Willoughby Road Chiropractic Call (02) 5550 0286

Open until 7pm today

Back, neck and headache pain? Evidence-based chiropractic care in Crows Nest

We assess first, explain your options, and only treat what chiropractic can help. No referral needed.

Next available: tomorrow 7:20am

Your first visit

  1. History and assessment We test how you move. No treatment yet.

  2. Your options, explained What we think is going on and what could help.

  3. The benefits and the risks Then you decide, not us.

The first visit in full
Dr Elena Marchetti (Chiropractor) going through an assessment with a patient in our consult room
Dr Elena Marchetti (Chiropractor) talking a patient through what the assessment found.

Credentials

Registered with AHPRA
Both chiropractors here are on the public register, and the numbers are in our footer so you can check them.
On Willoughby Road since 2014
Twelve years in the same room, two doors up from the post office.
Members of Chiropractic Australia
The association whose whole position is that care should follow the evidence.
HICAPS at the desk
Tap your health fund card and pay the gap, not the full fee.
Claim on the spot with
Bupa, Medibank, HCF, nib, ahm, Teachers Health and all major funds

Conditions

What we can help you manage

We treat joint and muscle pain. If your problem is not on this list, ring us and we will tell you honestly whether we are the right place.

Where the evidence actually sits

The research behind chiropractic care is strongest for ongoing low back pain. For neck pain and for headaches it is weaker and less certain. We will tell you what the evidence says about your particular problem, including the times it points somewhere other than here.

Your first visit

What actually happens when you come in

Nobody gets treated before we understand the problem. Here is the order it goes in.

A standing posture and movement assessment, with a flat hand on the mid-back
  1. History and assessment, 45 minutes

    We ask what happened, what makes it worse, what you have already tried, and what you need to get back to. Then we test how you move. No treatment yet.

  2. Your options, explained

    We tell you what we think is going on and what could help. That includes low-force techniques with no twisting and no cracking, joint mobilisation, soft tissue work and exercise you can do at home.

  3. The benefits and the risks

    We go through what the treatment is likely to do, what it might not do, and what the known risks are. Then you decide, not us.

  4. If we are not the right fit, we say so

    Some problems belong with your GP, a physio, or an imaging referral. We would rather send you to the right person than keep you here.

A treatment room with the drop-piece table
The drop-piece table does most of the low-force work. It is also the quietest thing in the room.

The questions people actually have

Do I have to be cracked?

No. Plenty of our patients never have a manual adjustment at all. There are low-force options, including a drop-piece table, an instrument that delivers a small controlled push, gentle joint mobilisation and hands-on soft tissue work.

Tell us at the start if the noise is the part you dread. We will plan around it.

What about neck adjustment and stroke?

It is a fair question and we would rather you asked it. Serious complications after neck treatment are rare, but they have been reported, and the research has not fully settled how the risk works.

So we go through what is known with you before anything happens, we ask about your history and medications, and neck adjustment is always optional here. Neck pain can be treated other ways.

Will I be signed up to months of visits?

No. You pay per visit. We do not sell packages or prepaid plans, and we do not ask you to commit to a block of appointments up front.

We re-assess as we go. If you are not improving we change the plan or refer you on, and when you no longer need to come in we will tell you.

Do I need a referral?

Not to see us. You only need a referral if you want to claim through Medicare, DVA, workers compensation or a CTP claim after a car accident.

What should I wear?

Something you can move in. We need to watch you bend and turn, so office clothes make that harder. There is a change room if you have come straight from work.

Clear, upfront pricing

What it costs

Every fee is on this page. You will know the number before you book, not at the desk afterwards.

AppointmentFee
Initial assessment 45 minutes$130
Standard visit 20 minutes$75
Extended visit 30 minutes$105
Remedial massage 60 minutes, with Kirra$110
HICAPS on the spot
With health fund extras, most people pay a gap of $25 to $50.
Medicare, with a GP plan
If your GP puts you on a chronic condition management plan you get roughly $63 back per visit, for up to five allied health visits a calendar year. Your GP decides whether you qualify.
DVA, workers comp and CTP
We bill DVA directly. For a work injury through icare, or a CTP claim after a car accident, bring your claim number.

Pay per visit

No packages, no prepaid plans, and no asking you to commit to a block of appointments before we have even assessed you.

Who you will see

The practitioners

Two chiropractors and one remedial massage therapist. You see the same person each visit unless you ask otherwise.

Dr Elena Marchetti, Chiropractor

Dr Elena Marchetti (Chiropractor)

B.Chiro.Sc, M.Chiro (Macquarie University)

AHPRA registration CHI0001234567

Opened the practice in 2014. Most of her week is low back pain and headaches. She is the one who will tell you if she thinks you should see your GP instead.

Dr James Whitfield, Chiropractor

Dr James Whitfield (Chiropractor)

B.Sc, M.Clin.Chiro (Macquarie University)

AHPRA registration CHI0001234568

Sport and gym injuries, and the neck and shoulder pain that comes with sitting at a laptop all day. Takes the early slots from 7am.

Kirra Daniels, Remedial Massage Therapist

Kirra Daniels

Remedial Massage Therapist · Dip. Remedial Massage · Member, Association of Massage Therapists

Sixty minute remedial work, often alongside a course of chiropractic care rather than instead of it.

Reviews

What our patients say

4.8 out of 5 from 186 Google reviews

That is the whole list, unedited and unselected. We do not choose which reviews appear there and we cannot take any of them down.

You will not find patient quotes on this page. Australian health practitioners cannot republish what a patient has said about their treatment, so we send you to the full list instead.

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Find us

On Willoughby Road, near the post office

Ground floor, one step up from the footpath. Look for the dark red shopfront.

The front of our practice, a dark red shopfront on Willoughby Road
Our reception and waiting area
118 Willoughby Road, Crows Nest NSW 2065 Open in Google Maps
Hours
Monday7am to 7pm
Tuesday7am to 7pm
Wednesday7am to 7pm
Thursday7am to 7pm
Friday7am to 6pm
Saturday8am to 1pm
SundayClosed
Parking and transport

Willoughby Road is metered and busy. There are two hours free in the Crows Nest Plaza car park on Clarke Street, a three minute walk. We are 600m from St Leonards station, and the 265 and 273 buses stop on Willoughby Road.

Willoughby Rd Clarke St Falcon St St Leonards
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Forty five minutes, $130, and no treatment until you have heard what we think and decided you want it.

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