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About The Chiro Lab
You have just found two World Class Chiropractors and Health Mentors in your very own backyard.
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How did we end up coming home to Cambridge? We decided to make some 'pandemic lemonade'. Get out of the 'big smoke' and immerse ourselves in everything this exceptional community has to offer.​​
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We don't do fancy leases and flashy furniture, we do what matters - working with you, to reach your goals.
So you can live your best life and maintain your lifestyle for the years to come.
We support families by providing caring, exceptional, results based healthcare.
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Welcome to The Chiro Lab.
Our Story
When Olympic Team Snowboard Coach Sam met Equine Dentist and Dressage enthusiast Shelley, it wasn't love at first sight. These two had one thing on the mind.....getting accepted by the esteemed New Zealand College of Chiropractic and develop into elite chiropractors and health coaches.
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Mission accomplished, they studied hard. Managing to survive and thrive through a highly demanding academic degree and chiropractic internship, while also operating a speciality meal business for chronically ill people. At times planning, cooking and delivering over 200 meals a week to people within their community.
Both Dr Sam and Dr Shelley both have an irritating amount of energy for all things health and performance. Both labelled 'allergy kids' as young people, individually they have tackled personal health challenges, leading to a passion for learning and research. Most importantly they developed 'real world' tools and skills around identifying and managing health issues and optimising performance.
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With this diverse, unique skill set and abundance of knowledge regarding high performance sport, healthcare, chronic health conditions and life-hacking, voila....The Chiro Lab was born.
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We are proudly a little different in our approach to life and boldly think outside the square.
Meet Our Team
Dr. Sam Wilkinson DC
Principle Chiropractor, Health Coach, Sports Consultant
Dr Sam has an impressive professional background as an Olympic and high performance Snow Sports Coach.
He is a highly analytical chiropractor with a unique ability for human mechanics and insufficiencies that can cause poor performance, pain and unnecessary injuries.
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Dr Sam sees patients of all ages and stages, he is committed to getting his patients measurable results.
Dr. Shelley Parker DC
Chiropractor (Human, Equine, Canine) & Functional and Integrative Medicine Practitioner | Sacral Occiptal Technique (SOT)
Dr Shelley is passionate about mentoring and teaching people on improving their health, She is an advocate for her patients to live a bold, authentic and unstoppable lifestyle.
Born to be a leader in her field, she is our equestrian expert, with over 30 years of equine knowledge. She has been a rider and has participated in dressage since her late teens with many wonderful equine 'dancing partners' along the journey. Shelley understands the highlights and heartbreaks involved with horses, it is a sport like no other, relying on two athletes to peak together.
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Shelley is highly knowledgeable regarding lower back and sacroiliac pain, after suffering through a decade of her own lower back issues and learning how to manage this.
When not working with lower back pain, Dr Shelley loves providing care and support during pregnancy, seeing babies and children. She has additional pediatric training and many tools she uses to bring families into chilled balance and harmony.
Shelley Scrafton
Practice and Office Manager Extraordinaire
Shelley seems to be a popular name at The Chiro Lab, so Shells (for less confusion) is our amazing front of house, office manager and the one keeping us on track in practice.
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She brings extensive experience and an impressive skill set across multiple industries. She has vast education in healthcare and pilates and we hope to include her skills in these areas soon.
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Shells is an active member of our Cambridge community and Mum to a gorgeous young daughter and has crazy homemaking abilities (like marmalade, fancy cooking and knitting - she's basically the perfect wife) she is a legend at putting on all 'hats' and throwing herself into all that life has to offer.
She is even training for a 50km Ultra and is racking up a large running shoe account.
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Shells brings warmth, empathy, fun and is the smiling face to greet you when you arrive, always up for a yarn and help make your appointments even more awesome.
Mojo Parker-Wilkinson
Moral support, sleeping and snacking expert