Logan University is proud to announce its partnership with the St. Louis Ambush indoor soccer team. For the 2024-25 season, Doctor of Chiropractic student interns in Logan’s Sports and Rehabilitation Clinic rotation will have the opportunity to provide chiropractic care to Ambush athletes during games and practices. “Partnering with St. Louis Ambush presents an exciting opportunity for our institution to provide evidence-based chiropractic care tailored to the unique needs of professional athletes,” said Quintin Murray DC, EdD, MS, CCSP, senior clinician for Logan’s Sports and Rehabilitation Clinic. “The athletes will benefit from personalized care that enhances performance, aids recovery, and …
Category: Athletics
Jacob Linn Brings Coaching Expertise to Logan’s Master of Science in Strength and Conditioning Program
Jacob Linn, MED, CSCS, PN1 has brought his extensive background in collegiate athletics to Logan University’s Master of Science in Strength and Conditioning (MS-SC) program. He recently joined the program’s faculty teaching the applied lab course that is required for students. This course uses video to evaluate the student skillsets in the program, allowing for feedback. “This course is so great for students in the program because we really get creative in how we teach and assess skills,” Jacob says. “Students are also able to receive personalized feedback and use the video submissions to build their portfolio with best practices …
Arrows and Adjustments: Dr. Devon Ackroyd’s Adventure with the United States Archery Team
Devon Ackroyd, DC, MS-SSR, DACBSP, Cert. MDT, assistant professor at Logan University, recently served on the medical staff for the United States Archery Team (USAT) on the way to the World Cup 2024. Dr. Ackroyd traveled to Pudong, China, and spent ten days treating the top-ranked male and female recurve and compound archers in the country. “The experience was great. It’s always great learning a new sport, meeting new athletes, being in a new city and experiencing different cultures,” Dr. Ackroyd said. Dr. Ackroyd is in the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee’s (USOPC) medical provider pool – a group …
MS-SSR Student’s Journey From Pre-Med to Pro Baseball
“You hear stories about people changing their career path in the final semester and I always thought they were crazy, but that ended up being me.” Chase Gibson spent his whole life wanting to be a doctor and go to medical school, but when the time came, he wasn’t so sure. “I started to come to terms with what it meant to go to medical school and wasn’t sure I really wanted to do it,” Chase said. “So, I went a different route.” A collegiate baseball player at both William Woods University in Fulton, Missouri and Carthage College in Kenosha, …
Logan’s Climbing Club Reaches New Heights at So iLL Showdown
Captains and founding members of Logan University’s Climbing Club, trimester 6 doctor of chiropractic students Luke Vanover and Nick Reese, recently participated in one of the biggest climbing competitions in the Midwest. At the Climb So iLL Showdown on October 22, 2022, Luke earned 12th place and Nick earned 13th place out of the 32 people who participated in their division. “It was a very unique competition. Each climber had three hours to complete five of their toughest routes, and there were some unique and challenging boulders neither Nick nor myself had experienced before,” said Luke. “Afterwards, I had the …
Dr. Devon Ackroyd Scores Big Serving the United States Women’s National Ice Hockey Team
Devon Ackroyd, DC, MS, DACBSP®, Cert. MDT, assistant professor and faculty clinician for Montgomery Health Center, recently served on the medical staff for the United States women’s national ice hockey team. Dr. Ackroyd traveled to Herning, Denmark, where he spent about three weeks treating some of the most elite female athletes in the sport of hockey during the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Women’s Hockey World Championships. “It was truly an incredible experience. Being surround by the top talent level in the world in women’s hockey was awesome,” Dr. Ackroyd said. “These women are unbelievably determined and competitive.” Before this …