FAQ

Where did Carli study chiropractic?
Carli studied chiropractic at RMIT in Melbourne, Australia.  She completed her course in 1998

How long does it take to become a chiropractor?
The chiropractic degree at RMIT University is 5 years full time

What degrees did she need to complete to gain her qualification
As per RMIT’s requirements, she completed a Bachelor of Health Science and a Bachelor of Applied Science

Is Dr Carli a medical doctor?
Dr Carli is not a medical doctor, she is a former chiropractor

Why does Dr Carli have the Dr. title?
Every person that completes and graduates from chiropractic at RMIT in Australia, is awarded the use of the honorary ;Dr’ title

Why can chiropractors use the title of Dr? 
‘Doctor’ is not a protected title. This means that chiropractors as well as osteopaths, pharmacists, optometrists, dentists, vets, podiatrists, Chinese medicine practitioners and other specific registered health professionals are allowed to use the title ‘Dr’ as a courtesy title. 

Think of ‘Dr’ as a title. Although it is most commonly used by Medical Doctors, it can also be used by other health-care professionals who have undertaken specific studies in an area.

What can I do if I don’t like that she uses this title or that Chiropractors do? 
Dr. Carli is only following the guidance of her university and what comes with her qualification.  If you wish to change this or dispute this, then we would recommend that you write directly to either the Chiropractic Universities or the Chiropractic or Medical Boards.  This is not something that Carli or her team can change.

Is Carli allowed to have and use the Dr title?
Yes, please see above

Did Carli work as a chiropractor?
Yes, Carli ran a very busy chiropractic clinic in Melbourne, Australia for 10 years and also locumed around the world and set up 3 chiropractic clinics in Bali, Indonesia.  While she worked as a chiropractor, she was registered with AHPRA as a chiropractor and had a provider number.

Does she work as a chiropractor now?
Carli is no longer working as a chiropractor.  Carli is the founder and teacher of both the Sacral and Spinal Flow techniques.  You can see on her website that it now says ‘former chiropractor’.  As she is no longer working as a chiropractor, she is no longer registered with AHPRA – this decision to no longer be registered as a chiropractor was made in consultation with AHPRA.

Was Carli registered with AHPRA?
As above, she was registered with AHPRA when she was working as a chiropractor

Is Carli now registered with AHPRA?
She is no longer registered with AHPRA as she is no longer working or practising as a chiropractor?

Does Carli need to be registered with AHPRA to teach the sacral and spinal flow techniques?
She does not need to be registered with AHPRA to be the teacher of the sacral and spinal flow techniques.  She has her modalities registered with IICT.  Please know that Carli and her team has worked closely with the team at AHPRA to ensure that her website and social media and teachings are all in alignment with proper practices and AHPRA has let us know that everything we have done and are saying is in alignment to their policies and procedures.

How can I call AHPRA to check that this is true? 
Here is the number to call AHPRA 1300 419 495.  

How can I check the details of the chiropractic course that she has studied?
Here is the number to call RMIT, Australia – (03) 9925 7666

We dont believe that anything is new, we believe that most modalities have been around forever and that practitioners that create modalities put together the best of what they have learnt and what has worked for them with their clients and place these into a system that others can use. This is what Dr Carli has done when creating the Spinal and Sacral Flow Techniques.

This is true for all the practitioners and teachers that Carli has trained with as well.  Dr Carli does not claim to create anything new – she has just put together her method plus her intuition and belief of the body’s ability to heal and what she used in her practice and on her retreats to help people HEAL.

Below are some of the concepts that are taught in the Spinal Flow Technique and where some of these came from:

Healing Intelligence
What we know for sure is that there is a healing intelligence and wisdom inside the body and this is not a concept that Carli  developed, many philosophers, wisdom keepers, healers and practitioners believe this.  Our aim with developing the spinal flow technique was to put many techniques and approaches together to bring the clients energy and attention inside their body so healing could happen.

This concept is at the core to most meditation teachers, yoga teachers, chiropractors, osteopaths and healing practitioners.  Spinal Flow is based on the knowledge and understanding that there is a healing intelligence in the body, this knowing and understanding has come from Dr Carli’s background as a former chiropractic and her study in innate intelligence, the nervous system and blockages.

Spinal Blockages
In spinal flow, we look to find the cause of pain or stress in the body, we do this by assessing the spine for spinal blockages, this came from Dr Carli’s understanding of subluxations in the chiropractic world, lesions in osteopathy and fixations in physiotherapy.

The nervous system
From Carli’s background as a former chiropractor she forms her premise and philosophy that the nervous system is the master controller of the body and that a person’s health is related to the health of their nervous system.

7 gateways
In the spinal flow technique we divide the spine into 7 different regions, each region has a story, a blockage associated, a range of symptoms, a nerve supply and an emotional and energy type.  This was done based on Dr Carli’s clinical experience and how this correlated to the 7 chakras and the emotions around these.  The chakra system has been around forever and this made sense to Carli to link her knowledge with the nervous system to the chakra system.

Posture Assessments
Dr Carli created the posture assessments that are associated with the 7 gateways of the spine and used her knowledge as a former chiropractor and posture.

Gateway Assessments
Dr Carli created the gateway assessments that are associated with the 7 gateways of the spine and used her knowledge as a former chiropractor and joint biomechanics.

Palpating the spine for blockages
Dr Carli has created and shared her approach to palpation for spinal blockages based on her experience with her clients and how she trained her hands to feel every stress that her clients held within their bodies.

Stress Creates Spinal Blockages
Dr Carli has spent the last 20 years studying stress and the nervous system – she brings in knowledge from many spiritual teachers and experts in stress to form this premise.

Emotions are stored at the deepest level 
She worked for 15 years specialising in stress, emotions and the nervous system and shares her clinical experience with this plus her years at Ashrams and working as a meditation teacher, yoga teacher and breathwork instructor.

The Spinal Wave
This is not unique to Spinal Flow and is used at the centre of many modalities.  Carli has learnt from the following teachers or studied the following modalities that are all centred around the concept of a spinal wave.  These are Bio-Geometric Integration, Torque Release Technique, Network Chiropractic, Kundalini Yoga, Cranial Osteopathy, Inner Dance and Inner Guidance.  The spinal wave is another name for chi, love, spirit, soul, essence, innate intelligence and life force.  Dr Carli chose to name this essence as the spinal wave and this represents the life force that is within us.

33 Access points
In the spinal flow technique we contact the 33 access points to allow the spinal flow wave to flow, these are located on the dura mater.  There are many tonal modalities and techniques that work with the dura mater, the spine and nervous system to create healing.  Some of these include cranial osteopathy, craniosacral, torque release and network chiropractic.  None of these techniques above use these 33, Carli put these together for her practitioners so they could find these with ease.

The 3 centres
Spinal and Sacral flow speaks about 3 centres for a path to heal.  3 centres can be found in many modalities including the dantiens, chi gong and  yoga and tai chi

The 9 flow states
We speak about the 9 flow states for healing and this work is most similar to the work of the enneagram, personality typing and behavioural styles.  Sacral flow links this to people’s pain, stress, energy direction and flow

If you would like to know more about what we teach or becoming a certified Spinal Flow Practitioner, please click here

We often get questions about the difference between Spinal Flow and other modalities or we get many emails asking if Spinal Flow is identical to the other modalities below and if Dr Carli created this from scratch.

Please know that Spinal Flow is a blend and coming together of many different modalities and approaches to healing that worked for Dr  Carli and helped her clients heal.  Most modalities including the ones below are a blend of a practitioner’s experience plus learnt technique.

Here is a list of what Dr Carli has studied and is trained in before she put her experience and what she was doing with her clients into one place and combined this with a system to help people heal.

• Chiropractic
• SacroOccipital Technique
• Bio Geometric Integration
• Network Spinal Analysis
• Cranial Osteopathy
• Activator Methods
• Logan Basic
• Kinesiology
• Torque Release Technique
• Yoga
• Meditation
• Reiki
• Kundalini
• Inner Dance
• Inner Guidance
• Breathwork
• Chakra Integration
• Enneagram
• Intuitive Medicine

We are not experts in other modalities so don’t want to pretend that we are.  Here is a brief summary of what may seem different or similar between Spinal Flow and other modalities.  

To get more of an accurate understanding it would be best to really understand the other modalities as we really can only speak about Spinal Flow

Chiropractic
The philosophy of chiropractic and spinal flow are similar in that there is a healing intelligence in the body and this flows up and down the spine and if there are spinal blockages or subluxations this interferes with the body’s ability to heal itself.

In spinal flow, there is no physical force applied, the contacts are also gentle.  Spinal flow is more of a tonal technique and finds spinal blockages that release via contacting access points along the dura mater which form a spinal wave. It’s the client’s body that heals itself via the spinal wave.

Spinal Flow works with the premise that the body is intelligent and if there are blockages being held, they are meant to be there and that the body will release these itself.

Carli has studied chiropractic and has definitely incorporated some of these elements into the teaching of the spinal flow technique.

CranioSacral
Spinal flow practitioners use the sacral bolsters that craniosacral practitioners use.  Spinal flow practitioners look for the spinal wave along the nervous system and craniosacral practitioners monitor the CSF fluid from the cranium to sacral regions.  Carli has studied craniosacral and has definitely incorporated some of these elements into the teaching of the spinal flow technique.

Cranial Osteopathy
Cranial osteopaths also speak about a spinal wave and they talk about this alongside the CSF flow – they focus a lot on the cranial bones.  Spinal flow practitioners contact both the sacral and cranial bones where the dura mater is abundant to allow the spinal wave to flow

Network Chiropractic
Network chiropractic is a modality taught only to chiropractors and teaches about 2 waves – a somato respiratory wave and a somatopsychic wave.  The contacts are quick and often off the body and there is no focus on spinal blockages.

Spinal flow first finds and locates spinal blockages in the system, the contacts are made on the dura mater similar to network chiropractic, but they are always on the body and the contacts are not quick, they are for quite a long time.

Carli has studied network chiropractic and has definitely incorporated some of these elements into the teaching of the spinal flow technique.

Kundalini wave and energy
Kundalini teachings talk about the kundalini wave travelling through the spine which is similar to what we teach in the spinal flow technique. In spinal flow our background comes from chiropractic and assessing the spine and nervous system for blockages while often in kundalini practices the background is more energy and yoga.

Carli has studied kundalini energy and has definitely incorporated some of these elements into the teaching of the spinal flow technique.

Reiki
Our understanding is that reiki is energy work and the contacts are made either on the body or off the body.  Spinal Flow contacts are made directly on the body on access points found at the dura mater and spinal flow practitioners work with the spine and nervous system to find and release spinal blockages.

Kinesiology
Kinesiologists often work with muscles and muscle testing while in spinal flow our focus is on the spine, nervous system and blockages.

Carli has studied kinesiology and has definitely incorporated some of these elements into the teaching of the spinal flow technique.

Chakras
The 7 chakras are in the same location as the 7 gateways and have many elements in common.  Spinal flow technique teaches how to use this knowledge but also is s technique that can be used to facilitate healing

Carli has studied the chakras and has definitely incorporated some of these elements into the teaching of the spinal flow technique.