FREEDOM Back Clinics is pushing ahead with its expansion plans after opening its first branches outside Yorkshire.

The company’s plans to create a nationally branded ‘high street’ network of specialist chiropractor, osteopath and physiotherapy is underway after opening clinics in London’s Canary Wharf and Manchester, creating 18 jobs.

Freedom’s first branch was launched in Leeds city centre in September 2009  and treated more than 10,000 sufferers in its first year.