Whether you like to golf, spin, do yoga or play hockey, you want to be at your athletic best. That starts with a healthy spine. If the spine isn’t moving optimally, the body has to start compensating for that lack of movement. When it begins to compensate, it decreases efficiency, wastes energy, and is unable to perform at as high a level.

Imagine a car with black smoke coming out of the back, weighing everything down. That’s your body when it has suboptimal spinal movement. A misaligned spine also increases your chance of being injured.

The Foundational Role of Chiropractic

Dr. Hailey has worked with the Southside Athletic Club as a hockey trainer since 2014. What started as a part-time job on the bench of a hockey arena, slowly turned into an ever growing passion of hers. She has worked closely with U18AAA, U18AA, U17AAA, U16AA and U15AA - insuring athletes and their injuries are taken care of both on and off the ice. Working closely with physical therapists, athletic therapists and kinesiologists, she has also developed programs for players helping to assist in flexibility, coordination, and adaptability.

Chiropractic focuses on restoring movement. To strengthen or rehab any joint in the spine, we need to get the movement back. If we can get the joints moving, we can fire the muscles to strengthen it.

When your spine is more efficient, your brain is more in tune with your body. You’re more at ease and relaxed. Your body can be in a state of stress, sympathetic (fight or flight), or parasympathetic (rest and repair). If our spine is out of alignment and we have extra tension–lack of movement in the spine–our body will default to going more into the stress tension response.

If we can get into a more parasympathetic state, that allows the body to heal faster. The whole nervous system goes more into a rest state, and you’re improving the mechanics of the spine and posture simultaneously. When that happens, you can participate in your favourite sports or activities and perform at your best.