OUR DOCTORS:
Dr. Christopher Vincent D.C.
Dr. Vincent is a Chiropractor and Sports Physician emphasizing Injury Prevention and Athletic Performance Enhancement. He has a B.S. degree from UCLA in Physiological Science and Kinesiology, and a Doctoral degree from the Southern California University of Health Sciences. He is founder and CEO of The International Sports Performance Institute -- a treatment and educational institution serving patients and doctors seeking injury prevention, rehabilitation, and enhanced athletic performance. His other work includes:
• Team Doctor and Injury Prevention Consultant for pro sports teams, international Olympic teams, governments, schools, businesses, and entertainment productions, including:
• National team doctor at six World Championships in Track & Field, and at the 2004 Olympics in Athens
• Team doctor 2008 Olympic Games, China - KSA track and field, swimming and weight-lifting, as well as select Algerian and Moroccan track and field athletes.
• Team doctor for five nations, treating individual athletes from 18 countries.
• Team doctor for the renowned Santa Monica Track Club
• Medical and fitness consultant for the government of Saudi Arabia.
• Consulting physician on movie sets and television productions
Co-Founder and Chairman of Turning the Tides on MS, a non-profit, charitable foundation raising funds and awareness for Multiple Sclerosis
Personal chiropractor and sports physician for elite athletes, A-list actors and celebrities, including:
• Numerous world-record holders, and a nine-time gold medalist
• Professional football, basketball, hockey and soccer athletes, including World Cup stars and Super Bowl champions
Athletic Background:
Dr. Vincent is a former world-class 800m runner, having competed for UCLA, The Santa Monica Track Club, and the Portuguese National Team. He has 12 years of personal training experience, and is founder of Training Adventure, a performance-based personal training company.
Medical Approach:
Dr. Vincent brings his extensive athletic background into his medical practice, using his knowledge of sports science in the treatment and prevention of athletic injuries. His approach is to focus not only on the symptoms, but on correcting the cause of the problem -- biomechanically and functionally -- using methods including muscle balancing, myofascial release, chiropractic manipulative therapy, posture and gait analysis, custom orthotics, proprioceptive training, rehabilitation and injury prevention training.
Dr. Vincent’s practice is based in Santa Monica, CA, but his work as a physician, consultant and motivational speaker takes him around the world.
Dr. Mike Buckle
Mike Buckle is a Chiropractor with an emphasis in sports medicine and injury prevention. He earned his bachelors degree in Anthropology at the University of California at Santa Barbara, and completed his pre-med coursework at Santa Barbara City College. He completed his doctoral training in Chiropractic medicine at the Southern California University of Health Sciences in Whittier, where he learned about the connectivity and wholeness of the body and the holistic portrait of health that must be maintained. His clinical focus is on maintaining a balance in the body through nutrition, lifestyle, and proper biomechanics throughout the entire body.
Born and raised and northern California, Mike is a Californian all the way, spending his free time surfing, running on the beach, and mountain biking in the Santa Monica mountains. A former semi-professional wake boarder, Mike knows the demands and stresses that high-end athletics put on the body and focuses on attaining and maintaining a healthy, balanced body.
Dr. Buckle has been involved with:
· 2008 Saudi Arabian Olympic team
· 2008 California AIDS Lifecycle
· 2008 AVON Walk for Breast Cancer
· Team USA Track and Field team
Dr. Britt Patton
Dr. Britt Patton, D.C. is a Chiropractor with an emphasis in women’s health. She earned her bachelors degree in Biology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and her doctorate in Chiropractic medicine at Southern California University of Health Sciences. She has special interests in adaptations of the body during exercise performance, pregnancy and post-partum. She believes in the importance of maintaining a balance in the human body through nutrition, lifestyle, and proper biomechanics. She has Webster technique training, Graston I Technique Certification and is currently finishing her studies in Acupuncture.
Born and Raised in the southern state of North Carolina she moved to Los Angeles in 2006. She enjoys spending her free time training for triathlons, reading and going to movies.
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams is a Chiropractor with an emphasis in sports medicine. He earned his Doctorate in Chiropractic from Southern California University of Health Sciences. Before attending chiropractic school, Dr. Williams grew up in South Dakota where he attended South Dakota State University and received his Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences with a pre-med emphasis. Before transferring to SDSU, he attended Dakota Wesleyan University where he played basketball his freshman year.
Because Dr. Williams is very passionate about basketball and still plays frequently, he understands the physical toll sports can have on the body. This is where his passion for chiropractic helps him and others maintain a healthy body in order to keep playing sports at a high level for as long as they can. His love for sports has led him to treat athletes competing in various events, such as the 2008 & 2009 AIDS Lifecycle, the S3 Supergirl, and some LG BMX and Motorcross events. Before joining the ISPI team, Dr. Williams practiced in Huntington Beach and Brea where he volunteered his time as a trainer and team doctor for Sonora and Brea Olinda high schools.
Dr. Williams also has a personal goal of one day setting up a non-profit organization that provides chiropractic care to people who do not have the means to afford the care otherwise. His inspiration for this goal came during chiropractic school when he took trips to treat individuals who could not readily receive chiropractic or medical care. Because these trips allowed him to see how important chiropractic is to people’s health, he feels everyone needs to receive chiropractic care regardless of their socioeconomic status.
Dr. Ryan Kiser
Dr. Kiser is a Chiropractor with an emphasis in sports medicine. He fell in love with the intricacies of the human body his senior year of high school during his anatomy/physiology class, which happened to be taught by a Chiropractor, and has not looked back since. He has a B.S. in Kinesiology from USC. Ryan grew up playing baseball, soccer, and basketball, but recently finds his time being spent playing beach volleyball and practicing jiu-jitsu. He has helped treat some of our top athletes at ISPI, and was the student doctor for the CSUN men's and women's championship track and field teams. He believes that most injuries can be prevented with proper biomechanics, exercise, and diet and offers incredible insight on our sight through his blogs, check them out!
Nikki Sapiro
Nikki Sapiro is our Chiropractic Assistant. She graduated with honors from the University of Michigan School of Kinesiology, with a Bachelors degree in Movement Science, with a focus in exercise physiology and musculoskeletal anatomy. Nikki is passionate about medicine and the human body which inspired her to work at the International Sports Performance Institute. Nikki is also a licensed EMT and Wilderness-EMT and has lead adventure trips internationally.
Born and raised here in Southern California, Nikki grew up as a competitive dancer. While in college, Nikki was a member of the Michigan Snowboard Team as well as the Michigan Taekwondo Team and recently received her black belt. In her free time she loves taking yoga and spinning classes, snowboarding at Mammoth Mountain, scuba diving, and photography.
OUR FRONT DESK TEAM:
Gayle Seales
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Rynn Vogel - Facility Manager
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Lynda Davis |
Andrea Tijmes
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