Chiropractic care in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur

Often, but not always. The assessment comes first, and if it points away from adjusting you that day we will say so rather than adjust anyway.

Gonstead is a chiropractic technique built around a detailed six-step assessment before any adjustment is made. That includes instrumentation and, where indicated, X-ray analysis. The aim is to identify precisely which segment is involved rather than working on the region generally.

An X-ray gives us a clearer picture of what is happening in your spine: how each segment sits, and whether there is any pathology present. That is what lets the Gonstead assessment name the specific segment involved instead of working in general terms. It is not mandatory, though, and we often go without one for pregnant women and children. Your chiropractor will explain whether imaging is appropriate in your case and why.

No. Chiropractic is a regulated healthcare profession with formal university training, and assessment comes before anything is adjusted. Traditional bone setting works differently and is not regulated in the same way. We would encourage you to ask any practitioner about their qualifications beforehand.

Yes, pregnancy is one of the more common reasons people come to us, and we adjust through it regularly. We avoid imaging during pregnancy unless there is a compelling reason, and the assessment and the positioning both change as the pregnancy progresses. Tell your chiropractor how far along you are at the first visit so the approach can be set accordingly.

Yes, the clinic cares for patients of all ages, and children are assessed differently from adults rather than being given a smaller version of adult care. We generally go without an X-ray for children. A parent or guardian stays in the room throughout, and we will explain what we are looking at as we go.

Chiropractic adjustment is widely used for mechanical spine and joint problems, and serious complications are considered rare when care follows a proper assessment. The after effects that do occur are usually short lived, most often mild soreness or stiffness for a day or so. The assessment also screens for the small number of situations where adjusting would not be appropriate, and where it points at physiotherapy instead we will tell you honestly and start you there.

Most people describe brief pressure followed by a release rather than pain, and the popping sound that often comes with it is gas moving within the joint rather than bone grinding on bone, not a measure of whether it worked. Tell your chiropractor if anything feels worse than uncomfortable, because the contact and the force can both be adjusted and there are lower force approaches for patients who would rather not be adjusted in the usual way. Where the assessment points at muscle tension rather than joint restriction, we may suggest dry needling alongside the adjustment or in place of it.

No. There is no honest way to say how a case will progress before we have assessed you, so we will not quote a number of visits at the first visit or sell a course up front. Some people come for a defined stretch and stop, others choose to come occasionally once the original problem has settled, and we would rather review as we go and tell you when we think you no longer need us.

The clinic is at Signature 2 in the Sunway Velocity development in Maluri, on the Cheras side of Kuala Lumpur, with mall parking if you drive and Maluri and Cochrane stations both within walking distance if you do not. Maluri is an interchange, so the Ampang, Sri Petaling and Kajang lines all reach us. We are open seven days: Monday to Thursday and Saturday until 8pm, Friday until 5pm, and Sunday until 3pm. You can check the opening hours and directions before you come.

We tell you, and we do not adjust you anyway. Part of what the six step assessment is for is finding the cases that belong somewhere else, whether that means physiotherapy here, imaging first, or a medical opinion we help you arrange. Knowing when a problem is not ours to treat is part of the job, and you are not charged for a course of care we do not think you need.