New patient offer
Your first chiropractic appointment, $78
Lower back, neck, headaches, a disc, a joint that has been sore for months. Your first appointment here is a full assessment before anything is treated, so you leave knowing what your chiropractor found and what happens next.
- AHPRA-registered chiropractors
- Open six days
- HICAPS on site
- No referral needed
- Book online
Rather talk first?
Leave your number and reception will call you
The booking diary is live, so booking online is the quickest way in and you will see the actual times available. If you would rather run it past someone first, leave your details here and reception will get back to you within one business day.
The clinic is at 66 Melville Road, Brunswick West VIC 3055, on the route 58 tram at stop 35, and it is open six days.
Prefer to speak to someone now? Call (03) 9388 8237.
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If it is urgent, call (03) 9388 8237.
What it covers
What people book this appointment about
- Lower back pain
- Neck pain
- Sciatica
- Headaches and migraines
- Disc injuries
- Shoulder pain
- Hip pain
- Jaw and TMJ pain
- Joint pain
- Work injuries
- Car accident injuries
- Posture concerns
The first appointment is the assessment that establishes whether chiropractic suits what you are dealing with. If it does not, your chiropractor will tell you at that appointment and refer you to the practitioner who is the better fit.
Before you book
Not sure a chiropractor is the right call?
That is the question the first appointment answers.
Your chiropractor takes the history, tests what the symptoms point at, and tells you what they found. Where chiropractic is a sensible fit they will explain the options and what they expect. Where it is not, they will say so, and say what would suit it better.
There are no packages here and nothing to sign. You decide what happens after you have heard the findings, not before.
Book your $78 first appointment
Why here
What $78 gets you
A full 30 minutes
Long enough for your chiropractor to take a full history, test what needs testing, and still have time to talk it through with you.
You hear the findings first
Your chiropractor explains what they found and what is likely driving it before anything is treated, in plain language rather than clinical shorthand.
Credentials in the open
Registration numbers and qualifications for every chiropractor here, published on their own profile.
Here since 1990
One clinic on Melville Road for more than three decades, with three chiropractors practising across six days a week.
Treatment on the day, in most cases
Where the assessment is clear and there is nothing that makes treatment unsuitable, it starts at this appointment rather than the next one, once you are happy to go ahead.
A referral to a local X-ray centre
Your chiropractor refers to radiology centres that bulk bill, so with a valid Medicare card there is normally nothing to pay for the X-ray itself.
The appointment
What happens in the 30 minutes
History, before hands
What hurts, when it started, what makes it worse, what you have already tried, and what you want to get back to doing. The screening questions sit here too, the ones that establish what kind of problem this is before anyone touches you.
Physical and postural assessment
Movement testing joint by joint, and where your symptoms warrant it a neurological screen of reflexes, sensation and strength. Testing is what separates a back problem from a nerve problem, and the two are not managed the same way.
Your findings, explained clearly
What is going on, what is driving it, and what it is likely to take to settle, in plain language, with time for questions. You leave the room knowing what the problem is and what happens next.
Treatment, in most cases on the day
Where the picture is clear, hands-on treatment starts at this visit. Where imaging would settle something first, you are still treated with what is safe in the meantime, soft tissue work, gentle mobilisation, support, and specific advice on sitting, sleeping and pain control.
What to do between now and next time
Two or three specific things, chosen from what your assessment showed and short enough that you will actually keep doing them. Movement, plus the load changes that hold it, how long you sit before standing, how you lift, how you sleep.
A plan, and the milestones to measure it by
An expected number of visits and a rough timeframe, with the milestones to expect and roughly when. Progress is reviewed at every visit and the plan follows it, so you can see whether it is working and stay in control of it.
Treatment is provided when it is appropriate for your condition. Your first visit begins with a thorough assessment to understand what is causing your symptoms, establish a clear clinical picture and determine the most appropriate treatment for you.
Who you would see
Three experienced chiropractors currently take new patients at our Brunswick West clinic. Each has extensive experience in chiropractic care and takes the time to assess your symptoms, explain their findings and discuss the treatment options that may be appropriate for you.
Registered since 2009 · AHPRA CHI0000988624
Book with Dr Kenneth Taylor
Registered since 2010 · AHPRA CHI0001594711
Book with Dr Hamilton Mack
Registered since 2011 · AHPRA CHI0001668642
Book with Dr Beau Billett
The clinic
On Melville Road since 1990
The clinic has been at 66 Melville Road in Brunswick West for more than three decades, in an allied health building a few steps from the route 58 tram at stop 35.
There is street parking directly out front, and the opposite side of Melville Road is unrestricted at any hour. On the clinic's side you cannot park between 7:00am and 9:00am Monday to Friday, and that one is enforced, so for an appointment before 9:00am on a weekday, park across the road.
- 1990
- Established
- 65,500
- Patients seen
- 5.0
- From 52 Google reviews
Questions
About the offer
What are the terms of the $78 offer?
It is for new patients at this clinic, one per person, and it covers the 30-minute initial consultation, item code 1002, in place of the published $125 fee. Mention the offer when you book, or bring this page up at the desk, so reception charges the offer price. Offers must be requested when booking or before payment and cannot be applied retrospectively. The discount cannot be taken as cash, it does not run alongside another offer, and it does not apply to anything from the shop. Appointments after the first are charged at the published fee. There is no closing date.
Is it a shorter or smaller appointment than the usual one?
No. It is the same 30-minute initial consultation the clinic publishes at $125: the same health history, the same physical assessment of posture and movement, the same muscle and joint testing, the same orthopaedic and neurological screen, and the same explanation of what your chiropractor found before anything is treated. The fee is what changes.
Will I be signed up to a treatment plan?
You will not be asked to commit to anything before you understand the findings. Your chiropractor explains what they found and what the options are, and tells you what they expect after the assessment rather than before it. There are no packages here, and if chiropractic is not the right fit for what you have, they will tell you that at the first appointment.
Do I need a referral?
No. Chiropractic is a primary contact profession in Australia, so you can book directly. Bring any imaging or reports you already have, along with your health fund card if you would like to claim at the desk.
Will I be treated at the first appointment?
In most cases, yes: where the picture is clear after the assessment and you are comfortable proceeding, treatment starts at that visit. Where something needs to be established first, your chiropractor will say so and explain what happens next.
Can I book the offer for someone else?
Yes. If you're booking for someone else, they can use the offer for their first appointment with us. Book online or call reception and we can arrange the appointment for you.
Can the offer be applied to an appointment I have already had?
It is applied at the appointment itself, so ask for it when you book or at the desk on the day and reception will charge the offer price. Offers, discounts and promotions must be requested when booking or before payment and apply only to the appointment for which they are requested. Offers cannot be applied retrospectively. If an appointment has already been completed and paid for at the published fee, the difference cannot be refunded or credited towards a later offer.
Offer terms
- Available to new patients at this clinic: your first appointment here.
- Mention the offer when you book, or bring this page up at the desk, so reception charges the offer price.
- Offers, discounts and promotions must be requested when booking or before payment and apply only to the appointment for which they are requested.
- Offers cannot be applied retrospectively. If an appointment has already been completed and paid for at the published fee, the difference cannot be refunded or credited towards a later offer.
- One per person, and it applies to the person being seen rather than to whoever books it. You are welcome to book on someone else's behalf.
- The discount cannot be taken as cash.
- It covers the 30-minute initial consultation, item code 1002, in place of the published $125 fee. Any appointment after it is charged at the published fee.
- It does not apply alongside another offer, and it does not apply to products, footwear or bracing from the shop.
- Available until further notice. There is no closing date and no countdown.
- Health fund rebates are claimed on what you pay on the day, through HICAPS at the desk, and depend on your level of cover and your remaining annual limit.
The standard terms apply to the appointment itself, including the cancellation notice, and every published fee is on the fees page.
New patient offer
$78 for your first appointment
A 30-minute assessment, your findings explained, and what to do next. Normally $125.
3 chiropractors · Brunswick West · Open six days · HICAPS at the desk · Offer terms apply.