Meet Dr Jon Powderly
Dr Jon Powderly has always been passionate about sports, exercise, and health. A gymnastics injury as a teenager first prompted Jon to visit a chiropractor.
The impact of this experience led to him becoming a chiropractor himself. After a foray into physical education teaching, then working alongside physiotherapists for 12 months in a large Melbourne hospital, Dr Powderly began studying chiropractic at R.M.I.T. in Melbourne in 1990.
Healing out in the community
After completing his full-time degree, Dr Powderly graduated in 1995 with the “clinical excellence” award for his work in the student clinic. He spent the next five years working in over 20 clinics in five countries.
While living in Barcelona, he set up a volunteer clinic in a drug rehabilitation centre that’s still running to this day, thanks to the great work of local chiropractors.
In the year 2000, Dr Powderly returned to Australia, and after two years of working in a variety of clinics, moved to Canberra to be with his wife, Salena, and opened the Canberra Spine Centre in 2002.
Working in the background
In a career spanning over 30 years, Dr Powderly has helped thousands regain their health, vitality, and mobility. While many of our patients began their chiropractic journey with Dr Powderly, they now see our other wonderful chiropractors to help them stay well and healthy.
Dr Powderly remains very passionate about health and chiropractic. These days, he has a greater focus on continuing to develop and improve all aspects of patient care at Canberra Spine Centre. This means more time spent on regular training for the chiropractors and admin team, producing patient education materials and providing community education on the topic of the spine, nervous system and health.
Dr Powderly still regularly visits the clinic, often presenting the Better Results Faster class, attending meetings and training, or stepping in as a locum chiropractor.
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