Meet the Doctor

Dr. Kelly Shockley has been providing functional medicine and sports health care in the Centennial, Park Meadows area since 2005. Dr. Kelly uses the Activator Method of chiropractic. She provides customized nutrition and food plans through very comprehensive bloodwork, hair analysis, and urinalysis. Dr. Kelly is also a muscle activation techniques specialist and certified in functional movement taping.

Dr. Kelly’s mission is to help as many people as possible, at any age, live life at their highest potential – general health, sports performance, active lifestyle, weight loss, anti-aging and more. She creates a customized treatment plan for you that allows her to fully address your specific needs which optimizes your results. This approach addresses cause versus symptom, the core belief of her practice.

Dr. Kelly enjoys being a mom to her very active 5yr old son. She is an outdoor enthusiast who thoroughly enjoys the beauty of our Colorado mountains through photography, as well as, hiking, trail running and chasing summits.  Her latest athletic accomplishment was completing her first ultramarathon – the NorthFork 50-miler in June 2016.  She is hooked and looking to complete her first 100-miler, the Silverheels 100, in August 2017.

Kelly received her BA in Human Biology from the University of Northern Colorado in 2000 and received her Doctorate of Chiropractic at Western States Chiropractic College in Portland, OR in 2005. She is an associate instructor and an Advanced Proficiency rated doctor for Activator Methods of Chiropractic Techniques. She is in an elite group of approximately 250 doctors nationally that hold the highest level of sports training for chiropractors – DACBSP™ (Diplomate American Chiropractic Sports Physicians). Dr. Kelly sits on the national registry for concussions and is certified through CHSAA to do perform high school sports physicals since 2006. Dr. Kelly has continued nutrition education for the past 11 years, studying under several well-known physicians including, David Perlmutter MD, Mark Hyman MD, Cheryl Burdette ND, Van Merkle DC, to name a few. She has been a Muscle Activation Techniques Specialist (MAT™) since 2005 and certified to do kinesotaping since 2009.

Diplomate of the American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians

Dr. Kelly Shockley has successfully completed the requirements to be certified as a Diplomate of the American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians (DACBSP). The DACBSP certification requires the doctor to attend a minimum of 300 hours of postgraduate education. This instruction is specific to evaluating physical fitness and the assessment and treatment of injuries encountered in sports. Following the completion of these hours, the doctor must then take and successfully pass a comprehensive written examination. The doctor must also successfully complete a practical (hands-on) examination. In addition, the doctor must have a sports-related paper published in a peer-reviewed journal and a minimum of 100 hours providing hands-on treatment to athletes outside of the clinical setting.

This training will aid Dr. Shockley in the prevention and treatment of athletic injuries by enhancing her diagnostic skills and patient care. The DACBSP accreditation exists to provide a uniform standard of education that assures teams and athletes that the doctor has met a high level of competency in chiropractic sports medicine. Dr. Shockley joins approximately 200 others nationally who hold this designation.