In practice for 30 years

Local chiropractor Mr Peter Grieve is celebrating 30 years of practice on the Peninsula.

"My desire to become a chiropractor began as a kid living on a farm in Central Mangrove," he said.

He said he was in a car when the brakes failed on the way to school.

"Thank goodness for a sizeable gum tree that brought the vehicle and its six occupants to a sudden halt.

"Following this accident, I suffered severe headaches that were relentless and after exhausting the then orthodox medical treatments, I was privy to visiting a chiropractor who assessed and corrected a neck based dysfunction.

"This rendered enormous relief.

"Thus the dream was born and, at the age of 15, I knew my calling was to be a chiropractor."

Mr Grieve said after several years of study, he graduated as a chiropractor on November 28, 1978, at the age of 21 and began practicing in Umina that same day.

"What a privilege it is to go to the work place each day and look forward to caring for those in need," Mr Grieve said.

"Most of the families I look after are residents on the Peninsula and I see three and sometimes four generations of these folk.

"I am probably biased, but I reckon the Peninsula people are a great lot who are very open to ways and means of helping themselves.

"I commonly integrate treatment and utilise the expertise of other health care practitioners to assist in finding the best possible way of managing an individual's health.

"Commonly disorders such as diabetes, obesity and psychological stress present as back and neck pain.

"Occasionally more sinister pathologies are causative."

"Although chiropractors are known for treating the spine and influencing the nervous system, I am always on the lookout for the underlying factors that are causative of problems other than the obvious," Mr Grieve said.

Mr Grieve said he was "keen" to continue on for many years and was excited to introduce his new associate, Simon Morgan, to the clinic.

"Simon comes to us with excellent credentials as a chiropractor and equally importantly, a belief that all humans have a right to cost-effective and high-quality health care," Mr Grieve said.

"He is here for the long haul and now Simon is on board, we can serve the people of the Peninsula region even more effectively.

"Simon is enthusiastic and is currently able to do preliminary spinal assessments for no fee."

Press release, 31 Oct 2008 Peter Grieve, Umina Chiropractic Clinic