Ilkley Chiropractic Clinic

13/11/2025

With the passage of time, the bones within our spine change shape and in doing so, often restrict our overall movements.

Chiropractic maintenance care can mitigate and ameliorate the symptoms of these changes.

Please contact us on: ilkleychiro@btconnect.com to book an appointment for maintenance care and keep yourself pain free.

12/11/2025

A month ago we mentioned certain musculoskeletal problems that might arise at this time of year, due to the leaves falling from the trees.

Today, as we start to move towards colder weather, we need to appreciate the effect of the cold on the efficient usage of our musculature and how that affects the efficiency of movement of our joint system.

Ideally, we should stretch our major muscles in our legs and pelvic area more with the advent of cold weather.

There are many simple exercises one can implement to create positive results.

Please feel free to contact our clinic so that we can advise on how best to keep you stretched and moving well in the colder weeks ahead.

09/08/2025

To provide you with some other differences between chiropractors, osteopaths and physiotherapists:-

Chiropractors are trained to take and read X-rays - osteopaths and physios aren’t. Thus, chiropractors assess X-rays themselves and write their own reports on their X-ray findings, and can explain what’s on an X-ray to a patient, whereas osteopaths and physios have to rely on the reports made by third parties.

Chiropractors treat on mechanised benches, that provides many more treatment modalities than osteopaths and physios, who only treat on fixed plinths.

Chiropractors train for 5 years to become qualified, whereas osteopaths train for 4 years and physios train for 3.
Thus, there is a greater depth of knowledge of the human body as well as a greater knowledge of the variety of conditions a patient can suffer, as well as a greater scope of treatment options, due to that additional training.

Even so, patients will find osteopaths and physiotherapists charging very similar, if not the same fees as chiropractors, even though their knowledge and their treatment options are less than offered at a chiropractic clinic.

We hope this assists in your greater understanding of the differences between the three musculoskeletal professions.

09/08/2025

We are aware that many people understandably, do not totally comprehend what we do as chiropractors.

Many think that we deal only with low back pain. Some think that we only “treat bones”. Others believe that we don’t provide exercises to assist improvement of conditions.

So for clarification, we treat ALL, musculoskeletal conditions, throughout the WHOLE body.

We provide exercises to assist EVERY patient.

One of the main differences between physiotherapists and chiropractors is that physiotherapists only treat muscles, but chiropractors treat the muscles and the joints.

As it is a musculoskeletal system and not a muscular system and a joint system, one MUST treat BOTH the muscles and the joints together, to effect a positive and necessary outcome and improvement in a patient’s symptoms.

We hope this helps to understand a little more, what we do as chiropractors.

30/07/2025

We must apologise to anyone who has attempted to contact us via our “appointment” and “contact” icons on our website www.ilkleychiropractic.co.uk, in the recent past.

We have become aware that the link to our email addresses is not functioning at the moment.

We are dealing with this failure and hope to have rectified the problem as soon as possible.

So at the moment, if you’d like to contact us, please either call on 01943 605060, or by email on ilkleychiro@btconnect.com.

Many thanks,

John

Contact us on 01943 605060 - John Rees over 25 years experience - Chiropractor Bradford and Leeds, Osteopathy, Osteopathic, Physiotherapy, Physiotherapists. Specialists in Back Pains, Back Ache, Middle Back Pain, Lower Back Pains, Neck Pain, Joint Pain, Muscle Pain, Nerve Pain, Migraine, Pain Manage...

21/07/2025

It is quite probable that many of you who competed in the recent Ilkley Half Marathon and 5K races, and enjoyed the experience, will wish to run again and also enter other, similar races.

Additionally, many of you who watched and supported all the runners from the sidelines, may well have been inspired to take up running as a consequence.

One piece of advice we should give you, if you’re in either category, is to NOT carry a water bottle in your hand.

Clearly, it’s important to hydrate when you’re out running, but carrying a water bottle in your hand, for a long distance will cause issues in your elbow, shoulder and neck. Those issues may progress to painful symptoms that will require treatment.

So, please ensure that you use a water bladder, carried as a rucksack, with a feed pipe, from which you can suck the water.

Not only will this stop the probability of painful symptoms occurring in your elbow, shoulder and neck, it will also improve your running rhythm and efficiency and hence improve your race time.

20/07/2025

Ilkley Chiropractic had the privilege of filming all the runners who took part in the 2025 Ilkley Half Marathon and 5K on Sunday 13th July.

If you would like to access these videos, as well as many others, please go to our channel on

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20/07/2025

If you want much more information about what chiropractic is and what musculoskeletal conditions we treat at Ilkley Chiropractic, then please visit our website, www.ilkleychiropractic.co.uk, where you can access both information and advice, as well as understanding the nature of so many conditions that we all suffer.

Contact us on 01943 605060 - John Rees over 25 years experience - Chiropractor Bradford and Leeds, Osteopathy, Osteopathic, Physiotherapy, Physiotherapists. Specialists in Back Pains, Back Ache, Middle Back Pain, Lower Back Pains, Neck Pain, Joint Pain, Muscle Pain, Nerve Pain, Migraine, Pain Manage...

20/07/2025

Most people who suffer regularly with headaches, believe that it is normal to have headaches regularly.

It is not normal to suffer with headaches at all.

Over 95% of headaches and migraines arise due to postural problems in the neck.

We at Ilkley Chiropractic treat headaches.

So if you wish to remove your headaches, then please give us a call on 01943 605060, or email us on ilkleychiro@btconnect.com to book an appointment.

Kind regards,

Dr. John Rees
(Chiropractor)

20/07/2025

Ilkley Chiropractic is offering a 20% discount on its New Patient Appointment fee, for all finishers of the 2025 Ilkley Half Marathon and 5K run, until the end of 2025.