Athletic & Sports Chiropractic Care

Evidence-Based Support for Performance, Recovery & Longevity

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My Approach

Athletic care should reflect how bodies actually train, load, and recover, not follow a generic routine.

I assess how you move, how you train, and how your tissues are responding, then tailor care to support performance, durability, and long-term joint health. Treatment evolves with your season, goals, and progress, so it always makes sense for where you are.

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Care for Athletes, and for People Who Train Like One

You don’t need to be a professional athlete to benefit from athletic-focused care.

I work with:

  • Competitive and recreational athletes

  • Gym-goers and strength trainers

  • Runners, lifters, and field sport athletes

  • Individuals returning to exercise after injury

  • People building or maintaining strength, fitness, and physique

Care is designed around what you ask of your body, not just where pain shows up.

Pre-Season, In-Season & Off-Season Care

Pre-Season

  • Movement and strength assessment

  • Addressing restrictions before training volume increases

  • Preparing joints and tissues for upcoming load

In-Season

  • Managing training stress and recovery

  • Supporting performance and durability

  • Reducing injury risk during competition

Off-Season / Post-Injury

  • Rehabilitation and return-to-training planning

  • Restoring strength, mobility, and confidence

  • Gradual reloading with intention

A Sports-Specific Approach to Chiropractic Care

Athletic care looks different than general care.

Appointments focus on:

  • Understanding your sport, training style, and season demands

  • Identifying movement inefficiencies and overload patterns

  • Addressing tissue stress, joint mechanics, and recovery capacity

  • Supporting performance without sacrificing long-term joint health

Care evolves throughout the year, from pre-season preparation, to in-season maintenance, to post-season recovery.

Biomechanics, Lifting & Movement Education

A key part of athletic care is understanding how your body moves under load.

Care may include:

  • Biomechanical assessment of lifts and exercises

  • Education around form, loading, and movement efficiency

  • Identifying patterns that contribute to pain or plateaus

  • Adjusting training strategies to support longevity

The goal isn’t to overhaul your training, it’s to help you train smarter and more sustainably.

A Conservative, No-Surgery Approach

Whenever appropriate, care prioritizes conservative management first.

This means:

  • Addressing contributing factors early

  • Supporting recovery without unnecessary interventions

  • Collaborating with other healthcare providers when needed

  • Helping you stay active while healing

The goal is to keep you moving forward, safely and confidently.

Hands-On Sports Therapy & Rehabilitation

With an athletic therapy background, care may include:

  • Skilled manual therapy

  • Sports-specific injury rehabilitation

  • Instrument-assisted soft tissue therapy

  • Cupping therapy

  • Kinesiology taping for support and proprioception

These tools are used intentionally, as part of a broader care plan, not as isolated treatments.

What to Expect

Athletic care with Dr. Rodrigues includes:

  • Longer, unrushed appointments

  • Sport- and goal-specific assessment

  • Hands-on treatment at every visit

  • Clear education you can apply in training

  • A plan that adapts as your body and season change

You won’t be treated like a diagnosis, you’ll be treated like an athlete.

Experience & Athletic Therapy

I bring both clinical training and lived athletic experience to the way I approach care. I’ve competed at the national and professional level in soccer, representing my country in World Cup and Olympic qualifiers and international tournaments including the CONCACAF Gold Cup. I’ve played against some of the best in the game, including Christine Sinclair in her prime, and understand firsthand the physical and mental demands of high-level sport.

Alongside competition, my background includes components of sports and exercise science, strength and conditioning, nutrition, sports psychology and endurance training, giving me a deep appreciation for how the body & mind adapt to training load, recovery, and performance demands over time.

I’ve also worked as an athletic therapist with Team Guyana Women’s Soccer (including U20 programming during Olympic cycles) and Guelph United FC. These experiences shape how I assess, treat, and support athletes, with an emphasis on biomechanics, durability, and long-term performance.

Lets Work Together

  • “Movement is one of the most powerful tools we have for health. The key is knowing how to use it well, and not having to figure it out alone.”