MCA

20/02/2026

📣 Transform Your Practice: Discover Afferentology - Join us at the MCA Summer Conference: Kings & Queens of Chiropractic
📅 13–14 June 2026
📍 Oxford

This year at conference, we’re excited to offer two three-hour afternoon workshops (Saturday & Sunday) introducing you to Afferentology — a powerful approach that could transform the way you practise.

What is Afferentology?

Afferentology is the study and application of how the sensory nervous system affects muscle tone. By identifying and correcting muscle tone dysfunction, practitioners can achieve predictable, long-lasting changes — tracked objectively over time.

This workshop will show you how to:

✔ Use muscle tone to guide your treatments
✔ Apply coupled adjusting techniques
✔ Perform inguinal release for hip and low back problems
✔ Utilise a cervical disc technique
✔ Integrate muscle testing alongside your current methods
✔ Apply manual approaches for nutrition prescribing

Your Instructor – Patrick Thomas DC

Patrick graduated from AECC in 2010 and initially used a variety of techniques with good results. However, frustration with non-responders and inconsistent outcomes led him to explore new approaches.

In 2016, after attending a workshop led by Simon King, Patrick discovered Afferentology — and it transformed his clinical results. By addressing muscle tone dysfunction through chiropractic adjustments, nutrition and environmental medicine, he began achieving consistent, measurable, long-term outcomes.

Now he’s sharing that knowledge with you.

If you're ready to enhance clinical confidence, improve patient outcomes, and bring greater predictability to your practice, this workshop is not to be missed.

👉 Secure your place at the MCA Summer Conference 2026.

We look forward to welcoming you to Oxford!

14/02/2026

04/02/2026

31/01/2026

📢 LAST DAY to grab your EARLY BIRD tickets 📢

Visit the MCA website to get yours while they're at our introductory price!

28/01/2026

🎸 Don’t forget, there's just FOUR DAYS left to get your hands on our EARLYBIRD tickets! 👑

The MCA Conference 2026 is calling all Kings and Queens of Chiropractic.

Don't forget, amongst the fantastic reasons you should join us include:

👑 Extended, hands-on workshops designed to elevate your reign in practice, including:
– Kinesiology (based on Touch for Health)
– Alexander Technique
– Clinical Neurology workshops focusing on migraine headaches and vertigo

🤴🏻Secure your seat at the throne before EARLYBIRD closes👸🏽

Visit the MCA website to book yours now!

14/01/2026

The MCA Executive was absolutely delighted to join Professor Christina Cunliffe, alongside so many friends and colleagues from across our profession, for a wonderful celebration following her investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle, where she was awarded Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).

On this auspicious occasion, we asked Christina to share her reflections with us on what this momentous and groundbreaking achievement means to her.

"𝑾𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙨𝙩 𝙄 𝒂𝙢 𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝒂𝐰𝒂𝙧𝙙 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣𝒂𝙡𝙡𝙮, 𝙄 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙞𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝒂 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝒂𝙨 𝒂 𝐰𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝒂𝙣𝙙 𝒂𝙣 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝒂𝙣𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚. 𝙄𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝒂𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙮, 𝙞𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘𝒂𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝒂𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝒂𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙘𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙮 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙧𝒂𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙝𝒂𝙨 𝙝𝒂𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣’𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝒂𝙣𝙙 𝒂𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝐰𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙, 𝒂𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝒂𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝐰𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙙𝙤𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝒂𝙩 𝐰𝙚 𝒂𝙧𝙚 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝒂𝙙𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝."

On behalf of everyone at the MCA, we extend our heartfelt congratulations to Christina on this outstanding achievement.

14/01/2026

Huge congratulations to Professor Christina Cunliffe from all at the MCA!

OBE Investiture! The McTimoney College of Chiropractic is pleased to announce that Professor Christina Cunliffe, Principal of the College, attended her investiture in a ceremony at Windsor Castle yesterday and received her Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) from Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, Princess Anne. This high honour was awarded in recognition of her outstanding services to healthcare education, with the last 25 years dedicated to widening access to the education of chiropractors in the UK and around the world.

02/01/2026

📢 2026 RENEWALS NOW OPEN 📢

You are now invited to renew your association membership for 2026. We are proud to confirm we have maintained our consistently low prices for another year for our members 🫂

15/12/2025

💰 Another great reason to join us in 2026, with consistently low annual membership but with the same, member-focussed benefits. So you can continue to support your patients, without worrying who is going to support you when you need it 🙌🏻