Team-Based Wellness Center in Canberra, ACT
Ongoing Care Built Around a Career at a Desk
Scheduled maintenance care, ergonomic workplace assessments, and workplace wellness presentations, all delivered by our O’Connor team to help Canberra’s desk-based workforce stay on top of their spinal health long-term.
New Patient Offer: $169 Initial Consultation
Start with a thorough assessment, including an in-house digital X-ray where clinically appropriate, before any care is recommended.
If you’ve had chiropractic care before and it helped, but the same neck or back tension keeps creeping back in a few months later, you’re dealing with a maintenance problem, not a one-off injury. Years at a desk don’t stop putting load on your spine just because your last course of care finished.
Our Wellness Center is built for exactly that: staying on top of your spinal health long-term, rather than waiting for the next flare-up to book an appointment.
Signs You're Due For A Spinal Check-Up
Ongoing care isn’t for everyone who’s ever had back pain; it’s for a specific stage. You might recognise yours here.
- Old aches creeping back a few months after you last finished a course of care
- You haven't had a spinal check-up in over a year
- Your workday is still seven or more hours at a desk, and your workstation hasn't been assessed
- You want to stay ahead of stiffness and pain, not just treat it once it flares up
- Your workplace has never had a wellness presentation on posture and desk-based strain
A single adjustment can quiet things down for a while, but it doesn’t change what happens to your spine over a full career sitting at a desk.
Our Wellness Center Services
Chiropractic Maintenance Care
Once your active care phase wraps up, maintenance care is a scheduled way to stay on top of your spinal health rather than waiting for the same problem to build up again. Some of our patients from the clinic's earliest years in O'Connor are still coming in on this kind of schedule today, some for close to two decades.
Ergonomic Workplace Assessment
We'll assess your actual workstation, chair height, monitor position, and keyboard placement, and flag what's contributing to your strain rather than handing you a generic ergonomics checklist. It's a practical review built around how you actually sit, not a one-size-fits-all setup.
Workplace Wellness Presentation
Canberra's public service and professional workforce spends more hours at a desk than almost any other city in the country, and our clinical team delivers tailored presentations on posture, spinal health, and desk-worker wellbeing directly to your workplace.
Spinal Health Assessment
A full check of your alignment, movement, and neurological function gives you a clear picture of where your spine actually sits today, not just where it hurts right now. It's the same starting point we use for every new maintenance care plan.
Desk Worker Posture Care
Neck, upper back, and shoulder tension from long screen hours is one of the most common reasons Canberra's professional workforce walks through our door. We assess what your posture is actually doing across a full workday, not just how you're sitting in the room with us.
Wellness Care for Canberra's Desk-Based Workforce
Canberra has an unusually high concentration of desk-based public servants. Turner alone has the ACT’s highest concentration of public servants, and across the inner north, professionals make up close to half the working population. With 70,221 APS employees based in the ACT as of June 2025, a large share of our patients spend seven to nine hours a day at a screen before they even get to us. That’s exactly the population our Wellness Center is built around: ongoing care that fits around a career at a desk, not just a single course of treatment.
Why Choose Us For Wellness Care
Our approach to ongoing care is the same as everything else here: based on your assessment.
- Your chiropractor recommends a maintenance schedule after your assessment, and you decide whether to follow it
- Workplace wellness presentations delivered directly to Canberra offices by our own clinical team
- In-house digital X-ray on the same visit, where clinically appropriate
- Six chiropractors, so there's continuity even if your usual chiropractor is away
- Some patients have been on a maintenance schedule with us for close to two decades
Frequently Asked Questions
Will I become dependent on chiropractic care if I start maintenance visits?
No. Maintenance care is optional, and how often you come in is recommended after your assessment. Some patients choose regular check-ups to stay ahead of old problems; others come in only when something flares up. Either way, it’s your decision.
How often do I need a maintenance visit?
There’s no set schedule that applies to everyone. Your chiropractor will recommend a frequency based on your specific history and assessment findings, and you’re free to adjust it as your needs change. It’s based on your case.
Can you come to our workplace for a wellness presentation?
What happens during an ergonomic workplace assessment?
Do I need to be an existing patient to book a Spinal Health Assessment?
No. A Spinal Health Assessment is a good starting point if you’re new to the clinic or you haven’t had a check-up in a while. New patients start with the $169 initial consultation, which covers this kind of assessment, so you don’t need to book two separate appointments to get started.
Ready to Stay Ahead of It?
If old aches keep creeping back, or the benefit from your previous visits has worn off, a Wellness Center visit is the place to start. Our team will assess where your spine actually sits today and talk you through what ongoing care could look like, and you decide what, if anything, comes next.
