Dr. Cruickshanks offers Chiropractic treatments with a combination of Diversified and Thompson Technique style adjusting. In addition to adjustments and soft tissue, she also provides Neurofunctional Acupuncture as well as Frequency Specific Microcurrent to provide a truly unique experience that no one else in the province offers.

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Embodied Wisdom Practitioner Intuitive Energy Medicine

Heather has over 20 years of experience in the healing arts. She has extensive knowledge, integrated experiential wisdom and practical tools to help you gain clarity and insight into the layered complexities of life. She is highly intuitive and will assist you in finding deeper understanding of the patterns and behaviours that keep you feeling a sense of emptiness or the inability to move forward in a more purposeful, embodied, and authentic way. She will provide a space for safe exploration of emotions that are being held in the body and help you reframe life’s challenges into growth opportunities. Heather also integrates intuitive energy medicine in her practice to help with nervous system regulation and emotional processing. The energy of light and frequency she expresses through her voice and gentle touch allows you to connect with your own innate wisdom, unconditional love and self-healing. The sessions are focused on self- awareness which is the key to remembering who you are on a soul level and becoming your own best friend and intuitive guide.

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Kirsten is an acupuncturist with five years of experience, drawn to the deep connection between body, emotion, and environment. She trained at the Canadian College of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine in Nova Scotia, and brings a thoughtful, grounded approach to every session — helping patients slow down, reconnect with their bodies, and move toward lasting wellness. Committed to continual learning, she regularly deepens her knowledge and skills to provide the best possible care for her patients.

Kirsten has a particular passion for women’s health, including care through pregnancy and postpartum recovery, as well as facial rejuvenation acupuncture. To deepen the healing experience, she incorporates Acutonics tuning fork therapy and red light therapy into her treatments, creating a calm, restorative space for her patients. She continues to pursue continuing education in both women’s health and facial rejuvenation, always looking to refine and expand her care.

Outside the clinic, Kirsten can be found with a paintbrush in hand, curled up with a good book, out in nature, or spending time with her cat, Panda.

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I believe true healing begins when the body feels safe enough to let go. My approach is rooted in deep empathy and intuition, focusing on calming overactive nervous systems to help you transition into a restorative state.

While I am skilled in deep pressure, I prioritize a felt sense of what the body needs, blending rhythmic relaxation with highly specific therapeutic work. Having personally navigated the complexities of a sensitive nervous system, I am dedicated to providing a grounded space where you can feel truly supported. I am currently deepening my understanding of the body through studies in manual osteopathy to offer even more long-lasting relief.

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Megan has been practicing in Ontario since 2017, she moved to the Bedford area for her love of the ocean and exploration in 2021! She is passionate about alternative healing and helping people live pain free , she has taken many continuing education courses to expand on this. Megan is always looking at the bigger picture - everything is connected! Megan is the first and so far only block therapy practitioner in Atlantic Canada, a combo of breathwork and block placement to address Fascial adhesions. Megan’s treatments emphasize movement based massage, and can also include: Fascial work with block therapy and cupping, face and feet reflexology, stretches and resisted mobility and taping. Each treatment with Megan is customized to you! When she’s not with us here at Atlantic Chiropractic she’s out with her dog looking for sea glass, or trying out a new restaurant!

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Dawn McKelvie Cyr is a Registered Counselling Therapist- C with over 15 years of clinical experience and a Master’s degree in Counselling Psychology. She specializes in the emotional and psychological dimensions of life transitions, boundaries, trauma, and midlife — including perimenopause and menopause.

Dawn brings a trauma-informed, relational approach to every session, helping clients understand the patterns they’ve adopted to navigate their lives — and build the capacity to respond differently.

She is available at Atlantic Chiropractic on Mondays, Fridays, and one Saturday per month.

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Jill has been a registered massage therapist in NS for over 25 years. She grew up in Newfoundland and moved to NS in 1996 for Post-Secondary education. She attended Northumberland College in downtown Halifax and graduated in 2000. She is trained in Swedish and Deep Tissue massage with advanced training in Pelvic Pain, TMJ issues, and Cervical and Thoracic conditions. She also specializes in Trigger Point Therapy and Chronic Pain management.

Jill is passionate about helping others to heal and maintain a balanced, healthy lifestyle.

Outside of work, Jill enjoys traveling, working on her many crafts and hobbies, and socializing with family and friends.

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Dr. Samantha provides chiropractic care and specialized postpartum rehabilitation. She uses a range of techniques—including Active Release Technique (ART), Acupuncture, and Frequency Specific Microcurrent—to help patients move better, recover more fully, and reach their goals.

Her passion is women’s health, which led her to develop a postpartum rehabilitation course. She focuses on supporting mothers and babies while warmly welcoming patients of all backgrounds into her practice.

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Danielle is an acupuncturist who helps people reconnect with their bodies, ease pain, and find lasting balance. She believes that even a small taste of feeling good builds momentum toward a healthier way of living, and that’s where she loves to support her clients.

She works with chronic pain, burnout, stress, and emotional overwhelm, as well as digestive issues, low energy, sleep challenges, headaches, and tension. She also supports women through hormonal changes, from painful or irregular periods to menopause, and works with families who want children to grow up knowing how to listen to and care for their bodies.

With over a decade working in the wellness industry as a Holistic Nutritionist, Danielle blends hands on treatment with practical daily guidance. Her sessions focus on restoring the flow of Qi while addressing the emotional and stress patterns underneath physical symptoms, using acupuncture, fire cupping, gua sha, and TCM dietary therapy.

She creates a space where clients feel genuinely seen and comfortable being themselves, meeting people exactly where they are, with honesty and compassion.

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Patricia is a master RMT with over 2 decades of experience as a practitioner + educator, spending 10 years as a lead instructor at the Canadian College of Massage and Hydrotherapy as well as co-owning her own education business bridging the diploma program to professional life for new graduates. She is deeply intuitive and highly sensitive and cultivates wholistic treatment plans that are individually curated for a unique boutique styled approach. She believes in holistic wellness, that every area of your life impacts your physical body , that pain is a symptom not the problem and that healing is sacred. She specializes in Pelvic Health, musculoskeletal alignment. facial/jaw treatment and the relationship of the diaphragm to the upper and lower body. She has advanced training in Osteopathic Muscle Energy , Graston Therapy and Cupping and most recently completed her Biofield tuning Practitioner training. As a true Bluenoser she loves the Sea + Salt.

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Enter Dawn, guiding you through your Yoga Nidra journey here at Atlantic Chiropractic.

Use your body’s natural ability to heal itself and incorporate this powerful practice into your life. Known for it’s several restorative health benefits such as improved sleep and mood, restoration of the autonomic nervous system, decrease in anxiety, a boost for the immune system, stress management, lowering pain, healing trauma… the list is truly endless!

Grab your yoga mat, pillows, bolsters, blankets, eye coverings and anything you need to create your “Nidra nest” and join us for the brain and soul massage you so deserve.

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