About Chiropractic Moves
Hi, from your Paddington chiropractors, Michael and Amanda
Hi, we’re Michael and Amanda O’Doherty, your Paddington Chiro’s - the husband and wife team at the heart of Chiropractic Moves. We are both graduates of Macquarie University in Sydney and we’re also members of Chiropractic Australia.
We run a lovely family clinic in beautiful Paddington, Brisbane and we both have our own clinical focus.
Of course we both treat all the normal things you associate with chiropractic care, like neck pain, headaches, lower back pain and sciatica.
Amanda also has a special focus on treating conditions of the back and hips as well as working with mothers and babies to address the musculoskeletal aspects of pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding. You can read more about Amanda below.
Michael has focused his further studies particularly on sports and exercise injuries, as well as the strength and rehab exercises that help manage them so well.
Michael is also very interested in the treatment of jaw pain and disorders of the temporo-mandibular joint (or TMJ). These problems can manifest as clicks and pops in the jaw on movement, speaking or chewing, and sometimes as headaches, night pain and sleeplessness.
Michael and Amanda both know that you have a lot going on and don’t have time to be slowed down by pain and injury. And we know that you are willing to do the work to get the best results. We are here to help you get out of pain and resolve your musculoskeletal issues through specific Chiropractic adjustments, targeted muscle work and tailored exercises to create healthy movement and get you feeling more like yourself again.
As your local Paddington chiropractors, we take pride in providing the highest quality care to you, our clients.
Dr. Michael O’Doherty
B.Chiro Sci. M. Chiro.
I am a Chiropractor, science and sci-fi enthusiast, weightlifter, occasional runner (it’s Paddington), husband to one and a dad to two.
I knew I wanted to become a Chiropractor and help people with injuries after I myself overcame a significant knee injury with the help of Chiropractic Care at Uni.
It was through adjustments, targeted muscle releases and rehab exercises provided to me by my chiropractor that I found relief from pain, regained strength in my knee and was able to get back to sports and all my other activities.
This experience sparked my interest in active and sports related injuries and lead me to continue my study in sports chiropractic and rehabilitation.
I love to work with busy and active people who are struggling with pain, to find relief from their symptoms firstly, and then to build up strength in joints and muscles again,so people can stay out of pain for good. I want my patients to be able to get through their work day, excel at their sports and workouts, to be able to lift the kids and play at the park all day without running into the same types of problems over and over.
To this end, I’ve completed further studies in:
- Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilisation (DNS)
- Functional Movement Screening (FMS)
As well as courses with Sports Chiropractic Australia and The Centre for Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy.
I love working with people who are dealing with:
- TMJ (Jaw) problems
- Low back Pain and Sciatica
- Neck pain
- Headaches
- Shoulder impingement/AC joint/Rotator Cuff problems
- Hip impingement/Tendinopathy/Bursitis pain
- Weaknesses around the shoulders, glut’s and lower back
- Sharp pain as well as sudden and shooting pains
I think I’m really lucky as a chiropractor to have worked in clinic alongside GP’s, physios, podiatrists, psychologists and more, and I value a science driven, team based approach to patient care.
If you have a scan of your back, neck, hip, knee etc… or a musculoskeletal diagnosis that a doctor or other health professional couldn’t explain, so that YOU knew what to DO about it, then I’d love to see you and get to the bottom of it.
Dr. Amanda O’Doherty née Collins
B. Chiro Sci. M. Chiro. Daccp.
Hi, I’m Amanda. Chiropractor, mum, human body nerd, keen walker (with stroller of course) and social butterfly. I knew I wanted to become a Chiropractor when I was in grade 12 and went to our family Chiropractor for the first time in a long time. I had an adjustment of my spine and I felt an amazing, life-changing release.
Since graduating as a chiropractor myself and throughout my career I have naturally gravitated towards pregnancy and paediatric care.
I have achieved a high level of education in this area, completing a 2 year post graduate qualification in chiropractic paediatrics. I have a genuine fascination for the wonder and mechanics of pregnancy and childbirth, and the impact it has on the body of both mother and child.
And with treating mamas comes treating their babies, there is nothing more rewarding to me than helping a pregnant mama prepare her body for childbirth, helping a baby to latch correctly for the first time, or helping a mother with her recovery after childbirth. I have tremendous respect for mothers and babies especially after I myself went through a very challenging labour, birth and breastfeeding journey.
It was through a team of health professionals (chiro, lactation consultant and midwives) that my own body was able to recover, and then I was able to establish good breastfeeding myself - it was a life saver!
I work with mothers and babies to help with the underlying musculoskeletal issues of pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding; so that mothers can gain confidence in their own body for their birthing and breastfeeding journey.
I’ve completed further study in:
- Pregnancy and Post Partum Corrective Exercise
- Total Body Modification (TBM)
- Applied Kinesiology (AK)
- Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilisation
I love to work with people who are dealing with:
- Back and pelvic pain
- Tailbone pain
- Neck and shoulder issues from breastfeeding
- Groin pain
- Sciatica
- Weak abdominal muscles and separation
- Latch and breastfeeding difficulty
- Birth trauma
- Plagiocephaly (flat head syndrome)
