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AHPRA REGISTERED CHIROPRACTOR · CHI0000943159 · PALMER COLLEGE, 1985

Dr Jeffrey Herbert

Doctor of Chiropractic · Wellbeing Chiropractic Rosanna

I’m Dr Jeffrey Herbert, an AHPRA registered chiropractor at our Rosanna clinic, in practice for more than 39 years since Palmer College’s class of 1985. Along the way I have worked as a clinician at RMIT, lectured to health organisations in the Middle East, spoken on the ACA podcast, and developed the Bionomics method after one long observation: many spinal problems are manufactured slowly, eight hours at a time, by the way we sit. The reasons people book in have not changed much across four decades, pain, stiffness, a body that will not do what it used to. Neither has my process: history and examination first, a straight answer about what I found, then care matched to you.

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Inventor of the Bionomic seating system

Dr Jeffrey Herbert, chiropractor at Wellbeing Chiropractic

Rosanna

39+ years in clinical practice

Doctorate of Chiropractic, Palmer College (1985), the founding college of the profession.

6 Techniques in the treatment room

Sacro-Occipital, Gonstead, Diversified, Activator, CMRT and cranial adjusting, matched to your presentation.

The Bionomic chair

An ergonomic seating system I designed, classified by the Australian Government as a medical device.

What I look for that others might not

The problem that keeps coming back

Adjusted, better for a fortnight, then back again. A recurring pattern usually means the driver hasn’t been found yet, and finding it is a matter of looking wider: how you sit, sleep, lift and carry between visits.

The spine that sits for a living

Neck, shoulder or low back trouble that builds over the working week and eases on holidays is telling you something. After decades of studying seated load, the first thing I often want to see is not your spine but a photo of your workstation.

The complex or long-standing case

Some patients arrive at Rosanna having already tried plenty. Cases like these are where a large toolkit matters, because the technique that suits a spine is not always the first one tried.

The pattern behind most of what I see is load that outstrips what a body is conditioned for, held in place by habits nobody has examined. That belief shaped my whole career, from the treatment table to designing seating built for spines that sit all day. An assessment with me looks at the spine in front of me and the hours around it, and if what I find needs a GP or imaging first, that’s where we’ll start.

From Palmer College to the Bionomic chair

A Palmer College alumnus (class of 1985), I’ve been in clinical practice ever since, now more than 39 years. Along the way I’ve worked as a clinician at RMIT, lectured to health organisations in the Middle East, and spoken about the profession on the ACA podcast.

The thread through all of it is a simple observation: many spinal problems are manufactured slowly, eight hours at a time, by the way we sit. That led me to develop the Bionomics method, which brings ergonomic biomechanics together with spinal neuro-mechanics, and to design the Bionomic seating system, an office chair classified by the Australian Government as a medical device and GST-exempt on that basis.

I remain an active advocate for the profession. At Rosanna, all of that history walks into the room with every patient, but the work itself stays simple: find what’s driving the problem, treat it appropriately, and change what keeps causing it.

How I assess, after 39 years of doing it

We start with your story, and I’ll ask about more than the pain: your work setup, how you sit and for how long, what your body did before it did this. Then a thorough physical assessment. With six techniques to draw on, from Gonstead and Diversified through to low-force Activator and cranial work, treatment is matched to your presentation and comfort rather than forced through one method.

Expect practical homework. Often the most valuable thing I can change is not in your spine but in your day: the chair, the desk, the habits between appointments.

“Many spinal problems are manufactured slowly, eight hours at a time. Treating the spine without fixing the chair is half a job.”

Dr Jeffrey Herbert · Chiropractor

How I work in the treatment room

Sacro-Occipital Technique

Gentle, low-force work using the relationship between the pelvis and the skull, often with padded blocks rather than manual thrusts.

Gonstead & Diversified

Specific, hands-on adjusting grounded in careful analysis of which segment needs work and in which direction.

Activator Method

The spring instrument option: a quick, light impulse where lower force suits the presentation.

CMRT & cranial adjusting

Chiropractic manipulative reflex technique and cranial work, drawn on for selected presentations after assessment.

The Bionomics method

My own approach combining ergonomic biomechanics with spinal neuro-mechanics, so treatment and workstation advice work on the same problem from both ends.

Registrations & credentials

AHPRA registered · CHI0000943159Doctorate of Chiropractic, Palmer College 1985Inventor, Bionomic seating systemClinician, RMITACA podcast guestPalmer College AlumniHealth fund claims on site

Questions patients ask

This is my particular area. Seated load is something I’ve studied for decades, deeply enough to design a government-recognised ergonomic chair. Alongside assessing and treating your spine, I’ll want to understand your workstation, and you’ll leave with specific, practical changes rather than a generic posture lecture.

I can’t promise a different outcome, but I can offer a different process. A result that fades usually means the driver was never found. I look wider than the sore spot, draw on six techniques rather than one, and put real weight on what happens between visits. And if chiropractic isn’t the right avenue for you, I’ll say so.

An approach I developed that combines ergonomic biomechanics, how furniture and posture load the body, with spinal neuro-mechanics, how the spine and nervous system respond. In practice it means your care plan covers both the treatment table and the hours you spend sitting.

Yes. Rosanna processes all major health insurance funds through HICAPS while you wait. Provided your policy’s extras include chiropractic, only the gap is left to pay. Rebates depend on your policy.

No. Chiropractors see patients as a first port of call, so book straight in. Bring any recent imaging you have. If your presentation needs a GP’s input or new imaging first, I’ll send you for that before we start.

Where to find Jeffrey

Wellbeing Chiropractic Rosanna

On Lower Plenty Rd, near Rosanna Station

100 Lower Plenty Rd, Rosanna, VIC 3084

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