Meet your doctor
Dr. Verónica Pérez Canabal, DC
Doctor of Chiropractic · Certified Pilates Instructor · Bilingual. From San Juan to San Diego — building a practice rooted in listening, movement, and care that actually addresses the cause of how you feel.
From Trujillo Alto, PR 🇵🇷 · Practice in La Jolla, CA · English & Español
Chiropractic wasn't a long-planned calling. It started simpler than that. "I looked at the curriculum and thought it sounded interesting," she'll tell you. The rest just followed — turns out understanding how the body moves and functions never gets old.
That curiosity took her to the University of Bridgeport School of Chiropractic in Connecticut. She graduated as a Doctor of Chiropractic in May 2024 and moved across the country to San Diego right after. Her first stop was The Joint Chiropractic, where she adjusted hundreds of patients a week and refined her hands-on technique — while also working at a local Pilates studio, eventually earning her Mat & Reformer certification through The Sculpt Room in Pacific Beach.
Working in both worlds, she kept seeing the same thing: chiropractic addresses the structure, but Pilates reinforces it through movement. Patients who combined the two got better results — and held them longer. In 2026, she opened Balanced by V in downtown La Jolla, the neighborhood she calls home. Off the clock, she's usually with her two dogs.
Training & credentials
Doctor of Chiropractic. Certified Pilates instructor.
Two parallel tracks of training that turn into one combined approach in practice — clinical chiropractic on one side, hands-on Pilates instruction on the other. Both inform every visit.
Doctor of Chiropractic
Four-year doctoral program covering anatomy, neurology, biomechanics, diagnosis, and clinical technique, with hands-on patient experience throughout. Graduated May 2024 — University of Bridgeport.
Mat & Reformer Pilates
Comprehensive instructor certification covering classical and contemporary methodology, trained under senior instructors at The Sculpt Room in Pacific Beach.
Licensed in California
Active California license to practice chiropractic, with real-world experience adjusting thousands of patients across San Diego before opening her own practice.
Listed in official records (NPI registry) as Veronica Perez Canabal.
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