Specialist Chiropractor in Edinburgh for Headaches, Jaw or 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
How We Can Help
Many people come in with just one of these. Others have all three.
Headaches & Migraine
Recurring headaches, head pressure and migraine
Headaches → Migraine →
Headaches, Migraine, Jaw or Neck Pain That Keeps Coming Back?
You may have already tried physio, massage, a bite guard, painkillers or another chiropractor. They helped for a while, but the pain kept coming back.
So you just battled on.
Maybe you read the same email three times because you can’t think past the pressure in your head. Perhaps you turn your whole body to check your blind spot. Or 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 might trigger a flare-up. 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.
Pain doesn’t always start where you feel it. Headaches and migraine are often driven by the neck or jaw. Neck pain can come from how your upper back and shoulders are moving. That’s why treating only the sore spot tends to bring short-lived relief. Instead, we look at the bigger picture to find the real cause, so you can stop planning your life around it.
What Patients Get Back
In patients’ own words: less pain, and back to work, sleep, the gym and saying yes to plans.
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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 causing 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 in headache and migraine care, TMJ disorders, cranial techniques and complex pain, including with Dr Michael Hall, Dr Steve Williams and Dr Jonathan Howat.
Headaches, jaw pain and neck pain that won’t go away 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. He uses a wide range of techniques, many of them very gentle, including cranial work.
Common Questions
Finding the clinic
One Chiropractic – Suite 76, Bonnington Bond, 2 Anderson Place, Edinburgh, EH6 5NP
By car. There’s free on-street parking nearby.
By bus. The 10 and 36 stop at Anderson Place, a minute from the clinic.
Patients travel to the clinic from Leith, Newhaven, Trinity, Bonnington, the New Town, Stockbridge and across the wider Lothians. Full directions and a short video →
Ready to find out what’s causing your pain?
You’ve spent long enough putting up with it. Left alone, recurring pain rarely goes away. For some people it gets worse. For most, it just becomes their normal.
Imagine a normal week again: a clear head at work, a full night’s sleep, the gym back in your diary and plans you don’t have to cancel. It starts with your first appointment, where you’ll find out what’s causing it, and treatment can usually begin the same day.