Dr Wayne Haynes (Chiropractor & Trained Osteopath)

Wayne sees the role of a chiropractor as providing pain relief and functional restoration in order to restore quality of life and engagement in sustained physical activity. Increasing our physical activity levels is a key to many chronic illness states.

His clinical approach focuses on integrating specialized dynamic hands on therapy, manipulative therapy, exercise advice and lifestyle changes where needed. An approach that encompasses physical activity as “medicine”. Wayne has designed many of the dynamic soft tissue interventions he uses in clinical practice, arising from explorations of research.

Wayne’s clinical approach also recognizes the importance of psychological factors that are ever present in complex pain disorders; Kinesiophobia, other fear based beliefs associated with spinal stiffness presentations

Wayne has a strong knowledge of spinal posture and assessment, spinal stability, balance control and correction. He also has a doctoral level of understanding of the neurophysiology of posture and spinal function, its evolutionary origins, phylogenetic development and ontogenetic process of motor coordination refinement from birth to adulthood.

Having previously worked in elite sports including consulting to the Geelong AFL football club, Cadel Evans (Cyclist), Adam Scott (Golfer) and others, Wayne has extensive experience with various sports injuries. His public health roles involved a leadership position (research and program design) for a national physical activity provider (Bluearth Institute) and as a health care provider for an indigenous health service.

Wayne has a lifelong interest in learning and research, completing his PhD in relationships between spinal function and cognition, in 2020 at University of Canberra. His greatest asset in a clinical setting is listening, understanding, relating and building interpersonal relationships based on mutual shared truth, trust and honesty.