Sports & Active Adult Chiropractor in Solana Beach
Built for the runners, surfers, lifters, cyclists, and pickleball players who refuse to slow down. You are not going to take a season off because your back is tight. You are not going to stop running because your hip clicks. You came here for someone who actually gets it.
What Is Sports Chiropractic Care
Sports chiropractic is targeted, performance-focused care for active adults. It looks at your whole movement system, the spine, the joints, the soft tissue, and the nervous system that runs all of it, and finds the specific places that are limiting how you move and recover.
Dr. Lisel grew up training as a Division 1 athlete. She knows what it feels like when your body is your livelihood and your identity, and she knows what athletes actually need: specific work, fast feedback, and a doctor who pushes the right things.
The result is care that gets you back to training faster, prevents the small thing from becoming the big thing, and helps you feel like the athlete you were a decade ago.
Conditions We Help With
Herniated Disc
Sharp pain, numbness, tingling, or weakness from a disc that is pressing on a nerve. We work to take pressure off the disc and reset the nervous system.
IT Band Syndrome
Pain on the outside of the knee or hip, common in runners and cyclists. The root is rarely the IT band itself.
Plantar Fasciitis
That stabbing pain in the heel that hits hardest on the first step out of bed. Often a foot, ankle, and hip story.
Sciatica & Low Back Pain
Pain or numbness running from the low back into the glute and down the leg.
Frozen Shoulder
Loss of shoulder range of motion, often after a minor injury or surgery. We work the shoulder, thoracic spine, and cervical spine.
Our Approach
Every sports visit starts with a movement screen. We watch you move the way you move (squat, lunge, gait, sport-specific positions) and identify the specific limitations holding you back. From there, we mix targeted chiropractic adjustments with soft-tissue work and movement homework you can actually do.
We are practical about recovery. If you have a race in eight weeks, we plan back from that date. If you have a season starting next month, we time the heaviest work for the right window. If you just want to feel less stiff in the morning, we keep it simple and consistent.
Who This Is For
Recreational runners, half-marathoners, marathoners
CrossFit athletes and lifters
Surfers, paddlers, swimmers
Cyclists and triathletes
Pickleball, tennis, and racket-sport players
Yogis, Pilates regulars, barre devotees
Active adults who lift, hike, climb, or chase kids
Anyone returning to sport after an injury or surgery
Frequently Asked Questions
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Often, yes. Most chronic running injuries are compensation patterns rather than the obvious site of pain. We find the upstream problem and address it.
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Almost always. We will tell you if something needs to be paused. Most patients keep training right through their care.
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Yes, once you are cleared by your surgeon. We focus on restoring movement and rebuilding the nervous-system patterns that surgery interrupts.
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For active injuries, usually one to two visits per week for two to four weeks, then a maintenance cadence. For performance work and prevention, every two to four weeks is plenty.
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Yes, we utilize Active Release Technique, PNF and PIR Stretching, activator and other soft tissue modalities based on your needs.
Stop training around the pain.
Book your $67 new patient visit and get back to moving the way you want to move.