Melbourne Family and Sports Chiropractic clinic has been servicing the Sunshine and surrounding area since 1995. At the clinic we believe that in order to live a healthy life with more energy and more movement it is important the spine and nervous system is free from interference. We have a experienced and caring team who are dedicated to improving you health. Dr. Guerin hails from rural South Australia where he spent time growing up on the family farm before undertaking a Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Adelaide majoring in Physiology and Anatomical Sciences. Dr. Guerin then went on to study a Bachelor of Health Science (Chiropractic) and Master of Clinical Chiropractic graduating with distinction in both. He is now undertaking post graduate studies in paediatric chiropractic and has a keen interest in sports chiropractic, vestibular rehabilitation and research, keeping him up to date on the latest standards in clinical practice. After 5 years of University study, Ben graduated from RMIT University with distinction in his Masters in Clinical Chiropractic, also gaining a once in a lifetime experience working in an overseas clinic at the Tokyo College of Chiropractic. He has gained valuable experience working in country Victoria since graduating. Taking over the clinic in late 2016, he has a strong interest in the fields of sports chiropractic and paediatric care. Ben lives an active lifestyle and strongly believes that good spinal and nervous system health is vital for overall health and well-being. Dr Creina Hogg has more than 20 years practice experience. She graduated from Palmer College Iowa, USA 20 years ago and has gained experience all over the world practicing and learning chiropractic in many countries. Dr Hogg knew she wanted to be a chiropractor at a very young age. As a teenager Dr Hogg attended a chiropractor with her aunt. She was given the opportunity to work as a chiropractic assistant at the practice and then after a few years of learning about chiropractic and receiving chiropractic care she was so passionate about it that she decided to study it. She also has a special interest in the spinal care of babies and children. Maya has recently completed her Advance Diploma of Myotherapy with MMIT Heidelberg and in 2010 completed a Diploma of Remedial Massage with ACNT Brisbane. She has more than 6 years experience working as a Remedial Massage Therapist (RMT) and likes to take a very holistic approach when treating her clients, drawing on a wide variety of techniques. She feels it is important to take the time to educate her clients on the importance of exercise and self care to manage musculoskeletal pain and help correct the imbalance in the body
She is accomplished in remedial massage, treating musculoskeletal injury and imbalances, lymphatic drainage massage, pregnancy massage, dry needling, myofascial release, cupping, electrotherapieutic modalities - TENS, exercise rehabilitation and more. Maya has a keen interest in helping her patients achieve a better quality of life through massage and has fine tuned her skills in communication and problem solving. She is passionate about helping her patients be the best they can be through regular treatments, take-home stretches, and teaching patients how to actively listen to their body to understand its needs.