What We Help With
Sports Injury
Sports chiropractic care for athletes, weekend warriors, and movement lovers — move better, recover faster, perform at your highest level.
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Sports chiropractic care for athletes, weekend warriors, and movement lovers — move better, recover faster, perform at your highest level.
Book NowAt The Shift Chiropractic, we help athletes, weekend warriors, and movement lovers keep their bodies aligned, strong, and ready for anything.
Whether you're lifting heavier, running farther, or simply trying to feel your best, sports chiropractic care supports your body's natural intelligence — helping you move better, recover faster, and perform at your highest level.
Care is delivered by Dr. Ben Glass and Dr. Irina Velichko — both longtime Oakland practitioners who train and move themselves, and who understand what it feels like to want to get back to the activity you love.
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Sports chiropractic isn't just about treating pain — it's about optimizing your performance. At The Shift, Dr. Irina Velichko and Dr. Ben Glass combine their expertise in athletic biomechanics and nervous system health to help your body operate at its full potential.
General chiropractic treats the symptom. Sports chiropractic goes upstream — asking why the shoulder rotates short, why the hip compensates, why the knee gives out in the last mile. Answering those questions is the work that keeps injuries from coming back.
Every session is specific to the patient in front of us. A runner doesn't need the same assessment as a CrossFit lifter, and neither gets a one-size-fits-all adjustment protocol.
You don't have to be a professional athlete to benefit — just someone who wants to move well and feel great. Sports chiropractic helps:
Address hip, knee, and ankle mechanics to stay out of the injury cycle.
Keep your shoulders, hips, and thoracic spine moving well under load.
Pickleball, basketball, soccer, tennis — we keep recreational athletes on the field.
Teens and adults rebuilding after a sprain, strain, or surgical recovery.
Anyone experiencing reduced range of motion, chronic tightness, or a body that feels stuck.
We meet you where you are — whether that's recovering from a strain or working toward your next personal best.
Sports chiropractic care can help address and prevent these common injuries. Our care restores proper alignment, nerve flow, and balance — allowing your body's innate healing wisdom to function at full capacity.
Impingement, strain, and reduced overhead range — common in lifters, swimmers, and throwing athletes.
Including tennis and golfer's elbow. Repetitive-use injuries that respond well to specific extremity work.
The hip-pelvis-lumbar chain drives nearly every athletic movement. Dysfunction here shows up everywhere else.
Patellofemoral pain, IT band issues, and meniscal irritation common in runners and court athletes.
Foot and ankle problems that limit training volume and often indicate an issue higher up the kinetic chain.
Not injured, but not progressing? Subtle joint restrictions can cap your strength, speed, and mobility.
Not sure if your issue qualifies? Book a consultation — we'll tell you honestly whether chiropractic is the right tool for your situation, or whether you need a referral somewhere else.
At The Shift Chiropractic, we blend traditional chiropractic principles with modern athletic insight to help your body recover, adapt, and excel.
Through precise adjustments, movement guidance, and mindful lifestyle support, we empower you to perform — not just harder, but smarter.
Visit our Oakland wellness studio or call (510) 858-5370 to schedule your sports chiropractic session today. Let's help your body move like the high-performance system it was designed to be.
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Feel the Shift:
When your joints move freely, your output goes up — without adding training volume.
Nervous-system-supported recovery means you bounce back from hard training in less time.
Addressing mechanics upstream keeps small problems from turning into season-ending ones.
Whether you're training for something specific or just want your body to stop getting in your way, sports chiropractic at The Shift starts with listening — and ends with you moving better than you did before.
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