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Low back pain, neck pain and headaches
Conservative, evidence‑informed chiropractic care with thorough assessment and clear explanations.

Matt Fernandez

Moffat Beach Chiro

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- about us

Matt Fernandez

Matt Fernandez is a chiropractor and exercise physiologist with a strong focus on spinal pain, movement, and long‑term recovery.

With over 20 years of clinical experience, Matt has worked with a wide range of patients - from children to older adults - and has supported elite and professional athletes, including Olympic‑level swimmers and professional football teams.

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Chiropractic

Chiropractic focuses on diagnosing and managing musculoskeletal conditions, particularly those involving the spine.

At Moffat Beach Chiro, we use a hands‑on approach that may include joint and soft‑tissue techniques, dry needling, targeted stretching, and exercise where appropriate. Care is tailored to your presentation, goals, and tolerance.

Our practice is grounded in clinical experience, teaching, and research, which allows us to provide clear, contemporary explanations and address common misconceptions. The focus is on solving your problem, building confidence, and supporting an active lifestyle.

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Conditions We Manage

Pain is often influenced by multiple factors. We take time to understand your specific concern and what may be contributing to it. Through a thorough history and physical examination, we work with you to make sense of your symptoms. Care is then tailored to address the relevant contributing factors, drawing on clinical experience, current evidence, and a range of hands‑on and movement‑based approaches where appropriate.

Low back pain is common and can affect people at any stage of life. It’s often influenced by a combination of movement, physical load, stress, sleep, and lifestyle factors, rather than one clear injury or “fault”.

For many people, back pain can flare up and settle over time, sometimes without a clear trigger. This doesn’t mean something is damaged or getting worse.

Care focuses on improving movement, reducing sensitivity, and rebuilding confidence in your back. The goal is to help you stay active, return to normal activities, and manage flare‑ups when they occur — not to chase a single cause.

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Limited appointment times (Mon/Wed/Fri afternoons). If you can’t find a time, please email or sms me.

Neck pain is common and can affect people of all ages. Like low back pain, it’s often influenced by a combination of posture, movement habits, workload, stress, and lifestyle factors, rather than a single injury or structure.

In many cases, there isn’t one clear tissue causing the pain — which is normal. What matters more is how the neck is moving, how sensitive it has become, and how confident you feel using it.

Neck pain can sometimes spread into the shoulders, upper back, or arms, and may be associated with headaches or dizziness. Care focuses on improving movement, reducing symptoms, and helping you return to normal activities with confidence.

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Limited appointment times (Mon/Wed/Fri afternoons). If you can’t find a time, please email or sms me.

Headaches can vary from a dull ache to throbbing pain and can have a real impact on daily life. While common, headaches aren’t all the same — they differ in frequency, intensity, and triggers from person to person.

Some headaches, such as migraine and tension‑type headaches, are influenced by a mix of physical, lifestyle, and stress‑related factors. Others may be linked to neck movement, joints, or muscle tension, with pain sometimes felt in the head rather than the neck itself.

Care focuses on understanding your headache pattern, identifying contributing factors, and improving movement and tolerance — with the aim of reducing frequency, severity, and disruption to daily life.

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Limited appointment times (Mon/Wed/Fri afternoons). If you can’t find a time, please email or sms me.

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Jaw or temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain is common and can affect the jaw joints, chewing muscles, and surrounding areas. Symptoms may include pain, clicking or locking, jaw deviation, or difficulty opening and closing the mouth.

TMJ pain is often influenced by a combination of jaw use, muscle tension, sleep quality, stress, and overall load, rather than a single structural problem. It’s also common for jaw pain to be associated with head, neck, or facial symptoms.

Care focuses on improving jaw movement, reducing muscle tension, and addressing contributing factors - with the aim of restoring comfortable, confident function.

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Whiplash commonly occurs after a sudden impact, such as a rear‑end or side‑impact car accident, where the head and neck are forced to move quickly.

Symptoms may include neck pain, stiffness, and tenderness, and can sometimes be accompanied by headaches, jaw pain, dizziness, or increased tension and distress. These symptoms can vary in intensity and may change over time.

Care focuses on supporting recovery of movement, reducing sensitivity, and restoring confidence in the neck, rather than assuming serious structural damage. The aim is to help you return to normal activities safely and progressively.

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Sciatica is a term used to describe pain that travels from the lower back into the leg, sometimes reaching the foot or toes. Symptoms can vary and may include sharp or aching pain, pins and needles, numbness, or weakness.

The term “sciatica” is often used broadly and can be confusing. In reality, leg pain can have different contributing factors, including irritation or sensitivity of the nerve, surrounding tissues, and inflammatory processes - not just structural changes seen on scans.

Symptoms can fluctuate over time. Care focuses on reducing nerve sensitivity, improving movement and tolerance, and supporting a gradual return to normal activity, rather than assuming ongoing damage.

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Arm and leg pain are common and can be influenced by load, movement patterns, overuse, or direct injury. Symptoms may arise from a combination of muscles, joints, tendons, or nerves, rather than one single structure.

In the upper limb, pain may affect the shoulder, elbow, wrist, or hand, sometimes presenting as weakness, stiffness, or pins and needles. In the lower limb, symptoms can involve the hip, thigh, knee, ankle, or foot, and may change with activity or rest.

Care focuses on understanding how the limb is being used, reducing irritation, and improving movement and tolerance - with the aim of restoring comfortable, confident function.

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Limited appointment times (Mon/Wed/Fri afternoons). If you can’t find a time, please email or sms me.

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