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First Chiropractic Gentle, nervous-system based chiropractic in Napier, NZ to support family wellness + resilience
• Headaches • Neck / Back/ Hip Pain • Pregnancy + Kids.

Book Online⬇️ At First Chiropractic, our entire team is focussed on helping you achieve and maintain your health goals. Whether on-going pain or discomfort, injury care or chronic health issues, we are here to help you improve and then maintain your quality of life through chiropractic care. With our central location in Napier, First Chiropractic offers modern, gentle chiropractic care, suitable for all ages. Our team of five chiropractors offer a wealth of experience and our state-of-the-art diagnostic technology ensures we are able to provide you with an accurate diagnosis and precise care. Our team of chiropractors are:
• Dr Chris Anderson
• Dr Kate Anderson
• Dr Jeremy Gilbert
• Dr Fegus White



Open from 7.30am – 6pm weekdays as well as Saturday mornings, enjoy the convenience of appointment times to suit your busy schedule. We regularly provide care for those suffering with a range of conditions such as:
• Back Pain
• Neck Pain
• Headaches and Migraines
• Pinched Nerves
• Pregnancy
• Sciatica
• Scoliosis
• Slipped Disc
• Whiplash
• Numbness and Weakness

With a focus on care for all the family, our team also regularly care for Children and Infants, right from birth, ensuring they are thriving at every stage of their development. To discover how chiropractic care may be able to help you, call us to book a complimentary assessment. Phone us in Napier on 06 8433384

Know someone ready to think about health differently? Send this their way.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀What if healthcare focused less on fi...
05/11/2026

Know someone ready to think about health differently? Send this their way.
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What if healthcare focused less on fighting disease and more on building health?
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That’s the idea behind a scientific concept called salutogenesis: the study of what helps people become healthier, more resilient, and better able to adapt to life’s challenges.
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A recent review of 64 research studies concluded that health isn’t simply the absence of illness. It’s a dynamic process that can be strengthened over time.
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This is one of the reasons many people choose chiropractic care.
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Rather than chasing symptoms alone, chiropractic aims to support the communication between your brain and body through a healthy, adaptable nervous system.
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When your nervous system functions well, your body is better equipped to heal, recover, adapt to stress, and thrive.
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No, chiropractic isn’t a cure-all. But it can be an important part of creating the conditions where health is more likely to flourish.
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Because true health isn’t just about what’s wrong with you.
It’s about what’s strong within you. 🧠✨
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Kenya et al., Journal of Contemporary Chiropractic, 2026 | via Dr Mo Knows | Applied Neuroscience Education

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01/11/2026

I spent years hearing parents tell me their child “just snores” or “always has big tonsils,” as if it were simply part of who they are... and I used to let it slide until I understood what it can mean for how a child sleeps, grows and copes with their day.

A quiet, functional and open airway at night lets their nervous system move into the deep, restorative sleep they need. When breathing is a struggle, the body stays on alert, and what we often see as a result is a child who is tired, unsettled, or finding it hard to regulate, even though they’ve technically been in bed for eleven hours.

This is one of the most common reasons parents bring their children to see me. Rather than going straight to a referral, I look at how their spine, cranium and jaw are moving, how they’re using their tongue and lips, and how well their nervous system is able to settle. For many children, that’s where the change begins... and we can go deeper with an OMT functional program if that aligns with your families goals and values.

Know a family struggling with this? Send them this post - we’d love to see if we can help.

30/10/2026

When the nervous system has the support it needs, the body has an incredible capacity to adapt and heal as it was designed to do.

If you’ve been wondering what that could look like for you or your family, send us a message and we can chat about whether nervous system care is a good fit.

26/10/2026

If your toddler fights every nap like their life depends on staying awake, is wired at bedtime, then wakes two, three or four times overnight... this one is for you 🤍

You can see how tired they are. You know their tired cues, experience the meltdowns and then cringe when they finally crash in the car on the one day you needed them to stay awake. And yet when you lay them down for a nap, they’re wide awake and protesting, and when they do finally fall asleep at night, they don’t stay there for long.

What we often see in practice with in these little ones is a nervous system that is finding it hard to shift gears.

Our bodies move between a “go” state, where we’re alert and switched on, and a “rest and digest” state, where we can settle and sleep deeply. Falling asleep for a nap needs that shift to happen in the middle of a busy day, and staying asleep through the night needs the body to feel safe enough to stay in that restful state. When a toddler’s system is leaning towards “go”, being exhausted isn’t enough on its own, and you end up with a child who resists sleep and then can’t hold onto it.

Toddlerhood asks a lot of a developing nervous system... the tumbles off the couch, the big developmental leaps, new words, new daycare routines, sometimes a new sibling. All of that input has to be processed somewhere, and for many little ones it shows up as nap battles in the afternoon and frequent wake-ups overnight.

These patterns are common, but common doesn’t mean it’s something you just have to wait out. Gentle, low-force paediatric chiropractic care looks at how your child’s nervous system is adapting, and it can help support them in moving more easily into that calm, restorative state so that settling for naps and sleeping through the night has a better chance of happening.

If this sounds like your house, send us a message with the word SLEEP and we’ll share how we work with toddlers. You can also book your little one in online or call the team on (06) 843 3384. We have after-school and Saturday appointments so it fits around family life 🤍

21/10/2026

A lot of people tell us they walk out of their adjustment feeling lighter, clearer and more settled, and often they put it down to simply feeling a bit looser or having had half an hour to themselves.
That’s part of it, but there’s some research that gives another part of the picture..

Dr Heidi Haavik’s work shows that adjusting a spinal segment that isn’t moving well changes activity in the prefrontal cortex, the front part of your brain that helps regulate how you respond to stress. She explains that this prefrontal activity then increases the activity of your vagus nerve, which is the main driver of your rest, digest and healing state, and better vagal tone is a big part of what helps your body settle.

And the best part is that these changes don’t happen when segments that are already moving well are adjusted... it has to be the right segment. That’s why we take the time to properly assess your spine and nervous system before we adjust, so your care is specific to what your body actually needs.

So that calm you feel afterwards isn’t just in your head, it’s your nervous system shifting into a calmer state.

If you’ve ever noticed that post-adjustment calm, tell us in the comments how you’d describe it, or share this with someone who always says chiro just “feels good” 🧠

When your nervous system is dysregulated, everything starts to feel like an emergency. Your nervous system can struggle ...
20/10/2026

When your nervous system is dysregulated, everything starts to feel like an emergency.

Your nervous system can struggle to tell the difference between a deadline and a real threat. It senses pressure and responds the only way it knows how, with urgency, tension, and that feeling of needing to rush to stay ahead.

When your nervous system is regulated, the very same day can feel completely different. There’s room to pause, to take a proper breath, and to offer yourself the grace you’d so easily give to someone else.

When we’re juggling many plates and wearing many hats, our circumstances usually don’t change, and often they can’t. The kids still need you, work still needs doing, and life doesn’t hand us fewer responsibilities just because we’re tired. What can change is your capacity... how much your nervous system can hold before it tips into survival mode, and how you experience the load you’re carrying.

This is the work we love doing at First Chiropractic. Through gentle, low-force care, we focus on supporting your nervous system so it can move out of that constant state of alert and find its way back to calm more easily.

If you’ve been living on high alert for a while now, we’d love to help you get regulated. Book through the link in our bio, or send us a message and we’ll find a time that suits you.

Save this one for the days when everything feels urgent 🤍

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Monday 7:45am - 6pm
Tuesday 7:45am - 6:15pm
Wednesday 7:45am - 6pm
Thursday 7:30am - 6:15pm
Friday 7:45am - 6pm
Saturday 8:30am - 12pm

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