Sports Chiropractic in Stockton, CA
Built for Athletes
Dr. Cazares is a Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician (CCSP), one of the few in the Central Valley. Dr. Schlenger has served as the chiropractor for the University of the Pacific Tigers Basketball program and the former Stockton Heat professional hockey club. We understand how athletes think and how athletes need to be treated, with care designed to keep you in the game, not on the bench.
Performance vs. Injury Care
This page is about performance and prevention. If you are dealing with a specific injury from a recent game, practice, or workout, our sports injury page covers acute injury treatment. Many of our athlete patients use both: acute care when they need it, performance care to keep needing it less.
What Sports Chiropractic Addresses
Sports chiropractic optimizes how your body moves, recovers, and resists injury. We typically address joint mobility and asymmetries that limit power output, soft tissue restrictions that reduce range of motion, biomechanical issues that lead to repetitive strain, recovery between practices and competitions, and pre-event preparation. The goal is to make your body more resilient so small things do not become big things.
Common Patient Profiles
Our active patients include high school athletes balancing multiple sports, college and club players in season, recreational runners and cyclists, CrossFit and weightlifting athletes, golfers working on rotation and consistency, and weekend warriors who just want to keep up with their kids. The fix is rarely just one thing. We look at how you move, what you do all week, and where the weak link is.
Techniques We Use
Sports chiropractic care typically combines several tools: chiropractic adjustments for joint mobility, soft tissue work such as myofascial release and instrument-assisted techniques, corrective exercises to address the underlying biomechanical issue, kinesio taping for support during activity, and rehab progression so you return to your sport stronger than you left it.
Pre-Event and Post-Event Care
For competitive athletes we offer pre-event tune-ups, typically 24 to 48 hours before competition, and same-week post-event recovery sessions. Many athletes find that consistent maintenance care, even just twice a month in season, dramatically reduces the small nagging issues that compound over a long season.
Youth and High School Athletes
Young athletes are growing, training, and competing all at once. We work with parents and coaches to keep growth-related issues from becoming chronic. Sever’s disease, Osgood-Schlatter, growth-related back pain, and the recurring “tweaks” that sideline kids are all things we see and treat regularly.
Schedule a Sports Assessment
Whether you are coming off a season and want to start the next one stronger, or you are tired of nagging issues you have been working around, we can help. Call (209) 477-7777 or visit our contact page to request an appointment. We are at 4560 N. Pershing Ave, Ste. A, Stockton, CA 95207. Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-7pm, Sat-Sun closed.
Questions patients ask
Who treats athletes at Premier Chiropractic?
Dr. Jesús Cazares is a Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician (CCSP). Dr. Christopher Schlenger has served as the chiropractor for University of the Pacific Tigers Basketball and the former Stockton Heat hockey club.
Do you offer care before and after competitions?
Yes. We offer pre-event visits, usually 24 to 48 hours before a competition, and recovery visits in the same week after the event.
What do you use besides adjustments?
Soft tissue work, corrective exercises, kinesio taping, and a step-by-step rehab plan to get you back to your sport.
Do you treat young athletes?
Yes. We work with parents and coaches. We treat growth-related problems such as Sever’s disease and Osgood-Schlatter, and the small injuries that keep kids out of play.
I have a new injury from a game. Where do I start?
See our sports injury page, or call (209) 477-7777. Most new patients are seen the same day they call.