About Dr Paul Holmes
Specialist chiropractor for headaches, migraine, neck and jaw pain
If you’ve found your way here, there’s a good chance you’re tired.
Tired of the headaches, the stiff neck or the tight jaw. Tired of treatment that helps for a while and then wears off. Tired of explaining it all again, and of hearing that everything looks fine when it doesn’t feel fine.
I want you to know two things.
What you’re feeling is real, and it makes sense. Head, neck and jaw pain that keeps coming back usually has a clear pattern behind it, even when scans come back normal.
And in most cases, it doesn’t mean anything is broken.
Your Body Isn’t Broken
I became a chiropractor because I’m constantly amazed by what the human body does when it’s working normally. It repairs, adapts and corrects itself all day long, without you ever noticing. Normal, in the body, is extraordinary.
When pain keeps coming back, it’s rarely because something has gone permanently wrong. More often, your body is overloaded by work, screens, posture, stress or old injuries, and it no longer has the capacity to do what it does best.
My job is to find the strain, ease it, and help your body get back to working the way it normally does.
I often tell my patients: your body does most of the work. I just help it recover faster, and make sure it stays that way.
What That Means When You Come In
You’ll be listened to properly. Your first appointment starts with your story, not the treatment table.
You’ll understand what’s going on, explained in plain language, often for the first time.
Nothing happens without your say. I use a wide range of techniques, from traditional adjustments to very gentle methods. I’ll explain what I’m planning before I start, and the choice of treatment is always yours.
You’ll get honesty. If I don’t think I can help, I’ll tell you, and point you to someone who can.
You won’t be kept coming back. You’ll get a plan with an end point, and practical tools so the improvement lasts.
Why I Focus on the Head, Neck and Jaw
I’m a registered chiropractor with a master’s degree in chiropractic (MChiro), and a member of the Scottish Chiropractic Association. Over more than 15 years in practice, I kept seeing the same thing: thoughtful, capable people with headaches, migraine, jaw pain and neck tension that hadn’t responded to standard care. These problems overlap and feed each other, and they need precision rather than more force.
So I narrowed my focus, and kept training with some of the most respected clinicians in their fields:
- Functional neurology with Dr Michael Hall: how your nervous system processes pain, which matters most when symptoms don’t follow the usual rules.
- Cranial technique with Dr Steve Williams: very gentle, precise work on the head and face, ideal if you’re wary of being “cracked”.
- Cranio Fascial Dynamics with Dr Jonathan Howat: how the skull, jaw and neck move together, often the missing piece in jaw pain and head pressure.
- Further postgraduate training in headache and migraine care, TMJ disorders and complex pain.
- Stress and nervous system regulation, which I now also teach to individuals and organisations. It’s often a big part of why symptoms keep returning.
“He is incredibly knowledgeable and clearly has a lot of expertise, but what I appreciate most is how patient he is. He always takes the time to truly listen, never rushes the appointment, and answers every single question I have.”
Dominika Szymanek · Google review
Let’s Get You Back to Feeling Like You Again
If headaches, neck pain or jaw pain have been running your days, I’ll show you in your first appointment what’s causing the problem and how we’ll put it right. Treatment can usually begin the same day.