What is
Spinal flow?
What is the Spinal Flow Technique?
The Spinal Flow Technique focuses on the 7 Gateways of the Spine and 33 access points to locate and release nervous system blockages caused by chemical, physical and emotional stress. These blockages can lead to pain, disease and illnesses.
Blockages disrupt communication between our brain, central nervous, and peripheral nervous systems, affecting our entire body. This disruption can result in pain, symptoms, diseases, emotional distress, and a sense of disconnection. Recognising pain as a warning signal, the Spinal Flow Technique empowers individuals to take proactive steps before pain escalates into severe health issues.
Combining science with holistic healing, the Spinal Flow Technique provides a comprehensive way to find and address blockages and activate the body’s innate healing wisdom.
Who Created Spinal Flow?
Chiropractor Dr. Carli Axford developed the Spinal Flow Technique. Drawing from her extensive hands-on experience and a passion for exploring different methods during her travels, she uncovered the body's natural healing wisdom known as the "spinal flow wave." This technique aims to expand this innate healing capacity.
Blockages disrupt communication between our brain, central nervous, and peripheral nervous systems, affecting our entire body. This disruption can result in pain, symptoms, diseases, emotional distress, and a sense of disconnection. Recognising pain as a warning signal, the Spinal Flow Technique empowers individuals to take proactive steps before pain escalates into severe health issues.
How Does Spinal Flow Work?
A certified spinal flow practitioner will communicate directly with your nervous system by engaging with the 33 access points along your head and spine. As we contact each access point, your body recognises it as a gateway to ease, initiating a spinal wave that ripples through your spine. This wave softens, shifts, and releases blockages along its path.
Our commitment is to persist until we've cleared the way for healing. We help guide your body from the fight-or-flight response and into the parasympathetic state of rest and digestion, allowing your body's innate wisdom to flow freely and facilitate its natural healing processes.
The outcome? Not only structural realignment, release of stress and stored trauma but also a profound sense of peace, connection, and ease.
“This technique embodies a remarkable gentleness, yet its impact is undeniably potent.”
Understanding the
7 Gateways of the Spine
- Low Energy
- Spaciness, Dizziness
- Memory Issues & Brain Fog
The Upper Cervical Spine
- Headaches, Migraines
- Colds, Flu, Earaches, Tinnitus
- TMJ, Sinus Problems
- Sleep Disorders, Snoring
- Learning Disorders
The Lower Cervical Spine
- Neck, Shoulder or Arm Pain
- Sore Throats, Thyroid Issues
- Swollen Glands
- Food Sensitivities
- Tiredness after Eating
The Thoracic Spine
- Breathing Issues, Asthma
- Chest Pain, Heartburn
- High or Low Blood Pressure
- Gas, Burping
- Trouble with Fatty Foods, Indigestion
- Kidney and Bladder Problems
- Lower Back Pain
- Disc Problems
- Digestive and Reproductive Complaints
- Lower Back Pain, Sciatica
- Hip Issues, Groin Problems
- Knee Pain
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Nervous System Issues
- Neurological Disorders
As a practitioner, Makayla and Shelly conduct an assessment of these 7 gateways of the spine at an intake session and then reassesses every 12 healing sessions, celebrating the transformations resulting from the increased life force energy.
Each gateway is intricately linked to different parts of the body, carrying unique symptoms and stories from an individual's life journey. Our comprehensive assessment encompasses posture analysis, physical evaluations, and spine palpation to pinpoint blockages within each gateway.
Are you curious to uncover the state of your spine's gateways?
Book a complimentary wellness assessment and embark on your path to optimal health and wellness.
The 7 gateways of the spine are the primary assessment tool used in the Spinal Flow Technique. Each gateway holds different symptoms and stories of an individual’s life experience, particularly with stress.
As a spinal flow practitioners, we frequently refer to the 7 gateways of the spine as we communicate with you - from your first appointment, at each visit to the reassessments. We feel it is essential that you understand that when there is a blockage in a specific part of your spine, you will experience symptoms associated with the nerve supply in that area. After all, it is your body, and you have decided to commit to caring for and helping your body heal to allow optimal functionality to live your very best life. This technique is truly transformative.
The Spinal Flow Technique is a new modality for many people, so it is natural to ask questions. We offer a Spine Wellness check where we can explain what is going on in your spine and the potential blockages that may be causing pain, disease and illness in your body.
We have also answered many of the most common ones on our frequently asked questions. We also have a YouTube channel, updated often with educational information about health and wellbeing.
Frequently Asked Questions
The spinal flow wave is the body’s innate and natural spine movement, which becomes activated during a spinal flow treatment.
The spinal flow wave moves through the body in three ways: movement, sensing and breathing.
Many clients comment on feeling something inside them and report feeling a deeper connection to their body.
Dr Carli explains and demonstrates the spinal flow in the video above.
Over my years of working with the Spinal Flow Technique, I have witnessed incredible changes in the human body.
When we improve the structure and function of the spine - healing is possible, symptoms dissipate and people’s lives change.
We treat clients of all ages and those experiencing a range of dis-ease and symptoms. As the technique is so gentle and also effective - anyone and everyone can experience Spinal Flow's benefits.
There are no contraindications for the Spinal Flow Technique. We do not know anyone who lives in a completely stress-free environment, we are all experiencing stress levels just in our everyday lives.
Our bodies naturally put most stress “to the back of the mind,” where it is stored in our spinal cord as layers to deal with later. Regular spinal flow sessions help us to grow and maintain a level of health and healing.
The majority of the treatment will be conducted face-down on a treatment bed. During the session, clients are encouraged to focus on different areas of their spine to develop more awareness. Each session builds on the next.
We discourage going to sleep during a healing session as we want you to participate in your health and healing. Being connected to your body is one way to help achieve this.
We believe your body is your home, and your health is the foundation for a life and, therefore, an investment. Duo sessions are very reasonable from $50 to $65 session per person and there are package options available for 12, 6 and 3 sessions. Our current fee schedule may be found here. Children under 12 years are at a reduced price.
Spinal Flow healing sessions are very safe and gentle. We use very gentle and precise physical touch on specific points on the cranium and sacrum. These are called “access points” and give the practitioner a direct pathway to the nervous system or what we like to call the “master controller” of the body.
During a spinal flow session, clients feel relaxed and connected to their bodies. Some clients experience twitches, heat running through their body, a change in energy, emotional release like crying or laughter, and sometimes feels like deep meditation or indescribable relaxation.
In my clinic, I offer “duo” or “group” sessions. I have found the healing intention and intensity higher, with more people being treated simultaneously. Clients say they enjoy connecting with their bodies, allowing integration while the other person in the room is being treated.
Even though you are being treated in the same room, your privacy is always paramount; if personal information needs to be allayed, a separate appointment time can be allocated for this. The ease and flow during a healing session is effortless; it works!
Every person will have different requirements because every person is different! Some people have immediate results, but others find that their recovery takes time.
Someone with long-standing acute issues may tend to heal more slowly and require more frequent treatments initially.
As clients start to experience change and healing, the frequency of treatments reduces. Most treatments last from 20 to 30 minutes each unless you have longer appointments booked.
Children tend to respond to healing sessions very quickly.
We have clients who see us weekly, fortnightly, monthly, six times weekly, or whenever they feel their bodies need a healing session.
The spinal flow technique is regulated by its own professional body, not AHPRA; private health rebates are not applicable.
Whilst lying facedown is preferable, the Spinal Flow technique can be performed in many positions, enabling anyone and everyone to benefit from this healing modality. For those who may find lying face down on the table uncomfortable or complex, we can access points on the back, side or upright in a chair.
If a client has NDIS funding then it is possible to claim, it is dependent on each individual and the package they are entitled to.
The Spinal Flow Technique is a hands-on modality; my studio is five minutes from Toowoomba City. It’s very conveniently located and accessible from all parts of Toowoomba.
If you are booked as a single client or as a family, then yes, of course. However, if you are booked for a group “duo session,” I cannot accommodate children waiting in the space. There is no waiting area, and it may be disruptive for my other clients.