The Team
The Abacus team comprises chiropractic and cranial practitioners, offering a wealth of knowledge with after-care advice and guidance. The team approach reflects the McTimoney technique and philosophy of care. The body works as a whole and therefore should be treated as a whole.
Practitioners, trained in the latest techniques for specific injuries and pain management, use a skilled ‘hands-on’ approach. Specific arrangements can be made for 1: 1 Pilates instruction. All the practitioners are fully trained and certified. The certificates are on display in the Clinic.
One of Abacus’ key strengths is its interdisciplinary approach to produce the most effective treatment plan for each individual through
- Initial assessment
- Treatment plan
- Progress schedule & re-assessment
- Tailored to meet individual needs
- Exercises and stretches
Abacus Award - PPQM Awarded by the patient partnership group
of the College Of Chiropractic - To the Abacus Team for 'Providing a service the patients want'.
This quality Bench Mark is exactly what the Abacus Team strive to achieve "Patients First"
Abacus Practitioners
- Mrs Deirdre Edwards
- Mrs Katie Holton
- Mrs Tamzin Blinkhorn
- Mr Kay Shultz
- Mrs Jane Rapp
Deirdre Edwards DC FMCA FCC (Paeds) GCC Reg. RN RSCN Health Visitor certificate
Principal chiropractor
Has specific interest & expertise in treating babies and children. Pregnancy advice.
Katie Holton B.Sc CHIRO MMCA GCC Reg.
Also a qualified Pilates Instructor - provides 1:1 plans
Tamzin Blinkhorn B.Sc CHIRO MMCA GCC Reg.
Double award winner of her year
Kay Shultz B.Sc CHIRO MMCA GCC Reg.
Also qualified personal Trainer
Jane Rapp ITEC - Holistic Massage. VTCT - Level 3 Sports Massage
Detailed Profile - Deirdre Edwards: Principal Chiropractor
Qualifications:
State Registered Nurse
Registered Sick Children's Nurse
Midwifery: Part 1
Health Visiting Certificate
Diploma in Chiropractic (McTimoney Chiropractor)
Deirdre Edwards has specific interest & expertise accumulated over 30 years with Babies, Children, in fact all the family. As a qualified children's nurse, she was part of the first UK based multi-disciplinary and multi-agency paediatric assessment day unit based at the City Hospital in Nottingham.
It is clear that some of the ideas and the general approach on which the Paediatric Assessment Unit (PAU) were based are reflected in the more recent Surestart projects and the work of Social Care Services in its child protection work. Her many years as a Health Visitor with an extensive caseload, equipped her for the pursuit of further preventative care for children, which acknowledged the importance of the maturing nervous system and the role of the protective bony framework of the skeleton.
Deirdre has been able to utilise this experience for the benefit of many children on whose behalf she has been consulted and those she treats as a Chiropractor. Travelling to visit and work with other chiropractors has enabled her to assimilate differing views, and techniques, pursuing excellence both in the clinical setting and beyond. She has developed the very busy thriving family practice in Stratford upon Avon, supporting the whole community and offering patients a choice. Her vision was to build up a family practice, caring for every member of the family, whatever age.
Speaking engagements, association and professional commitments ensure the longevity of the McTimoney Technique in the wider forum.
Deirdre has always offered her graduating college (McTimoney Chiropractic College now at Abingdon, Oxfordshire) her support especially by welcoming new graduates a place in her clinic, creating a strong platform for them, and equally a vibrant team for the patients. Deirdre has been awarded Fellowships of the College of Chiropractors and the McTimoney Chiropractic Association.
