17th Annual Pro Football Chiropractic Continuing Education Seminar

Jessica M. Mohler, PsyD, CMPC is the Assistant Director and Coordinator of Sport Psychology Services at the Midshipmen Development Center, United States Naval Academy. She also provides sport psychology services to a Major League Baseball team. She holds a Master of Arts in Kinesiology and a Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology. Her work is influenced from training in both sport and exercise psychology, being a Naval Officer, and contributing to the development of military leaders. She provides counseling and mental skills training to student athletes, athletic teams, and specialized military groups. She developed and currently supervises a sports psychology practicum for advanced level clinical and counseling doctoral students. Dr. Mohler was most recently the Chair of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports. She has been a member of the NCAA’s Mental Health Task Force, Sleep Task Force and Diverse Student Athlete Well Being Task Force.

Athletes can face crisis on and off the field. While some crises are easily identified like death or a season ending injury, others may be less noticeable. Each athlete holds their own perspective on whether a situation is a crisis or a manageable obstacle. When athletes perceive that they have faced a crisis, the psycho-physiological effect can cause a significant disruption in functioning and performance. In the world of elite sport, we find that athletes are not limited by their physical ability, but by their mindset and mental resilience on any given day. If we think of each athlete’s mind as a gas tank that fuels performance, anything that depletes the tank will begin to affect the outcome of the performance. When crisis is perceived, getting athletes the right help can help them continue to perform at a high level. This presentation will provide an overview of the relationship between mind and body based on current scientific literature. The process of how athletes can fill and drain their tank through stress, active recovery, and intervention will be reviewed.

Alan Sokoloff, DC

What You Say Can Hurt You! Managing Risk in Sports Chiropractic

Dr. Alan K. Sokoloff, or “Dr. Sok”, as his patients refer to him, is the owner/clinic director of the Yalich Clinic Performance and Rehabilitation in Glen Burnie, MD, where he has practiced for over 35 years. He is the immediate 2 term past president of the Professional Football Chiropractic Association and is the past 2 term president of the Maryland Chiropractic Association. He was selected as Maryland’s Chiropractor of the Year 2001-2 and the American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physician’s Sports Chiropractor of the Year 2006. Dr. Sok continues to be the team chiropractor for 2-time Super Bowl Champion Baltimore Ravens of the NFL since 1999 and is the team chiropractor for the Baltimore Orioles and has been team chiropractor for the Bowie Baysox (Baltimore Orioles AA team Major League Baseball) since 2009. Dr. Sok has been a member of the University of Maryland Sports Medicine Team since 1991, working with the UMBC Retrievers and Maryland Terps. He served a residency at the United States Olympic Training Center, summer of 1997 and was selected to the medical team for the United States at the 1998 Goodwill Games. He was appointed to the USA Olympic Medical Team for the 1999 Pan Am Games in Winnipeg, Canada and is a “motivational wellness / injury prevention consultant” for many companies and municipalities, presenting nationally and internationally. For over 10 years, Dr. Sok has hosted a weekly health, interactive radio program in Baltimore called “Talkin’ Back” on AM-680 WCBM and has also written and helped produce a series of award winning Injury Prevention Videos for the Library Video Network. He has completed his first in a series of concussion prevention DVDs, Tackling Concussion Head On, starring NFL, college, and high school guests.

This one hour program is designed to help a doctor of chiropractic maintain a position in sports medicine by avoiding common pitfalls and mistakes when treating athletes. Common errors are made at all levels of sports medicine from youth to professionals, in all health care occupations. Proper communication and documentation are keys to long successful relationships in the sports health world.

Sponsored by:

Dan McClure, DC, CCSP, CCEP

Manipulative Techniques to Keep Players in the Game

Dr. Dan McClure combines a life-long love of athletics with his chosen profession for a natural specialization in chiropractic sports medicine. He is a former high school and college athlete who first became interested in chiropractic when it offered him great relief for a low back injury sustained during college football.

In 1989 he was selected for the interdisciplinary sports medicine team at the US Olympic Training Center. His USOC association continued through the 1990 Olympic Sports Festival and the 1991 Pan American Games. Due to his successful treatment of divers’ wrist injuries at those USOC events, he was invited to join the Sports Medicine staff of US Diving in 1991. Since then, he has worked with elite divers at training camps, Indoor and Outdoor National Championships, Olympic Trials, and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Dr. McClure is a nationally and internationally renowned expert and lecturer on extremity injuries and manipulation. His extremity experience ranges over 30 years. Dr. McClure’s state of the art techniques are constantly being refined, so you will learn time proven techniques as well as cutting edge techniques in the process of development. This level of commitment and experience, along with his passion for excellence in applying chiropractic extremity techniques is what makes him the best in his field.

Dr. Dan McClure will lay a foundation based on anatomy review, including the bony, muscular, and vascular and nervous system. There will be an explanation of the subluxation patterns and the Chiropractic manipulative treatments for each condition. There will be a Hands On method to instruct you in the specifics of each technique.

Mark Charrette, DC

Adjusting the Typical Foot

Dr. Mark N. Charrette is a 1980 summa cum laude graduate of Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa. He is a frequent guest speaker at twelve chiropractic colleges and has taught over 1400 seminars worldwide on extremity adjusting, biomechanics, and spinal adjusting techniques. His lively seminars emphasize a practical, hands-on approach. Dr. Charrette is a former All-American swimmer, who has authored a book on extremity adjusting and also produced an instructional video series.

This 2-hour presentation provides a brief and simple explanation of the neurology of extremity adjusting and a “hands-on” workshop designed for you to quickly acquire adjusting skills for the most commonly encountered foot subluxation patterns. Also covered in this course is a simple stabilization procedure for the foot. You will understand and verbalize the visual indicators for the pronated foot and the concept of “The Noisy Joint.” You will learn and demonstrate the seven adjustments for the foot pronation protocol to include navicular, cuboid, cuneiforms, metatarsal heads, talus, calcaneus, and fibular head.

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Sabrina Atkins, DC

How to Manually Adjust Patients Twice Your Size For Decades & Avoid Injury

Dr. Sabrina Atkins was the official chiropractic physician for the NBA Bubble in 2020. She has served as the official chiropractic physician for the NBA’s Orlando Magic since 2009. Additional experience and credentials include Orlando Ballet since 2005; Coach Tom Shaw’s NFL Training Camp at Disney’s Wide World of Sports (2007-2016); Orlando’s Major Indoor Soccer League team – Orlando Sharks (2007-2008); Orlando’s Indoor Professional Lacrosse Team of the NLL – Orlando Titans (2010); Orlando’s first MLS team- Orlando City Soccer (2015, 2016).

Her involvement in team sports began with the women’s basketball team at Life University, with whom she traveled, during her internship for her Masters of Sports Injury Management. She was the first student to initiate travel for treatment during athletic events, through Life University. This pivotal milestone assisted in the development of a program, launched for current students, to travel alongside with teams, allowing them to provide treatment during athletic events; assisting in the advancement of their hands-on experience, as well as providing invaluable on-site chiropractic care for competing athletes at all levels.

Her involvement also includes associations with several other sports venues and events, including DEW Action Sports Tour, USA Taekwondo, USA Judo, Disney Marathon, International Softball Federation, ProSport and Professional Rodeo Association. Dr. Atkins served as the Medical Director for the Sunshine State Games, Florida’s largest amateur sport competitions for 4 years. She is former President of the FCA Sports Council; has served as Vice President of Florida Sports Council; and received Doctor of the year award from the Southeastern Circuit of ProSport. She was recognized as a notable nominee for Orlando Sports Council Chiropractic Physician of the Year award, four years in a row, and has been honored with the Tender Care award from the Orlando Ballet. She was honored by the Orlando Business Journal as a recipient of one of the 40 Under 40 awards where business professionals, and entrepreneurs under 40 are recognized for their achievements. Most recently, Dr. Atkins was recognized for her involvement with Professional Sports Teams in the Florida Chiropractic Association Journal issue: WOMEN IN SPORTS CHIROPRACTIC.

She lectures regularly on adjustment strategies, ethics, risk management, and medical errors as they relate to working with athletes and using manual, hands-on techniques.

Chiropractic Physician for the NBA Bubble, Dr. Sabrina Atkins shares some of her tricks of the trade in working with large athletes. She has manually adjusted for over 20 years utilizing a variety of manual technique strategies. Join her and learn ways to save your body, while accurately and successfully delivering a powerful adjustment.

Tim Brown, DC

Innovative Manual Therapy For Performance and Injury Prevention

Dr. Tim Brown is one of the foremost experts and leading innovators in the world of sports medicine, with more than 35 years of experience working with elite athletes on the front lines with teams of interdisciplinary sports medicine specialists during competitions. Besides being named Sports Chiropractor of the Year by the American Chiropractic Association’s Council on Sports, Dr. Brown was the first Sports Chiropractor to be appointed Medical Director to a professional sports association, the Association of Volleyball Professionals.

Dr. Brown is a former College Football Quarterback, the Co-Medical Director WSL (World Surf League) Northern Hemisphere, Medical Director of US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, CA for the last 20 Years, Original Medical Director for the AVP (Pro Beach Volleyball Tour)Inventor of Currently Marketed Products w Six Patents Issued; Seven Patents Pending.

This 2-hour presentation will cover a front lines, evidence based, whole athlete, functional approach to chiropractic sports medicine focused upon individual history, objectives and treating movement dysfunction that affect athlete training, performance, injury and recovery.

Sponsored by:

Davis McAlister, D.C., M.Ed., M.S., B.S., B.S.A., CSCS

Developing an Effective ACL Pre-habilitation Program

Dr. Davis McAlister is the Sports Chiropractor for Parker University’s Performance Clinic in Frisco, TX. He proudly served the US Army for 8 years prior to attending Mississippi State University to earn his Bachelor of Science degree and play 2 years of football. He was awarded a Master of Educational Leadership from Sul Ross State University, and a Bachelor of Anatomy, Doctor of Chiropractic, and Master of Strength and Performance degrees from Parker University. His experience as a veteran, college athlete, and high school, strength and conditioning, and powerlifting coach combined with years of clinical experience brings a unique perspective to his care for all patients. Dr. McAlister trains professionals in the topics of sports performance, sports injury, and rehabilitation as well as provides care for several high school, college, and professional athletes from a variety of sports including football, baseball, volleyball, powerlifting, basketball, pro rodeo, track and field, and golf. He is certified in functional movement, adaptive training, acupuncture, functional rehab, clinical concussion, taping, strength, conditioning, and coaching. Among Dr. McAlister’s numerous recognitions, Dr. McAlister has been most recently named the 2022 Top Doc in Frisco, TX, 2022 THSWPA Region 6 Coach of the Year, 2021 Outstanding Coach by the Texas House of Representatives, and was the Parker Clinic Faculty of the Year in 2019 and 2020. He has also presented to Parker Seminars in 2022, ACA Engage in 2021, ACC-RAC in 2019, and WFC in 2018.

This two-hour presentation will provide in-depth information and research on the contributing factors that result in non-contact ACL injuries in athletes. This presentation will include an anatomical review, biomechanics review, contributing anatomical structural features that increase risk, forces and movements applied that result in the non-contact injury, the functional assessment tools e for determining if an athlete will be at a higher risk, and the evidence-based, basic components of a pre-habilitation program.