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Joy Woods in her natural habitat … at the reception desk at Kingaroy Chiropractic & Wellness<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

June 30, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

An era is about to end with the upcoming retirement of Joy Woods at Kingaroy Chiropractic & Wellness.<\/p>\n

Joy, who will turn 78 next month, has been the welcoming face which has greeted generations of South Burnett residents seeking chiropractic care in Kingaroy.<\/p>\n

Joy began working for then-local chiropractor David Hodal \u00a0in 1988.<\/p>\n

The business was located in the Glendon Street Arcade (the small arcade which formerly linked Glendon and Alford streets behind what is now Prices Plus).<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I was just a patient and David asked me to fill in for a few weeks until another worker came back,” Joy said.<\/p>\n

That “few weeks” stretched into decades.<\/p>\n

In 1991, David moved the clinic to an old Queenslander located at 221 Haly Street.<\/p>\n

Joy followed along …<\/p>\n

In 1996, Chris and Jane Barham took over the practice, and Joy continued behind the desk.<\/p>\n

Then in 2020, Scott Young bought it out … and Joy still remained!<\/p>\n

Joy is now finally calling it quits, after almost 38 years welcoming and helping patients.<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, her “real work” will be continuing.<\/p>\n

Joy and her partner have a cattle and cropping property at Cushnie; and – as every farmer knows – the work never stops when you’re on the land.<\/p>\n

“I always said I came in her to have a rest!” Joy said last week.<\/p>\n

She’s been working fewer hours over the past nine months, gradually preparing for full-time requirement.<\/p>\n

The thing that Joy admits that she’s going to miss the most are the patients.<\/p>\n

“Some patients I remembers from when I first started,” she said.<\/p>\n

“Some say they remember coming in with their parents … now they bring in their own kids. That’s three generations of the one family.<\/p>\n

“I’ve seen them growing up.”<\/p>\n