Based in the Midlands and covering Stafforshire, Derbyshire, West Midlands, Warwickshire and Leicestershire

The McTimoney technique was developed by John McTimoney in the 1950s. John McTimoney had sustained an injury when he fell from a ladder. The injuries resulted in the gradual loss of use of both of his arms and increasing difficulty when walking. Doctors could not determine the reasons for his paralysis and suggested the only treatment was a risky operation to remove two ribs. This was when John's wife introduced him to a chiropractor who treated him at his first session with a single neck adjustment which resulted in John being able to walk the 5 miles home which would have been impossible before. Over the following treatment sessions Johns paralysis disappeared. John was so intrigued with the technique that he then trained as a chiropractor himself.

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Over the next 30 years he continued to develop the chiropractic technique, resulting in a thorough, gentle, whole-body treatment with a unique, complex range of direct cranial manipulations which in time became known as the McTimoney technique.

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In 1954 John McTimoney formulated a chiropractic technique for the treatment of animals, he was believed to be the first chiropractor in Great Britain to do this. It began when a horse-owning patient had to cancel his own appointment because his horse had a swollen fetlock making it lame. In those days the horse would have been put down due to this problem however John McTimoney observed that if this swelling was occuring in a human they would probably have misalignments of the upper spine. The horses owner suggested that John take a look at the animal, which he did, palpating and treating the misalignments he discovered. Following the treatment the horse made a full recovery and returned to hunting for many years afterwards. From here John developed his whole-body treatment for all animals, not only horses, but also dogs, cats, cattle and sheep.

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