Built on evidence, not adjectives
The training, the certifications and the events we’ve worked, with the years to show for it. You can see Dr. Carly Zuehlke or Dr. Courtney Rokowski for sports care, and you don’t have to be an athlete to come in.
What sports chiropractic actually is
Sports chiropractors must obtain additional training, beyond just a chiropractic degree, both on and off the field. It teaches them to recognize, diagnose and treat sports injuries.
Your care starts with an exam and a diagnosis. From there, it’s manual therapy and prescribed exercise built around the demands of a specific sport, not a generic adjustment repeated for every patient who happens to be active.
Two kinds of injury
Chronic and repetitive
Tendonitis, bursitis, muscle tears and rotator cuff problems usually build up over time. The body is smart, and since it must accomplish the movement, it will compensate. A chronic hip problem can show up as knee pain, and a chronic knee problem as pain in the opposite hip.
Acute
A sudden injury needs the problem located first, then a clear list of dos and don’ts while it settles, and treatment that goes past the injury site itself to the other areas of the body that are working harder to cover for it.
How an injury gets worked
Find where it actually started
Not just the site of the pain, but what is compensating for it elsewhere.
Treat the site, and what is covering for it
Adjustments are not limited to the injury itself if another area is working harder because of it.
The dos, the don'ts, and how to load it again
A clear list of what to avoid while it settles, and a way back to loading it properly.
What the work actually involves
- Correcting asymmetries and balance across the whole body
- Working on range of motion
- Manual, hands-on treatment
- A clearer sense of how you move
- A plan tailored to your sport and your goals
RunningCrossFitBalletSoccerGolfIce hockeyKickboxing
Where this was learned
Seven of the events Dr. Carly Zuehlke has worked, with the years and the venues, and the local clubs Dr. Courtney Rokowski has looked after.
Ironman Boulder
Medical tent at the finish of a half Ironman, triage and muscle treatment.
Nitro Circus World Tour, Colorado
Athlete warm-up room and sidelines for the touring action-sports show.
IAAF Junior World Championships, Eugene
Part of a team of around ten chiropractors at Hayward Field for a week.
US Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs
A two-week rotation across wrestling, judo, figure and speed skating, and gymnastics.
US Olympic Trials, Eugene
Working alongside chiropractors, massage therapists and medical doctors.
CSIT World Sport Games, Tortosa and Cervia
Selected by FICS: 3,500 athletes at Tortosa; 23 FICS chiropractors and 750 treatments at Cervia.
The World Games, Chengdu, China
Selected by FICS for the international medical team: athletes from more than 100 countries, in sports outside the Olympics.
Closer to home
Dr. Courtney Rokowski’s club work
Amsterdam Rugby 7s
Dr. Courtney Rokowski was the club’s chiropractic provider, and she spent a season as team chiropractor for Forza Almere.
You do not have to be an athlete
Anyone who participates in physical activity or leads an active lifestyle can benefit. What sets a sports chiropractor apart is manual therapy, prescribed exercise, and knowing the demands of the sport or activity a patient actually does.
Who holds what
Dr. Carly Zuehlke
Colorado Chiropractic Association
CertificationsInternational Certificate in Sports Chiropractic (FICS)Certified Chiropractic Sports Practitioner (ACBSP)Certified Running Gait AnalystUSA Triathlon Level 1 CoachGait Happens FGA Level 1
Recognition2014 Rising Star, Colorado Chiropractic AssociationPresident, ACA Sports Council, 2017 to 2018Fellow, International College of Chiropractors2025 World Games, China
Dr. Courtney Rokowski
Chiropractic provider, 2023 to 2025
CertificationsFICS member, close to completing its sports chiropractic qualificationCertified Practitioner, Functional Range ConditioningDynamic Taping and Muscle Scraping
Local sportTeam chiropractor, Forza Almere, one season
Ready to get back to moving
Book online and tell us what you are working with, whether that is a marathon, a five-a-side game, or getting back to the gym.
