Frameworks Clinic, chiropractic care in Verwood, Dorset
Chiropractor in Verwood, Dorset
We offer comfortable, patient focused, easy care aimed at giving rapid pain relief. Chiropractic treatment for back, hip, neck, joint, muscle and nerve pain.
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Conditions
What is causing your pain?
Back Pain
Stiff first thing in the morning. Worse after sitting, or after a long drive. The ache that settles for a few weeks and then comes back. Pain that spreads into the buttock or down the leg.
Learn more 02Knee Pain
Pain at the front of the knee going down stairs. Aching after standing for a while. Stiffness getting going in the morning. Osteoarthritis and patellofemoral pain.
Learn more 03Sciatica
Pain running from the lower back into the buttock, thigh or calf. Pins and needles or numbness. A leg that feels weak or heavy. Often worse sitting or standing still for long periods of time.
Learn more 04Neck Pain
Stiffness turning your head. An ache across the shoulders by the end of a day at a screen. Headaches that start at the base of the skull. Tingling or numbness down the arm.
Learn more 05Sports Injuries
The same minor injury that keeps returning to the same spot. Niggles that flare whenever you increase your training. Common in runners, footballers and golfers.
Learn more 06Shoulder Pain
Trouble reaching overhead, or behind your back. Pain when you lie on that side at night. Rotator cuff problems, impingement, and shoulder pain that is actually coming from the neck.
Learn more 07Hip Pain
Pain in the groin or on the outside of the hip. Stiffness after sitting. Trouble with stairs, or with shoes and socks. An ache that wakes you when you lie on that side.
Learn moreAlso treated
Other conditions we treat
If what is bothering you is not on either list, ring us and ask. The free assessment exists so you can find out where you stand without spending anything, and if our approach isn’t right for you we will discuss alternatives with you.
Why Frameworks
A unified technique developed over 32 years
Frameworks Clinic was started by Dr David Eldridge, who trained as a physiotherapist before he qualified as a chiropractor, and spent years involved in elite sport. Every clinician at the clinic follows the same written protocols, so what you get does not depend on who you happen to be booked in with. Behind the clinic sits an advisory Board covering orthopaedic medicine, mental health and current research. The aim of the Board is to make recovery comfortable, easy considered, and as rapid as possible.
Dr David Eldridge
Founder, 32 years in practice
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David trained as a physiotherapist before he qualified as a chiropractor. He built the method the clinic runs on, and spent years working in elite sport. He still treats patients in his consultancy clinics and chairs the advisory Board. BSc Chiropractic, Doctor of Chiropractic, GCC registered (No. 00206). Member of the Royal College of Chiropractors and the British Chiropractic Association.
Dr Joe Sanyal
Clinic lead practitioner
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Joe runs the day-to-day clinical work and is who you are most likely to be booked in with. He was treated by David as a teenager, which is what inspired him into chiropractic. Before seeing patients independently, he benefited from the rare opportunity to observe hundreds of cases alongside David. While most practitioners gain experience primarily through treating their own patients, this extensive period of observation allowed him to develop a remarkably detailed understanding of the Frameworks approach and its practical application. GCC registered (No. 06124), and a member of the British Chiropractic Association. Before seeing patients independently, he benefited from the rare opportunity to observe hundreds of cases alongside David. While most practitioners gain experience primarily through treating their own patients, this extensive period of observation allowed him to develop a remarkably detailed understanding of the Frameworks approach and its practical application.
Dr Chris Batty
Advisory Board, orthopaedic and MSK medicine
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A GP specialising in orthopaedics and MSK conditions, who met David on the Sports Medicine Masters course. He is the longest-serving doctor in the football league and the current medic for a Championship club. He referred patients to the clinic because of the reliability of the results.
Paul Maxwell-Bown
Advisory Board, mental health and wellbeing
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A mental health specialist whose work on the Board covers the psychological toll of long-term joint pain, and the effects on recovery. He had been through this with his experiences of the NHS as a patient himself. His experience with Frameworks was very different and he wanted to help others understand this.
What happens
How we treat patients: our unique method
Almost all new patients follow the same four initial stages of treatment. Which is not the same as everyone getting the same treatment. What we do inside each stage is consistent but bespoke according to examination findings. Attention to detail is the focus of what we do and is about creating the most comfortable, considered, and rapid care we feel is possible.
You will know the plan, the number of appointments and the cost before you agree to anything. During treatment, you either lay flat face down or stay sitting upright, and you keep your clothes on.
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A free 15-minute assessment
We look at whether your problem is the kind we can help with. If it is not, we say so and point you somewhere more suitable to your condition. Nothing is charged and nothing is committed.
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Examination, and your plan
A full history and examination, and your first treatment on the same visit. You leave knowing what we found, what we intend to do about it, and exactly what it will cost.
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Your course of treatment
For most people that is a four-treatment Foundation Phase over two to four weeks. Treatment appointments are 15 minutes. You either lay flat face down or stay upright and fully clothed, during treatment.
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Keeping it that way
Once things are settled, most patients are managed with occasional appointments rather than an ongoing weekly plan. This is part of making it easy for you. How often is discussed individually.
Fifteen minutes, no charge, and no obligation to book anything after it.
Our mandatory review
Every course has a compulsory review at the fourth appointment
We have always done this. At your fourth appointment we look at whether your pain has eased, whether you can do more, or both.
If nothing has changed, we refer you for further clinical investigation rather than carry on treating.
85%
of patients did not need further clinical investigation at their review
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treatments in the Foundation Phase, including the review. A defined course, not an open-ended plan.
64%
had already tried other therapies before they came to us
Almost70%
came to us with back pain. It is what we deal with day in, day out.
From the clinic's own audit of the last 100 patients who completed the Foundation Phase.
What makes this easier/comfortable from what you have tried before
Not because the profession is different, but because of how this clinic works.
No exercise programme to take home
You will not leave with a sheet of exercises to get through. That is deliberate. We steady the joint first.
Precise, instrument-assisted adjustments
Adjustments are made with instruments rather than purely by hand to make it more comfortable and easy for you. Very small, measured movements to one specific joint, and nothing else which makes rapid response more likely in our experience. The attention to detail is the point.
The same protocols, whoever you see
Every practitioner at the clinic follows the same documented protocols. What you get does not depend on which clinician you happen to be booked with.
Short appointments, and few of them
Treatments are 15 minutes. Most people are managed with occasional appointments once the initial course is done, rather than an open-ended weekly commitment.
What our patients say
Real, verified reviews from the people we treat, on Google.
Esther Skinner
Excellent service. I always feel listened too and have any required treatment explained fully. I never feel pressured to rebook but rather genuinely cared for.
Ashley Hockley
Very professional polite service. Dr Sanyal was excellent and the service was excellent as well I couldn't recommend them enough
Andrew Woodhouse
Excellent treatment and service again today. I have been a patient for around 20 years and cannot recommend highly enough.
Common questions
Yes. Frameworks is a chiropractic clinic, GCC registered and a member of the Royal College of Chiropractors and the British Chiropractic Association.
Where we differ from most chiropractors is in how the adjustment is delivered. The movements are very small and specific to one joint because this gives us more control. We work on stabilising a joint rather than creating unnecessary movement. We focus on delivering comfortable, gentle and patient focused care, making what we feel is the most likely to give rapid relief. Same profession, different technique.
No. Adjustments are made using instruments that allow us to create very small, precise movements. This emphasises what we believe is the need for gentle, easy and considered care.
There is no cracking, forceful thrust or sudden manipulation. When you are treated, you either lie flat on your front or remain seated upright, fully clothed.
Generally not, and that surprises people. Many patients leave with nothing more than an instruction to ice it.
We take a different view on exercise. We know that it is important in terms of your recovery, but we have found that exercises are best done once the joints are stabilised. Then exercise increases the stability with the muscles now in the correct place.
Most people go through a four-treatment Foundation Phase over two to four weeks, with a mandatory review, and we discuss this with you before you commit to anything.
That is the common route rather than a fixed package. Your plan is discussed and agreed after your examination. If your case needs something different, we will say so and explain what that looks like.
Then we will discuss it with you. That might mean imaging to rule out a cause that needs different care, a different approach within the clinic, or referring you on to someone who may be more appropriate.
The assessment exists precisely so that this is decided early, before you have spent anything.
Yes. A free 15-minute assessment, with no obligation. We check whether your condition has the patterns our approach works on. If it does not, we will discuss this with you.
The adjustment
Gentle, specific, and measured.
Every adjustment is made with instruments, which lets us put a small, controlled amount of movement into one specific joint therefore being very precise and repeatable. That precision is the point: and attention to details gives the best result in our experience. We have found this delivers the most comfortable, considered, easy and rapid response. When you are treated, you either lay flat face down or stay sitting upright, fully clothed, and each step is explained before it happens.
Why the exercises did not fix it
Many people who seek our help have already been given exercises. Many describe pain whilst they are doing the exercises given, and they say they do not seem to change anything.
We take a different view on exercise. We know that it is important in terms of your recovery, but we have found that exercises are best done once the joints are stabilised. Then exercise increases the stability with the muscles now in the correct place.
Where our patients come from
We are in Verwood, and most of our patients are within about ten minutes' drive. Find your town, or just get in touch.
You don't have to live with pain
Book a free, no-obligation 15-minute assessment. We will discuss with you whether we can help and what it would involve. If we do not think we are the right people, again, we will discuss this with you.
- Free 15-minute assessment, no obligation
- No exercise programme to take home
- Your plan and your cost, agreed before anything starts