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economist suntribune sports tues is 20cw tfj 1 f hakonson has eye for sighting problems with spirit players iridologlst assists spirit of stouffville with physical well being by bruce stapley correspondent hiedi hakonson has her sights set on look ing into the eyes of the players who make up the roster of the spirit of stouffville provincial junior a hockey club the wife of sprit founder and coowner ed hakonson she is a registered iridologist who promotes a form of natural healing based on what is revealed in ones eyes operating a practice called secondwind out of the hakonsons stouffville area home she also offers her clients the benefits of reflexology therapeutic touch ear candling and aro matherapy in an attempt to provide the means to achieve overall wellness hakonson says the eyeball contains the key to deciphering ones entire physical and emo tional state of being the iris tells so much about the strengths and weaknesses of the body she says iridology which is the reading of the iris through a magnifying glass enables the quali fied practitioner to ascertain the nature and extent of diseases injuries and other stresses on the body both recent and long past holistic treatments are then determined including a program of proper nutrition ill look in the eyes and theyll pinpoint landmarks which tell me which organs or sys tems need extra support reflexology and therapeutic touching which involve manipulating the feet go hand in hand with iridology hakonson says there are reflexesinthejeet that corre spond to every part of the bodytlarrlookrinto the eye and that tells me which part of the foot to focus on the healing process can then be initiated through the manipulation of the feet she says the use of antifungal and antibacterial oils derived from flowers herbs and spices can also be applied to the feet or the affected area to speed up natural healing hakonson says her practice can be of partic ular assistance to athletes whose bodies are constantly undergoing the rigours stresses and injuries of body contact sports i can work on an injured area by working the feet and i dont even have to touch the injured spot she suggests a look into a players eye can help with a preliminary diagnosis in the case of a possible serious injury i can study the eye to see the damage and to see if its a break or a tear then tell them to go have it xrayed withthree members of the spirit captain dan oshell and brothers daniel and sean speer billeted in the hakonson home this sea- staff photosjoerd witteveen iridologist hiedi hakonson zeroes in on the iris of stouffville spirit player sean speer 17 as his brother dan 15 waits his turn son hakonson doesnt have to look far for potential patients dan oshell will come to me and ask about the proper nutrition to deal with a stiffness of a joint ill guide him through some foods and give him some natural external pain killers some of hakonsons practices are familiar to daniel speer my mother uses some of the same pro grams in her work with handicapped kids in my hometown of thunder bay speer says dealing with aches and pains spirit players visiting the hakonson house can also take advantage of her naturalist approach in dealing with their aches and pains or their overall nutrition theyll come over and well chitchat says hakonson theyre curious theyll ask me questions then theyll listen to my answers this is all new to them in most cases hakonson feels athletes will come to depend more and more on the services of prac titioners like herself over the next few years in order to perform at an optimum level you must have good nutrition and in order to determine their individual needs you have to be able to look into their eyes that tells you whats going oh inside their bodies a nursing home nurses assistant for five years before beginning her practice in 1991 hakonson was required to undergo specific training and practice before becoming a regis tered reflexologist and iridologist she also has her certificate in therapeutic touch and ear candling hakonson is quick to point out her role is to prescribe a program of natural healing patients are informed of conditions that may require the treatment of a medical doctor i cant diagnose i can only recommend iridology is a complimentary healing modality to conventional medical practice hakonson suggests a program of personal ized holistic nutrition along with healing based on natural oils and tonics can go a long way toward achieving a state of enhanced physical and emotional health for athletes and nonath letes alike it can help provide a positive attitude an overall feeling of well being by teaching prop er nutrition you help them feeland look better and have more energy she stresses the importance of the link between the physical and the emotional the organs or areas of the body that need support tie in emotional aspects of ones overall condition emotions trigger disease and if they are eating improperly that worsens things hakonson sees the day fast approaching when all athletic therapists used by sports teams will incorporate such practices as iridol ogy and reflexology into their own approach i know i can make athletes perform better and i can maximize the healing and cleansing process bruce stapley juniors have a spirited stretch run the lines been drawn as the spirit of stouffville anxiously await the ontario provincial junior a hockey league playoffs there will be no late season addi tions no hired guns or beefy defence- men parachuted in to bolster the club which will be but to win its firstever post season game come february the trade deadline was last monday noted pat madigan spirit vicepresident in charge of hockey operations who along with general manager dieter schmidt worked the phones to no avail in an attempt to augment the club madigan said the spirits inability to swing a deal or two was typical of the lack of inactivity throughout the entire league as teams were reluctant to do anything that might result in giving someone else an edge so its up to the spirit players who have been carrying the mail all season to get the job done we just looked at the boys and said start doing pushups madigan said in past seasons a failure to add a few recruits before the trade deadline would be cause for concern for the spirit but this years crew is on a roll heading into the final eight games of the regular season the club was rid ing a fivegame winning streak before suffering a 64 loss to the newmarket hurricanes before close to 500 onlookers at the rec centre saturday madigan suggested the key to what appears to be the spirits first- ever 500 plus season lies in a well- balanced lineup were seeing the results of some good picking by the coaches brian perrin head coach ken burrows and craig donovan deserve all the credit unlike in past seasons the spirit dont have at least two players at or near the top of the conference scoring race after michel bond who sat 12th in the scoring race entering january 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