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
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.
What Changes When the Pattern Is Found
People rarely describe it as the pain simply going away. They describe getting things back.
The difference isn’t luck. It’s finding what’s actually driving your symptoms, and treating that.
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
1. We talk it through
It starts with your story: what you’re experiencing, and how it’s affecting your work, sleep and life.
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.
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.
Common Questions
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.