Physical activity is essential for bodily health, but its impact extends further. All forms of movement—sports, games, exercise—trigger endorphin release, creating numerous positive effects. While being active enhances well-being, stamina, mood, focus, and energy, it can simultaneously create spinal imbalances, tissue dysfunction, and joint issues.
Pushing our bodies to extremes or repeatedly stressing the same areas has consequences. For athletes and fitness enthusiasts, pain and limitations can frustratingly derail personal and team objectives.
Whether raising a high school athlete, being a dedicated soccer player, practicing daily yoga, or anything in between, ignoring pain isn't viable. Our Overland Park sports chiropractor provides chiropractic care, rehabilitation, and performance enhancement to heal, strengthen, and optimize both the body and mind.
You've invested too much to let injuries sideline you. From professionals to newcomers committed to active living, if you're dedicated to success, we want to support you.
Everyone we work with is an athlete or gets athlete-level care. Our top-tier sports treatment is unparalleled, and we know it can help you get better so you can perform at your peak.
Athletes We Love to Partner With
All physical activities require skill and determination, regardless of athletic level. And no matter how good you are at something or how much training you’ve put in, pain compromises your abilities.
Peak performance and injury prevention develop gradually, so working with an experienced sports chiropractor can be a determining factor in your performance.
Dr. McNeely will collaborate with you to achieve ideal physical function, understanding that this demands proper care and attention. While we can't guarantee injury prevention, we can help minimize severity, improve your body's injury response, and enhance recovery.
We’ve seen firsthand how pain management and proactive support can make seemingly impossible goals achievable.
Our sports chiropractic and rehab solutions have supported countless athletes through:
- Comprehensive pain management
- Re-injury prevention strategies
- Tailored injury risk reduction techniques
- Event preparation and post-event rehabilitation
- Optimized warm-up and cool-down routines
- Targeted strength and flexibility improvement
- Expert form guidance (range of motion, movement patterns, posture, lifting technique)
- Stress reduction and relaxation for mental well-being, focus, and productivity
Let us help prepare your body, mind, and spirit for the challenges and demands you place on them.
Our Athletes
For committed athletes, pre-event injuries are devastating after months of training and sacrifice. These setbacks hurt physically, emotionally, and mentally—and mindset is as crucial as physical condition when it comes to performance.
Our care focuses on athlete rehabilitation on every level. We efficiently return you to training and competition while providing strategies to maintain peak condition and prevent future injuries. We aim to help you return stronger and perform better in current and upcoming events.
Some of the athletes we work with include:
- Middle school, high school, and college athletes, including football players, soccer players, basketball players, track runners, and baseball players
- Runners and joggers
- Golfers
- Weightlifters
- Triathletes
- Weekend warriors
- Avid exercisers
- Dancers
- Pickleball players
- Elite and competitive athletes
- Professional athletes
- Olympians
Sports-Related Symptoms & Injuries We Treat
Athletes face diverse musculoskeletal and spinal injuries that can hinder performance. Seeking chiropractic care at the first sign of discomfort is crucial—early intervention can prevent pain progression, limit radiation to surrounding areas, and help avoid more severe complications that might extend recovery time or end seasons and training prematurely.
If you suffer from any of the sports-related symptoms, injuries, and conditions below, we’d love to work with you:
- Sprains and strains, including ankle sprains and strains
- Inflammation
- Knee pain and injuries, including IT band syndrome, runner’s knee, and jumper’s knee
- Ankle and foot injuries, including plantar fasciitis
- Hamstring injuries
- Shoulder injuries, including rotator cuff injuries, frozen shoulder, and shoulder impingement
- Neck pain and injuries, including whiplash
- Hand and wrist injuries, including carpal tunnel syndrome
- Overuse injuries
- Chronic pain
- Back pain, low back pain, and disc injuries, including disc herniation
- Elbow pain, including tennis elbow and golfer's elbow
- Headaches
- Sciatica
- Hip pain
- Shin splints
- Achilles tendinopathy and Achilles tendon bursitis
- Motion and flexibility limitations
- Sore, weakened, and stiff muscles
- Muscle spasms
- Arthritis
Why Athletes Get Sports-Related Injuries
Athletes face inherent physical risks, but a well-conditioned body provides greater resilience against challenges. Enhancing your strength and functional capacity increases your ability to endure and recover from physical demands.
Common causes of sports-related injuries include:
- Repetitive stress on specific body areas
- Muscle exhaustion
- Inadequate or improper warm-up and cool-down routines
- Continuing activity despite pain signals
- Imbalanced training regimens (excessive or insufficient)
- Regular exposure to physical impacts, collisions, falls, and takedowns
- Inadequate recovery time between activities or after injuries
- Underlying chronic conditions
- Faulty mechanics in lifting, posture, and movement patterns
- Poor sleep quality
Dr. McNeely has worked with many professional athletes and knows what it takes to equip you with preventive strategies. He does this while providing prompt, responsible rehabilitation when needed, ultimately escalating your physical performance.
Elevate Your Athletic Performance with KC Spine and Sport
Our sports solutions help unlock your full athletic potential across multiple dimensions. We identify your strengths and amplify them to elevate your performance capabilities.
While injury prevention remains a priority, our ultimate goal is to enhance every aspect of your athletic performance, whether increasing hitting distance, improving accuracy, enhancing striking power, or boosting your competitive success rate.
As the Greater Kansas City leader in sports chiropractic and sports rehab, we thoroughly analyze your sport-specific motion patterns through comprehensive assessments, including SMFA and DNS. We then create personalized training protocols, recovery strategies, and home exercise programs to prepare you physically and mentally as we maximize your body’s potential.
Our evidence-based, performance-driven approach delivers:
- Explosive power
- Sustainable endurance
- Enhanced mobility
- Complete functional capacity
- More efficient movement patterns
- Lower injury susceptibility
- Accelerated healing processes
- Enhanced coordination, stability, and balanced development
- Increased strength, flexibility, and range of motion
- Improved sleep quality
- Reduced mental stress
- Sharper focus and productivity
- Greater overall well-being
You have goals to achieve and potentially surpass. Why wait? Connect with our premier Overland Park sports chiropractic clinic today.
Our Overland Park Sports Chiropractic & Sports Rehabilitation Services
Athletes routinely test their physical limits, risking localized injuries from repetitive stress. Our chiropractic approach helps dissuade these issues by closely monitoring your form, movement mechanics, and functional capacity and addressing imbalances before they become problematic.
However, despite preventive measures, injuries occur. When they do, our sports therapy precisely identifies the root cause of your discomfort and implements a targeted recovery regimen designed to return you to activity quickly and safely.
We understand the dedication invested in your training and competitive mindset. Our mission is to ensure your physical condition matches your mental readiness, enabling whole-body optimal performance.
Some of the chiropractic sports therapy services we utilize include:
- Chiropractic care
- Dry needling
- FAKTR and Graston Technique, Dr McNeely is certified in FAKTR
- Rehabilitative exercises
- Prenatal chiropractic care
- Family chiropractic care
- Active release therapies
- Cupping
- Kinesio taping, Dr. McNeely is certified in Rock Tape I and II
- Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization (DNS), Dr. McNeely is DNS certified
- Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA), Dr. McNeely is SFMA certified
- Gait analysis
- Personalized preventive care strategies for home use, including targeted exercises, specific stretching routines, posture correction techniques, proper lifting mechanics, and optimized movement patterns
Our gentle yet powerful chiropractic services provide natural, noninvasive solutions that put you in control of your physical potential. We design meticulous recovery plans that heal existing issues while conditioning your body for the ultimate in athletic performance.
You've already come so far in your athletic journey; let Dr. McNeely help you cross that finish line stronger than ever.
Interested in booking Dr. McNeely for a sports seminar?
Please contact us today to learn more about how he can help your athletes thrive.
Contact usElite Sports Performance & Recovery at KC Spine and Sport: Your Partner in Athletic Excellence
Our comprehensive sports therapy approach supports every phase of your athletic journey. We match your dedication with personalized chiropractic care, rehabilitation protocols, and performance enhancement strategies tailored to your needs.
Injuries create physical and mental challenges regardless of severity. We'll restore your body's optimal function, allowing your mindset to follow. This will help you return to competition not just recovered but stronger and more capable than before.
If you’re ready to discover performance levels beyond what you previously thought possible, let’s connect.
