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The association was created to perpetuate the McTimoney-Corley technique originally taught at the Oxford College of Chiropractic set up by Hugh Corley and Shelagh James-Hudson. Its aims are to unite our specialist group and protect both the public and our practitioners. It supports its members enabling them to continue to promote health and wellbeing for their customers. Regular continuing professional development courses are held and the benefits of a block insurance scheme are provided for members.
Membership of this Association is limited, at present, to graduates of the Oxford College of Chiropractic, the Oxford College of Equine Physical Therapy and the McTimoney Chiropractic School.
The Oxford College of Chiropractic was formerly known as the Witney School of Chiropractic - so the abbreviations OCC or WSC will be found after a graduate's qualification.
Qualifications obtained there were:
- Licensed Chiropractor (LC)
- Diploma in Chiropractic (DC)
- Bachelor of Science Degree from Oxford Brookes University (BSc Chiropractic - OBU)
The professional body to which these graduates belonged, either as Fellows (F) or Members (M), was the British Association for Applied Chiropractic (BAAC).
The Oxford College of Chiropractic has now closed. The Oxford College of Equine Physical Therapy (OCEPT) was formerly known as the Oxford College of Chiropractic animal course.
Qualifications now obtained there are:
- Diploma in McTimoney-Corley Animal Manipulation - Dip. MCAM (OCEPT)
The British Association for Applied Chiropractic was created in 1986 and established by Deed dated the first of September 1988. Its chief aims were to maintain professional standards in the practice of the McTimoney-Corley method of chiropractic throughout Britain, and to further public understanding of the technique.
A ballot amongst its members regarding a merger with the McTimoney Chiropractic Association (MCA) was carried out in September 2001. The vote for the merger was carried with a small majority so the BAAC ceased functioning on the thirty-first of December 2001 and ceased to exist on the thirtieth of June 2002. The Association of McTimoney-Corley Spinal Therapists commenced on the first of July 2002 and became a limited company in October 2002.
The reasons for the creation of this new association are:
- To support our General Chiropractic Council (GCC) registered graduates who were reluctant to learn another chiropractic technique - in some cases quite late in their careers - which was the requirement for joining the McTimoney Chiropractic Association, (MCA), after the merger. Non-GCC registered graduates were already ineligible to join the MCA.
- To support those of our graduates who had not applied to join the newly formed GCC register of chiropractors (for whatever reason) so could no longer call themselves chiropractors and who were thus ineligible to join any of the other chiropractic associations.
- To support those members who trained in Animal Chiropractic but who are now not allowed to call themselves Animal Chiropractors. Animal Chiropractic is not legally recognised by the GCC and all such practitioners are now referred to as 'Animal Manipulators' and cannot register with the GCC.
- To obtain a block insurance scheme for all our members.
The chief aims of this association are:
- To maintain high professional standards of treatment, thus protecting the public and our members.
- To promote the McTimoney-Corley 'Reflex Recoil Adjustment' (R.R.A.) technique.
- To further enhance our members' professional expertise through Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses.