Stefaan’s philosophy is simple:
“90% of the time patients come to me for the first time when they’re in crisis – in pain or in desperation, because they feel they’ve been everywhere for help, but got nowhere. Firstly, I try to really understand patients and keep digging and asking ‘why’ until the cause of their problem becomes clear. Then everything becomes easy; all you have to do is  is take the cause away and let things fix themselves. Sadly, they’ve regularly never been asked these important questions before. After that they just let me look after them as little as necessary to enable them to do the things they want to do.”

CORE Physiatry is the embodiment of this thinking: “When you understand the different components of health and wellbeing, these questions and answers usually tell you everything you need to know, in order to diagnose and decide on what treatment is needed.“

The first clinician able to guarantee the results of his work.

Stefaan looks after a large number of athletes and sports people (both individually and via club and team associations) including amongst others professional boxers, rugby and football players, ice-skaters, ballroom dancers, tennis players and golfers, and a number of England and Scotland athletes. Stefaan has also lectured for the NHS and has been involved in several studies and research papers.

Dr. Oliver Hobkirk-Smith MChiro (AECC) DC (Doctor of Chiropractic) CH Dip. C. Hyp Spinal Physiatrist

Oliver is a Spinal Physiatrist whom originally trained as a Doctor of Chiropractic at the Anglo-European College of Chiropractic.

His professional interests include the management of challenging and most likely chronic complaints, which may have proven difficult to resolve elsewhere.

“Patients often present to me as a last resort having seen up to 10 to 15 other specialists before me with little or sometimes no success. My primary aim after explaining to the patient about their complaint (diagnosis) is to assist them in becoming free from pain as soon as possible. My secondary aim is to ensure that the patient then remains free from pain. As the majority of complaints arise for reasons unapparent to the patient, I look to investigate possible contributory factors, which could have led to the development of a condition in the first place. This allows a greater direction in patient treatment, exercise and rehabilitation, advice, and of course permits avoidance of re-injury.”

Oliver has a keen interest in the prevention and management of professional sporting injuries, and the rehabilitation of professional sports men and women striving to achieve an optimum level of performance. He has lectured publicly and privately to a number of other healthcare professionals.

Oliver on “Guaranteed pain relief”:

From commitment to excellence in clinical practice and consistancy in treatment outcomes, an international insurance company has guaranteed the results of  our work. You can read more about this in the guarantee section on this site.

“I’ve always held the firm belief that any ethical healthcare provider should strive to fulfill a single primary objective: To ensure the best possible outcome to their patients at the lowest possible cost to those patients. It seems immoral to me to charge a patient for an intervention which has proved unsuccessful. Therefore, I’m very happy to be able to provide a full money back guarantee on any treatment I provide. I also feel that the provision of a money back guarantee speaks of a personal confidence in ones ability to consistently predict and deliver results.” All clinicians at the CORE Physiatry are covered by this guarantee and are the only ones able to do so in the world.

Oliver is registered with the General Chiropractic Council and is a member of the British Chiropractic Association. Oliver operates within both the London and Warwick clinics.

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