Get Back to Training, Competition, and the Activities You Want to Do
Sports injuries can happen suddenly or develop gradually from repetitive training, overuse, restricted mobility, muscle imbalance, poor movement patterns, or compensation from an older injury.
At Godo Chiropractic, Dr. Jason Godo evaluates more than just the area that hurts. Your examination is designed to identify the joint, muscle, movement, neurological, and mechanical factors that may be contributing to the injury and preventing you from performing normally.
Dr. Godo has more than 23 years of clinical experience and works with recreational athletes, gym members, competitive athletes, weekend warriors, and active adults who want to recover from injury, return to their sport, and reduce the likelihood of recurring problems.
Every evaluation and treatment is performed directly by Dr. Godo. You are not handed off to an assistant, technician, or another provider for portions of your care.
Sports and Activities Dr. Godo Commonly Treats
You do not need to be a professional athlete to benefit from a sports injury evaluation. Many of Dr. Godo's patients simply want to continue exercising, competing, training, or enjoying their favorite activity without recurring pain.
Sports Injuries Dr. Godo Commonly Evaluates and Treats
Shoulder Injuries
Shoulder pain is common with weightlifting, CrossFit, tennis, pickleball, volleyball, hockey, and gym training. Dr. Godo evaluates shoulder motion, rotator cuff function, scapular mechanics, muscle strength, joint mobility, and movement compensation.
Elbow Pain
Tennis elbow, golfer's elbow, lifting-related elbow pain, and repetitive gripping injuries may involve the forearm muscles, tendons, elbow mechanics, wrist function, and compensation higher in the arm or shoulder.
Back & Neck Strains
Weightlifting, hockey, cycling, gym workouts, golf, and repetitive athletic movement can produce strains throughout the neck, upper back, mid-back, and lower back. The examination looks beyond the painful location to identify contributing movement and mechanical factors.
Hip Pain
Hip symptoms may develop from running, lifting, cycling, skating, squatting, lunging, repetitive rotation, or compensation from the lower back, pelvis, knee, or ankle.
Knee Pain & Runner's Knee
Knee pain can involve the knee itself as well as movement patterns involving the hips, pelvis, feet, ankle, muscle strength, training volume, and lower-extremity mechanics.
Dr. Godo Treats Both Acute and Chronic Sports Injuries
Acute Sports Injuries
An acute injury may occur during a lift, fall, awkward movement, collision, swing, sprint, jump, or change of direction.
The first priority is determining whether conservative treatment is appropriate or whether imaging or medical evaluation is needed before treatment begins.
Chronic & Overuse Injuries
Chronic problems often develop gradually from repetitive training, restricted movement, incomplete recovery, muscle imbalance, compensation, training volume, or movement patterns that continue placing stress on the same tissue.
$29 AI-Assisted Posture & Pain Assessment
The first step is understanding what may be contributing to the injury rather than simply treating the location where you feel pain.
Your assessment combines Dr. Godo's clinical examination with AI-assisted postural analysis and functional testing.
Your sports injury assessment may include:
- Consultation with Dr. Godo
- Review of your injury and training history
- AI-assisted posture and body assessment
- Orthopedic testing
- Range-of-motion testing
- Applied Kinesiology and manual muscle testing
- Functional movement testing
- Postural analysis
- Resisted muscle testing
- Gait evaluation when relevant
- Assessment of compensation patterns
- Discussion of findings and treatment recommendations
Why the Painful Area May Not Be the Entire Problem
The body compensates when a joint, muscle, tendon, or movement pattern is not functioning normally.
An athlete with knee pain may also have restricted hip motion. A shoulder injury may be influenced by scapular control or upper-back mobility. Recurrent lower-back strain may be related to hip restriction, lifting mechanics, muscle imbalance, or reduced thoracic mobility.
Treating only the painful area can miss these relationships.
Dr. Godo evaluates the injured region along with relevant joints, muscles, neurological findings, movement patterns, and compensation throughout the kinetic chain.
Your Entire Treatment Is Performed by Dr. Godo
At many clinics, different portions of treatment may be performed by aides, technicians, assistants, or multiple providers.
At Godo Chiropractic, your evaluation and treatment are performed directly by Dr. Jason Godo.
Depending on your condition, one visit may incorporate:
- Chiropractic manipulation
- Joint mobilization
- Applied Kinesiology
- Manual muscle testing
- Soft-tissue and manual therapy
- Sports therapy
- Physical therapy techniques
- Mobility work
- Stretching
- Corrective exercise
- Strength and conditioning guidance
- Performance-focused recommendations
The objective is to combine evaluation, hands-on treatment, and practical rehabilitation into a coordinated plan rather than separating every component of care.
Sports Chiropractic for Performance and Injury Prevention
You do not need to wait until you are significantly injured to have your movement evaluated.
Athletes and active patients may also seek care for:
- Restricted mobility affecting training
- Recurring tightness in the same area
- Strength differences between sides
- Movement compensation
- Difficulty maintaining proper lifting mechanics
- Postural changes affecting sport or gym performance
- Returning to activity after an older injury
- Reducing recurring strain during training
- Improving mobility for sport-specific movement
What Sports Injury Treatment May Include
Restore Movement
Improve restricted joint and soft-tissue motion that may be interfering with normal movement or athletic mechanics.
Address Muscle Dysfunction
Identify weakness, inhibition, imbalance, or compensation using manual muscle testing and functional evaluation.
Correct Movement Patterns
Evaluate lifting, training, posture, gait, and sport-related mechanics that may repeatedly stress the injured area.
Build Back Toward Activity
Use appropriate mobility, exercise, strengthening, conditioning, and activity progression to help you return to your sport or workout.
Not Every Sports Injury Should Be Treated Immediately
Dr. Godo evaluates acute and chronic sports injuries, but certain presentations require imaging or additional medical evaluation before manual treatment is appropriate.
Imaging or referral may be recommended when there is:
- Significant blunt trauma
- Concern for fracture or dislocation
- Suspected major ligament or tendon disruption
- Severe or rapidly increasing swelling
- Progressive neurological weakness or numbness
- Concern for tumor or another serious underlying condition
- Severe inflammatory arthritis such as rheumatoid arthritis affecting the area
- Findings that make conservative manual treatment inappropriate
When the injury appears outside the scope of chiropractic treatment, Dr. Godo will recommend the appropriate next step.
Why Active Patients Choose Godo Chiropractic
- More than 23 years of clinical experience
- Every evaluation performed by Dr. Jason Godo
- Every treatment performed by Dr. Jason Godo
- No handoff to therapy aides or provider assistants
- Acute and chronic sports injury care
- Applied Kinesiology and manual muscle testing
- Orthopedic and neurological evaluation when indicated
- AI-assisted posture and body assessment
- Manual therapy and chiropractic care in one visit
- Corrective exercise and performance recommendations
- Same-day treatment when clinically appropriate
- Convenient Lakeview Chicago location
Frequently Asked Questions About Sports Chiropractic
What does a sports chiropractor treat?
Sports chiropractors commonly evaluate musculoskeletal injuries involving joints, muscles, tendons, movement patterns, and mechanical dysfunction. Dr. Godo frequently treats shoulder, elbow, neck, back, hip, and knee complaints associated with sports and exercise.
Do I need to be an athlete to see a sports chiropractor?
No. Many patients are recreational athletes, gym members, weekend warriors, runners, cyclists, or active adults who simply want to continue exercising without recurring pain.
Can you treat a sports injury that happened recently?
Yes. Dr. Godo evaluates both acute and chronic injuries. The first priority with an acute injury is determining whether conservative care is appropriate or whether imaging or another medical evaluation should occur first.
Can chiropractic help shoulder pain from weightlifting?
Some lifting-related shoulder problems involve joint mobility, rotator cuff function, scapular mechanics, muscle imbalance, or movement compensation. An examination is necessary to determine whether chiropractic and manual treatment are appropriate.
Can you help with tennis elbow or golfer's elbow?
Dr. Godo evaluates elbow pain together with forearm muscle function, wrist mechanics, gripping activity, shoulder function, and other factors that may contribute to repetitive strain.
Do you treat runner's knee?
Yes. Evaluation may include the knee, hip, pelvis, ankle, foot, gait, muscle strength, movement mechanics, and training factors that may be contributing to the symptoms.
Can sports chiropractic improve performance?
Treatment cannot guarantee improved athletic performance, but addressing restricted mobility, muscle dysfunction, compensation, and inefficient movement may help an athlete move and train more effectively.
Do you provide exercises and rehabilitation?
Yes. Treatment may include mobility exercises, stretching, strengthening, corrective exercise, rehabilitation, sports therapy, and strength-and-conditioning recommendations depending on your condition and goals.
Does the $29 assessment include treatment?
The $29 assessment includes consultation, examination, movement evaluation, AI-assisted posture assessment, and discussion of findings and recommendations. Treatment is separate unless specifically stated.
Can treatment begin during my first visit?
Treatment may begin during the first appointment when Dr. Godo's examination indicates that conservative care is safe and appropriate.
Are same-day appointments available?
Same-day appointments may be available depending on the office schedule. Call (773) 525-0007 for current availability.
Sports Injury Chiropractor Near You in Chicago
Godo Chiropractic is located at 3118 N. Sheffield Avenue, Unit 1S, Chicago, Illinois 60657.
We provide sports chiropractic and sports injury care for patients from:
- Lakeview
- Lincoln Park
- Wrigleyville
- Northalsted
- Roscoe Village
- Uptown
- River North
- Other Chicago neighborhoods
Schedule Your $29 Sports Injury Assessment
Whether your injury happened yesterday or has been interfering with training for months, the first step is determining what is actually contributing to the problem.
Schedule your assessment online or call Godo Chiropractic with questions.
Individual results vary. The information on this page is educational and is not a substitute for individualized medical evaluation, diagnosis, or emergency care.