The podcast from Chiro.London, hosted by founder Craig McLean. We meet chiropractors or people of influence who have an interesting life journey to share, always intertwined with a Chiro link. We started by chatting to the whole Chiro.London team of chiropractors and along the way we expanded to include some of the past Chiro London team, international chiropractors of influence, health focused London businesses or people (yoga, Pilates, gyms, PTs, psychotherapists) and simply some cool people…
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The year that changed everything. Barney shares his story how he successfully battled cancer
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, a…
The injury that made him stronger: Simon McNamara's Road Back to Racing. A lumbar disc injury review.
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…
Chris McNamara, cycling coach and GB Gravel Champ: training tips and mega successful year in review. *one for the cycling community
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…
Flashback to 2007, BBC Radio 5 Live interview, 'when the Queen has back pain who you gonna call?' Interview archive with Craig Mclean as a guest on the late news show.
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't…
Dr Mika Janhunen and his New Grad Boot Camp for chiropractors
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. Instagram…
Ultra runner Anna Brown shares her story of the 246km Spartathalon Ultra from Athens to Sparta running non stop for 34 hours
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…
Melissa Sandford, her chiropractic journey and the UCA's origin story
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…
Matt Doyle, pregnancy and paediatric chiropractor, we catch up and talk babies, bumps and his trip to the UK.
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…
Guy Riekeman returns to discuss his new My Lifestyle IQ app to help with the patient optimal health journey
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 start by…
Katrina Ordonez coach at Chiro One (100+ clinics in USA) joins us for a chat in London.
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