Our Team

Ben Cronin
B.Sc. M.Chiro. (DPT student)

Chiropractor

Currently studying Doctor of Physiotherapy degree, due to complete in June 2020

Ben graduated from Macquarie University with a Bachelor of Science prior to completing a Master of Chiropractic in 2004. He practiced in Queensland and in the UK, before returning to Sydney. Ben has operated Willoughby Chiropractic Centre since 2011, while also consulting in Gerringong one day per week.
 

Ben is also currently studying towards a Doctor of Physiotherapy Degree, and when finished this will allow him to be dual qualified as a physiotherapist and chiropractor. He has been awarded the prize for academic excellence in both the first and second year of the course.

Ben has a special interest in managing recurrent and chronic low back pain. He combines skills from chiropractic and his physiotherapy study to tailor individual plans to help people return to day to day activities, exercise and sport. He takes time to understand the history of the condition and set achievable goals specific to each person.  

Ben also manages neck pain and headache, and pain in shoulder, elbow, hip, knee and ankle joints. As a keen runner, he has an interest in managing running injuries and has helped many runners of all levels stay on the road, track and trails.

Ben is passionate about helping people lead an active life, whatever that means to them. He believes activity and exercise is important for health, but it is most important that it is enjoyable. Exercises and activity that is prescribed will always be based around things that people like to do.

Stephen Sharp

B.Sc. M.Chiro, M.Res

Chiropractor

Stephen has completed a Bachelor of Chiropractic Science and a Master of Chiropractic at Macquarie University. Stephen utilises evidence-based knowledge of the musculoskeletal system in diagnosis and combines this with a multi-modal treatment and management plan to help patients achieve their goals.

Stephen is passionate about movement and the human body and has been involved in several sports as a cricketer, runner and triathlete. As an adolescent Stephen experienced unremitting lower back pain while playing cricket, which was the trigger to seek out a Sports Chiropractor, which determined his future career path.

Stephen has continued post-graduate studies with a Master of Research at Macquarie University investigating the associations between adolescent health and somatic pain. He is also actively involved at Macquarie University as a tutor and lecturer to Chiropractic students on the topics of human biomechanics, public health and orthopaedics.

Stephen has a clinical interest in lower back pain, neck pain and lower limb injuries.