Specialist Chiropractor in Edinburgh for Headaches, Jaw and Neck Pain

Plenty of treatments ease the pain for a while. We find out why it keeps coming back, so you can work, move and sleep like you used to.

  • More than 15 years’ clinical experience
  • Treatment can usually begin at your first appointment
  • Registered with the General Chiropractic Council
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Smiling patient during a treatment session with chiropractor Paul Holmes at One Chiropractic in Edinburgh

How We Can Help

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Headaches & Migraine

Recurring headaches or migraines

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Neck Pain

Neck tension, stiffness, upper back tightness, and poor posture

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Jaw Pain

TMJ pain, clenching, facial tightness, and head pressure

Headaches, Migraine, Jaw or Neck Pain That Keeps Coming Back?

You’ve already tried the usual routes. Physio. Massage. A bite guard. Painkillers. Maybe another chiropractor.

Each one helped for a while. Then it came back.

So you just battled on.

You read the same email three times because you can’t think past the pressure in your head. You turn your whole body to check your blind spot. You catch yourself clenching your jaw at your desk, again.

You’re shorter with people at home than you’d like to be. You skip the gym because you don’t know what will set it off. You sleep, but wake up feeling like you haven’t. There’s a packet of paracetamol in every bag. And you’ve turned down more plans than you’d care to admit.

And somewhere along the way, you started to think this is just how it’s going to be.

It doesn’t have to be.

It keeps coming back for a reason. Your head, neck and jaw work as one connected system. Treat only the spot that hurts, whether it’s the headache, the migraine, the stiff neck or the tight jaw, and the pattern driving it carries on.

Find the pattern, and things can finally change.

Persistent head and neck tension affecting concentration at work

What Changes When the Pattern Is Found

People rarely describe it as the pain simply going away. They describe getting things back.

  • “Life is much easier without the constant headaches, and I can stay productive and focused again.”
    Rebecca White
    Google review
  • “I can work, sleep and make plans without constantly worrying about when the next migraine will hit.”
    Sarah Watt
    Google review
  • “I was suffering with jaw and neck pain that was trending towards debilitating, but Paul stopped it in its tracks.”
    Joe Edmunds
    Google review
  • “Before, my neck pain was impacting daily activities and preventing me from exercising… I am now living free of daily pain.”
    Harrison Bains
    Google review
  • “Paul helped me restore full range of movement and confidence to get back into the gym and lifting weights again.”
    Matthew Banks
    Google review

The difference isn’t luck. It’s finding what’s actually driving your symptoms, and treating that.

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Chiropractor Paul Holmes using a gentle, low-force cranial technique on a relaxed patient in Edinburgh

Gentle, precise, and adapted to you

If it’s the cracking that has put you off, this is worth reading.

Paul works with a wide range of techniques, from traditional adjustments through to methods gentle enough to use with newborn babies, using no more pressure than you could comfortably tolerate on a closed eyelid.

Which one he uses depends on your symptoms, your history and how your body responds on the day. He’ll explain what he’s planning before he starts, and the choice of treatment is always yours.

Your First Appointment

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1. We talk it through

It starts with your story: what you’re experiencing, and how it’s affecting your work, sleep and life.

Chiropractor Paul Holmes showing effect of pain on model spine at Edinburgh Leith pain clinic

2. A clear explanation

A thorough assessment, then an honest explanation of what’s driving your symptoms. For many people, it’s the first time an explanation fits their experience.

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3. Treatment, if it’s right for you

If you choose to go ahead, treatment can usually begin the same day, with a clear plan for what comes next.

Who you’ll be seeing

Dr Paul Holmes is the principal chiropractor at One Chiropractic. He holds a master’s degree in chiropractic, is registered with the General Chiropractic Council, and has more than 15 years’ clinical experience, with further training from world-leading clinicians in headache and migraine care, TMJ disorders, cranial techniques and complex pain.

Persistent headaches, jaw tension and neck pain are what he works with every day. He’ll listen properly, explain what he finds, and tell you honestly whether he thinks he can help.

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Chiropractor Dr Paul Holmes at One Chiropractic in Edinburgh
  • “I’ve seen chiropractors my whole life. This was by far and away the best chiropractic experience I’ve ever had.

    Paul looks at everything as a bigger picture, listens intently & has expert guidance. I feel so much better in minutes leaving his clinic and I would recommend anyone to him in a heartbeat.

    Blown away.”

    Kayley Lake
    Edinburgh
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Common Questions

No. You can book an initial consultation directly. If your symptoms suggest medical investigation would be sensible, Paul will explain that and advise on the right next step.

Most people find it comfortable. Care here uses precise, low-force techniques and Paul works within what your body will tolerate on the day rather than pushing through it.

Some people notice mild soreness afterwards, in the way you might after unfamiliar exercise. That usually settles within a day or two.

Paul will explain what he’s planning to do and why before he does it, including anything you should know, and he’ll check you’re happy to go ahead. If you’d rather not have a particular technique, say so — there’s almost always another way.

Paul’s aim is to get you well in as few appointments as reasonably possible, and to make sure the improvement holds once treatment stops.

That’s why care here isn’t only hands-on treatment. Alongside it you’ll usually be given specific exercises and practical changes to how you work, move and recover. These are the things that reduce how much treatment you need in the first place, and make it less likely you’ll be back in six months with the same problem.

How long it takes depends on what’s driving your symptoms and how long you’ve had them. Paul will give you his initial view at your first appointment, and a clear plan once he’s had time to go through everything properly.

No. The goal is that you understand what’s driving your symptoms and know how to manage it yourself.

Long-standing problems usually take longer than recent ones, but you’ll get a clear plan with an end to it, not an open-ended one.

Some patients do choose to keep an appointment in the diary once they’re well. Paul will talk you through the options and leave the decision with you.

This clinic focuses on headaches, migraine, neck pain and jaw or TMJ symptoms. Paul doesn’t treat diagnosed systemic disease, and where a different professional would serve you better, he’ll tell you.

Any relevant scan results, letters or medication details, if you have them. Wear something you can move comfortably in.

Yes, absolutely – a partner, friend or family member is welcome

Finding the clinic

One Chiropractic – Suite 76, Bonnington Bond, 2 Anderson Place, Edinburgh, EH6 5NP

By car. There’s plenty of free on-street parking on Anderson Place and the surrounding streets. It is worth giving yourself a couple of extra minutes to find a space, but you shouldn’t have any trouble.

By bus. The 10 and 36 stop at Anderson Place, a minute from the clinic.

On foot. Around 30 minutes from Waverley, or 10 minutes from Leith Walk.

Access. There is step-free access to the clinic.

Patients travel to the clinic from Leith, Newhaven, Trinity, Bonnington, the New Town, Stockbridge and across the wider Lothians.

Ready to stop pushing through?

You’ve spent long enough putting up with it. Every month you leave it is another month planning your life around it.

Book an initial consultation, find out why it keeps coming back, and get back to working, moving and sleeping like you used to.

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