Dr. Shayne Young

Active Health Institute

250 City Centre Avenue, Suite 302, Ottawa, ON, K1R 6K7

Dr. Shayne Young graduated with honors, from Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario, with a Bachelors of Kinesiology, in 2008. Following his graduation, Dr. Young worked as a Kinesiologist for one year in Orillia, before enrolling and successfully graduating from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College. A passion for helping others, Dr. Young spent his summer months as a camp supervisor in the respite summer camp for children with autism at the Geneva Centre for Autism. Born and raised in Marathon, Northwestern Ontario, Dr. Young was involved with many different types of sports and outdoor activities. His passion for sport and physical activity has continued into his professional career where prevention and treatment of sport injuries, particularly strength related sports, plays a significant interest. A strong believer and appreciation for the differences seen within individual patients, Dr. Young incorporates a variety of different modalities in his treatments and is certified in diversified chiropractic technique, Graston Technique and Contemporary Medical Acupuncture. Active therapy (rehabilitation and exercise) and patient education also play a key role in Dr. Young’s treatments. Dr. Young first lived in Hintonburg when he moved to Ottawa and couldn’t be happier about working in his old stomping grounds. You will be able to find Dr. Young in the local gyms, golf courses, and mountain biking trails in the summertime and ski hills in the wintertime. He is also quite busy as a father to three children, Declan, Conall and Maeve along with his wife Shannon. He looks forward to providing and integrating effective manual chiropractic techniques to help his patients reach their fullest potential.