The Greentree Chiropractic name may be new, but the story goes back to 2001, and started something like this…
I was recently married and busy working in another industry. Things were going well, but on the work side, I felt like I wanted to make more of a positive difference to other people’s lives. I decided to leave the industry I was working in and go back to being a full time student.
I chose to study Chiropractic and build on my previous years as a massage therapist. Graduating in 2007 (yes, it takes THAT long), my primary mission was to test and develop my skills, learning to make a real difference. That mission to continue my learning was more important to me than the ‘business’ side and personal profits. I worked and learned and developed at numerous places over the following 10 years, moving on when the time was right to start something new. Towards the end of 2017, the time was right once again to find another location to continue my service. There were also changes on the home front, with my wife gearing up to take some time off work to look after our soon-to-arrive third child. The time was right to have my own space and rebrand.
The name ‘Greentree Chiropractic’ came to me in a rush of inspiration and purpose while I was on a long walk during a weekend away in Crescent Head. To me, it tells a story about the healing potential within each of us. Activating our healing potential is what Chiropractic is all about. This is what I wrote down after that long walk:
“The green tree in nature grows strong and thrives, it adapts to change, recovers and regrows. This is nature’s way. In a perfect world, the green tree has all that it needs from within the soil, water and sunlight. Sometimes though, in new environments and due to foreign stressors, even nature can need a little help getting back to balance – back in the healing zone.
We too can recover and thrive, in nature’s way. Sometimes we may need help as well, to correct the damage, find the causes of our imbalance and move into our healing zone.
Greentree Chiropractic is here to support nature’s way of healing from the inside out, to trigger the full healing potential of your body and guide you through a process to reduce the effects of stress in our lives.
Greentree Chiropractic is here to work with nature.”
So, I was inspired and had a name locked in, but I was also extremely busy and loaded with stress! By late last year I had the name, but no confirmed office space, and was due to finish at the Family Health & Wellness Centre by the end of December. Not to forget our third child who was also arriving early December, and my wife finishing up work for the next little while. I decided that some much-loved assets needed to be liquidated quickly to help fund the office relocation and the year ahead.
We sold an investment, my favourite car was swapped for a less expensive one, we had a baby and moved into the new premises all within 4 weeks… I was practising all my stress dumping and productivity tricks each day just to keep on top of the never ending list of things to do!
But here we are, hitting the ground running in 2018, and more than excited about the year ahead. As the business continues to grow, I will be adding people to the team who can help support you in your health and wellbeing goals. I’m happy to share the story behind the move and why I chose the name Greentree Chiropractic – and we look forward to helping you!
Pic: our new reception area in OTP House