients report improved menstrual function, indigestion relieved and even the odd infertility case. Colicky babies respond extremely well to gentle chiropractic treatment.

All this should come as no surprise; just look at the nerves supplying the organs, emanating from the spine.

The word itself is derived from two Greek words meaning done by hand; read more at what is Chiropractic?

The history of the profession is beautifully laid out in a book by Francis Wilson called Chiropractic in Europe.

ACADEMIA: The rationale for Chiropractic Therapy

Chiropractic Therapy is based on two fundamental premises:

1. Loss of movement in a joint reduces the circulation of fluid within the capsule. It's this liquid that brings fresh nutrients and oxygen to the hyaline cartilage lining the bones, and removes waste products. Loss of this normal movement (a "fixation") leads directly to immobilisation arthritis.

2. Receptors within joints are constantly detecting, measuring and controlling the movement of the bones, bombarding the spinal cord with information. Abnormal movement within the joint causes the spinal cord to fire information to the parietal lobe of the brain where pain is detected; read further at chiropractic therapy.

Diagnosis

Whilst research shows that on average medical doctors get the correct diagnosis less than 50% of the time, we too believe that a solid attempt to make the correct evaluation of your arm pain for example is important. We too get it wrong, I hope less than fifty percent of the time.

One of the causes of arm pain is the so-called Thoracic Outlet Syndrome in which both the artery and the nerves supplying the arm may be affected. The classic examination that is used is known as Adson's Test.

Very rarely, arm pain may be caused by a malignant tumour; it is only the careful, thorough examination that alerts your DC that this may be something out of the ordinary. Be totally honest in response to the questions proffered in the history-taking.

Whilst the normal motion of joints at the micro level is at the centre of our philosophy, movement of the whole body is equally important. We chiropractors can put a bone into motion, but it's rehabilitation and regular exercise that keeps that synovial fluid swishing through the inner parts.

The alternative is too much manipulation, anti-inflammatory drugs and too little oxygenation of the joints; and increasing degenerative immobilisation arthritis. Exercise, done faithfully on a daily basis, is what keeps our bodies healthy and strong; couch potatoes pay the ultimate price.

This more complex exercise for the core lower back muscles, done on your bed and taking only one minute before arising in the morning, will do wonders for the chronic lower back. These are not to be done by the patient in pain.

Nutritional corner @ Chiropractor Hilton streetview

In order to have healthy hyaline cartilage, the body also needs the right substrate. Science is now pointing to the importance of omega-3 essential fatty acids and vitamin D. Try our smoked salmon dip.

Abundant living, not just your spine, is vital if you want to reach a vibrant seventy with all your marbles intact, with another good ten or more years to look forward to.

Our healthy living tips is certainly one of the most important, and popular, pages at chiropractic help. Here you will find all sorts of information about diverse foods such as lentils, chickpeas and butternut; green beans and eggplant too.

Healthy food, made fast is our slogan at Chiropractor Hilton streetview.

Raised cholesterol is a blight on our western diet and so unnecessary. The medication, statins, are costly and have nasty side effects including impotence. Think rather about substituting fast foods with those meals known that quite naturally will lower unfriendly high blood fats

Obesity is an enormous problem at the chiropractic coalface; overweight folk have more pain in their muscles and joints, not to mention diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Chronically raised blood glucose is highly inflammatory.

Of recent interest, promoted by leading academic professor Tim Noakes is the Banting diet; in total contradiction of everything you have learnt, it is based on very high fat; butter, mutton cutlets, fried bacon, and the like; and virtually zero carbohydrate.

It certainly is causing a stir, and proponents are claiming impressive losses, together with lower cholesterol and blood pressure; and better control of their diabetes.

In the navigation bar on your left you'll find a link to our modified Banting diet.

The villages of Hilton and Howick have a great many older folk enjoying retirement. It has struck me over the years how quitting your job into a hobby, or part time employment or some other activity is the way to keep happy and healthy.

The alternative is too ghastly to contemplate; drop off the edge of the planet, long before your time, of nothing more than boredom often.

Retirement sentiments is not just an attitude; it's about enjoying at least ten or more years of health after withdrawal from the formal workplace, with time and energy to achieve all those goals left until I have more time.

• Healthy living tips
  

Find these topics using the Site Search key in the main menu above.

1. "Smoked salmon dip recipe" is rich in anti-inflammatory omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin D.
2. "Healthy choice foods" together with exercise are the way to reach vibrant old age.
3. "Foods to avoid high cholesterol" and what you can do to avoid taking statins.

A happy prostate

To ensure that the men in the family have a have a happy prostate, consider these tips about some common foods that reduce the risk of metastatic disease or simply engorgement of the gland.

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Important considerations 

CHIROPRACTOR HILTON Streetview

• Femoro Acetabular impingement syndrome ... untreated the stiff hip becomes unerringly arthritic.
• Developmental hip dysplasia ... pain in the groin?
  
  
• APPLE DIET - an apple a day does keep the doctor away. Proven.
  
• BEETROOT CONSTIPATION - God's gift to the gummed up colon.
  
• CHIROPRACTOR HILTON …