I always knew I wanted to be in healthcare. My grandfather was a family doctor here in the area and, from a young age, I saw the positive impact an individual can have in the community. In 2009, I fractured my spine. I spent over a year waiting for a diagnosis, being passed around from practitioner to practitioner while living in constant pain. After surgery, I was told to rest. Nothing improved.  It was once I took my rehabilitation into my own hands that I was able to retrain my body’s natural movements to make a full recovery. It’s why I decided to become a chiropractor.  That experience was humbling, frustrating, eye-opening and has forever instilled an empathy for those in pain as well as the importance of movement in rehabilitation.  I don’t want others out there living in pain unnecessarily or resorting to medication, surgeries or never ending treatment because they think it’s their only option. Especially because what can be done today to help heal injury, reduce pain – even chronic conditions, is absolutely unbelievable. I’ve had the honour of working with athletes of all levels for the last 20 years – from the Canadian Military as their Physical Exercise Specialist to being Lead Clinician for the Olympic Wrestling Team in Beijing and all kinds of national, professional and recreational athletes in between. The cool thing about working with elite athletes is that you’re always pushing the envelope to deliver top care so they see the best results as fast as possible. You get to test cutting edge techniques and use the latest research in sports rehabilitation to help these athletes recover, and perform at the top of their game without injury. To best serve the athletes, I studied DNS (Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization) in Prague and became one of two certified practitioners this side of Ottawa as well as a multitude of advanced sport related trainings in diagnostics and treatment. This is in addition to Chiropractic, Acupuncture, exercise rehab and soft tissue techniques. However, what I began to notice is that while these amazing and highly effective approaches were common place in the elite athlete world they weren’t being used let alone talked about among recreational athletes and the general population. It's these very approaches I get so excited to bring to our community of athletes here in the Annapolis Valley. My mission is to help athletes and active individuals of every age and level see how resilient their body is and how incredible it can feel, move and perform when its functioning optimally.  If you're dealing with an injury or pain that's keeping you from the activities you love or a lingering issue you were just "living with", I look forward to seeing you.