Chiro London Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Barney Purbrook's comeback story Barnabas Purbrook — Barney to his teammates — is a husband, new dad, city finance professional, and one of the most respected riders in the Sigma Sports Masters race team. A former semi-pro rugby player turned white collar boxer turned competitive cyclist, Barney has never been the type to sit still. So when a persistent back pain led to scans...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when an experienced endurance athlete is forced to stop? In this episode of the Chiro London podcast , we sit down with Simon McNamara from the Sigma Sports Masters Race Team to talk about injury, resilience, and rebuilding stronger than ever. In 2025, Simon suffered a Lumbar disc herniation that brought his racing season to an abrupt halt. Like many athletes, he init...

Send us Fan Mail Not our usual programming so unless you are interested in masters cycling change channels now.  However if you are keen to be inspired by Chris McNamara’s epic year on the bike, the same year he turned 50 then tune in and cancel everything for the next 60 min. He’s super open about his year and we talk races, tactics, nutrition, training and all that you need to know from the rece...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 93 of the Chiro London podcast is a flashback to some archive audio I found from an interview on the BBC 5 Live late news show on a day where the news was all about the Queen having low back pain. She was unable to open the new Arsenal Emirates Stadium because her back wouldn't let her leave Buckingham Palace. The BBC 5 Live team called up our clinic randomly. We didn...

Send us Fan Mail Meet Dr Mika, my good mate from Finland, an awesome skier and chiropractor.  https://www.newgradbootcamp.co.uk/ The New Grad Boot camp is something he's been working hard on over the winter and we have a good chat about the program supporting new chiropractic graduates. It's a great sounding program and its very affordable. Go and check it out from the link above.  Insta...

Send us Fan Mail Anna was very new to chiropractic but in the lead up to a huge ultra marathon event the Spartathalon, the 246km race from Athens to Sparta, her body went into melt down. It was only a month out from the event and she sought help from us at Putney Chiro. This episode is in 3 parts. 1. the race review, from the time she arrived in Athens to when she crossed the finish line, one of o...

Send us Fan Mail Long overdue chat with Melissa who is more committed to the development of the profession in the UK than most chiropractors are. She is the executive advisor to the United Chiropractic Association and has been involved with the UCA for 21 of its near 25 years existence. She is the brains and energy behind UK's biggest gathering of chiropractors the UCA CE seminar. She runs a...

Send us Fan Mail Dr Matt Doyle, Chiropractor with over 20 years experience, a Masters in Chiropractic Paediatrics and now a PhD candidate in the subject talks to us about babies, pregnancy and chiropractic. Links The paediatric intake and follow up forms and research www.chiro.london/blog/ypk9ftalethxf9e7ydym8hgkdymbpy The events https://unitedchiropractic.glueup.com/event/assessing-and-adjusting-...

Send us Fan Mail Great to have another chat with Guy Riekeman, truly an elder statesman of the chiropractic profession. We first had a conversation in 2021 when we covered most of Guy's legacy for the chiropractic profession and I'd recommend you give this a listen as well as the current episode.  However today is all about how the role of the chiropractor has changed over the years. We...

Send us Fan Mail We follow Kat's journey from being one of the groups top 10% chiropractors to now being a coach helping others in the Chiro One set up perform at their best. Bailey our CA worked with her for 5 years in Chicago, thanks for the introduction.  Instagram @chirolondonpod

Send us Fan Mail Great chat with Laurence, who, it could be argued is afraid of what a cosy and comfortable life looks like. I loved hearing about the early days with the Wellness Guys, (a before its time podcast about wellness - not chiropractic).  We follow his life from being a Chiro in Perth, to a Chiro coach in Sydney to 2 years ago again moving and ending up in Portugal.  As a chiropractic c...

Send us Fan Mail Summary  Loved the chat with Jess Hambly, the Aussie chiro who has been in the UK for 6 years but just recently joined the Chiro. London team. She has 16 years experience, is a doula (birth partner) and has a super strong chiropractic philosophy. We signed off the week with a glass of rose and a chat about all things health and chiropractic.  Summary of what was discussed.  What i...

Send us Fan Mail Loved this chat with Nimrod Mueller. This podcast episode essentially is about two things. 1. levelling up your chiro philosophy to a new unknown chiro philosophy 'gaming' level that I didn't know existed. 2. Unpacking the day I spent with Nimrod and some of the UK leaders of chiropractic plotting course for Chiro in the UK and discussing the next event taking place...

Send us Fan Mail Loved this chat with Martin Harvey, one for the chiropractors, I (Craig McLean) was in London 2ºC he was in Melbourne 30ºC and we covered in one episode so many ways to engage better with your clients to enable you to provide better service which naturally will encourage people to stay with you longer. At the beginning, after setting the scene, we tackle the question as to whether...

Send us Fan Mail Vismai is a chiropractor with over 25 years experience and our paths keep crossing. We grew up in the same country town in rural Australia, we studied together in RMIT, Melbourne, Putney chiropractic helped during his near death experience after an illness pick up in West Africa, he practiced in Holland for years around time I was first in London early 2000s, and now he has a daug...

Send us Fan Mail Craig McLean, your host, welcomes Adrian Wenban, chiropractor and head of Barcelona College of Chiropractic. Following on from our last episode where a recently graduated student from both RMIT and Barcelona filled us in on the differences between the two programs.  We ask Adrian about the history of the Barcelona college, when it started, how big it is, how many students per year...

Send us Fan Mail Isaac reached out after finishing chiro college in Barcelona and after finding a little bit about his story I thought it would be a journey others may enjoy. He started chiro school at RMIT Melbourne Australia 6 years ago during the hardest hit covid years eventually finishing  his  studies at Barcelona College of Chiropractic. He's in the UK at the moment awaiting to sit the...

Send us Fan Mail We've asked Tom Mackay to come back and record his 3rd episode on the chiro.london pod with host Craig Mclean. He's just back from running a sub 2h:30min marathon in Berlin and at 2:26 it was a pb by 8 minutes. It took him 20 marathons and a load of life lessons along the way to find a way to conquer his nemesis time. This episode was recorded in London but we were joine...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 78: Financial health episode. The aim was to provide some really useful information to chiropractors, anyone who is self employed or business owners about a topic that may be perceived as a bit dull.  If you make it through this episode you will walk away with valuable tools to make your financial life much easier and provide a clear path to building wealth and saving tax....

Send us Fan Mail Listen in to episode 77 where myself, Craig Mclean and Doc Conor Ward ‘the health elevator’ discuss heart rate variability (HRV), what is it and why do we measure it? What effects does chiropractic have on HRV, your nervous system and your overall health. Lastly what is whoop / other wearable health tech devices that measure HRV, our overall strain/stress and recovery scores and h...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Katelyn McGregor who is a chiropractor, mother of two, married to Andy McGregor a great Chiro a mate of mine, business owner and part of a private midwifery offering.  We discuss loads about being pregnant as a chiropractor, following your own advice, preparing your body, how long should you practice for before maternity leave, giving yourself time for the best possible...

Send us Fan Mail Meet Doc Edwina Waddell from Evolve Chiropractic in Currumbin, Gold Coast, Qld, Australia. Edwina is back, our first return guest to the pod and a great review of life as a practice owner on her 4th anniversary of opening her clinic on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.  Edwina was a chiropractor with us for 9 years in Putney and moved back to Aus a few years back.  We cover ...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 74: we meet Simon Billings a chiropractor with a special dedication to nutrition. I’ve wanted to get Simon on for ages so we can discuss simple ways to decrease systemic pro inflammatory states. The sort of thing that does no favours to anyone who is in pain, esp that reactive random joint inflammatory stuff that chiropractors see regularly. But more than that inflammation...

Send us Fan Mail Hosted by Craig Mclean it was time to upgrade the pod, so we headed to Brewdog Brewery in London Waterloo and recorded this episode in their Podcast Project, a professional studio for podcasters with Docs Georgie and Sydney on their 2nd anniversary of working with us at Chiro London. You'll find Georgie in our Fulham office and Sydney in Tooting.  We cover loads that will be...

Send us Fan Mail October 2015 was when Jamie Murray first made an appointment at Putney Chiropractic, after googling chiropractors who work with athletes. Seven years later he still is on the Putney Chiro table whenever he's not travelling the world on the pro tennis circuit to help him prevent injury and promote optimal performance.  Craig McLean had a chat to him at his most recent visit as...