Staff at Kingsland Chiropractic

Dr Michelle Dickinson (Practice Owner)

Michelle Dickinson has been practising as a Chiropractor since 2003. She has a Bachelor of Science (Physiology) from The University of Auckland, and a Bachelor of Chiropractic from the New Zealand College of Chiropractic. Michelle graduated from her chiropractic degree top of her class with the Academic Excellence Award.

Michelle chose to study chiropractic as the philosophy resonated with her beliefs. After all the study she had done on human physiology it just made sense to her that if the spine wasn’t functioning correctly then it would and could affect anything relating to that individuals health.

Michelle has been at Kingsland Chiropractic since it first opened in 2004.  She bought the business in late 2008 and is enjoying the new challenges that being a small business owner brings.

Michelle prefers utilising gentle chiropractic techniques.  She has obtained Advanced Certification in Sacro Occipital Technique.  She may also use an Activator adjusting instrument, Drop Table and some manual adjusting, and sometimes a percussion massager before an adjustment.

Michelle tutored at the New Zealand Chiropractic College running labs for the Diagnostic Imaging papers from 2006-2009. This involved teaching all 4 years and was a very rewarding experience.  She now works part time in the Student Chiropractic Centre, supervising Chiropractic Interns with their patients.  Michelle will also be assisting at the Sacro Occipital Technique seminars in NZ from 2011.

Michelle enjoys working on a wide variety of people, but says that newborn babies are always a highlight due to the level of trust involved from the parents and how fast they respond.

Dr Ruth Barclay

Ruth Barclay has been living in New Zealand for 2 years.  She graduated with BAppSci (Chiro) at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia in 2000.  Since qualifying she has combined working in successful practices in England with caring for her three children – now aged 8, 6 and 4.  She has enjoyed the experience of helping a wide variety of different patients, and has special interests in pregnancy, babies and children.

 Ruth believes that maintaining a healthy spine and nervous system is essential to health.  She uses a safe and gentle approach incorporating the use of Sacro Occipital Technique (SOT).  Her goal is to not just to treat symptoms, but to identify their underlying causes.  This can be achieved by a combination of adjustments, exercises and lifestyle adaptations.

Originally from Belfast, Ruth is excited about her family’s new life in Auckland.  She loves summer camping holidays, coffee by the beach and rowing with Auckland Rowing Club.