Elite Sport & Spine Team Offers Sports Chiropractic, Physical Therapy, Personal Training, Functional Medicine, & Massage Therapy

Dr. Zach Shiels

Doctor of Chiropractic – Brookfield, WI

Dr. Zach Shiels is the owner and founder of Elite Sport & Spine. He is a board certified, licensed doctor of chiropractic. He is also board certified in Physiotherapy, offering therapeutic exercise, manual therapy, rehabilitation, and therapeutic modalities. He is one of few certified Graston Technique® providers in the greater Milwaukee area. This is the most highly requested soft tissue treatment worldwide. He is also holds a certification in musculoskeletal dry needling. His primary focus is spine injuries, management and treatment of soft tissue injuries, running biomechanics, and orthopedics.

Dr. Shiels continues to pursue post graduate studies in the field of orthopedics, manipulative therapies, and sports rehabilitation. He can often be found at a road race or other athletic event in the greater Milwaukee area on the weekends, providing medical care for participants. He has been involved with the Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon, Milwaukee Marathon, Trailbreaker Marathon, HartFest Half Marathon, Gary’s Gallop, CrossFit Funky and Grid CrossFit to name a few.

Outside of the clinic, he enjoys spending time with his wife and four kids. He also enjoys running, biking, being active outdoors, coaching cross country and track & field with his wife at their kids’ school, and serving at his church in Brookfield. To read his full bio, please click on his image.

 

Tyler Koehler, CSCS, NSCA-CPT

Personal Trainer & Strength Coach – Brookfield, WI

Tyler is a certified strength and conditioning coach with a wide variety of experiences. He has worked with a number of different client populations, ranging from Olympic, professional, and collegiate athletes to powerlifters and military personnel, as well as weekend Warriors who just want to feel and move better. Tyler holds multiple certifications through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), as well as an Elieko weightlifting coach certification. He joined the Elite Sport & Spine team in November of 2021.

He graduated from Wisconsin Lutheran College in 2017 with a degree in Sport and Exercise Science and a minor in coaching and theology, and is currently pursuing his master’s degree in exercise science from Concordia Chicago. He and his wife Abby have three young kids.

 

Jared Bugaj

Chiropractic Resident – Brookfield, WI

Jared is currently a chiropractic student finishing up his Doctorate of Chiropractic degree at Logan University in St. Louis, Missouri. After experiencing numerous running injuries in high school, his passion for running rehab led him to want to give back to the running community. His goal is to provide the most effective treatment tailored specifically to each patient’s needs and give them the tools necessary to maintain at home.  

He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science from Walsh University in North Canton, Ohio in 2021. Outside the clinic you can find him running, fly-fishing, and kayak-fishing out on Lake Michigan or attending his local church. To read his full bio, please click on his image.

 

 

 

Emily Manske, LMT

Massage Therapist – Brookfield, WI

Emily has been a massage therapist since 2008, and joined Elite Sport & Spine in July of 2020. She loves getting to know all different kinds of people and helping them feel their best. She specializes in neck and shoulder issues, and loves to help people rehabilitate after injuries or surgery. She uses a combination of deep tissue, myofascial release and stretching in every session and customizes it to each individual and their goals. Emily will also be filling in as a part-time administrative assistant, so if you see her smiling face at the front desk be sure to say hi!

Modalities: 

• Prenatal
• Myofascial release
• Active isolated stretching
• Deep tissue
• Swedish

 

Peter Ardnt, DPT

Body Renovation Physical Therapy

As Orthopedic Physical Therapist, Peter specializes in injury prevention screening and assessment to maximize recovery, fitness and performance. He has experience treating a broad range of musculoskeletal injuries. In addition to his doctorate in physical therapy, he is also a Certified Myofascial Trigger Point Therapist; Certified Graston Provider; Schroth Certified with the Barcelona Scoliosis Physical Therapy School; Y-Balance Certified; Functional Movement Screen (FMS) Certified; Selective Functional Movement Screen (SFMA) Certified; Functional Range Released Certified; Functional Range Condition Certified. He has also pursued advanced course work in manual therapy, therapeutic neuroscience education, injury specific rehabilitation and functional training. Peter’s functional approach to restore motion and movement quality will benefit anyone from athletes, weekend warriors, industrial athletes to moms/dads/neighbors looking to be able to play and move better. We are excited to share a location with Body Renovation Physical Therapy. Check out their website by clicking on his image.

 

Ashley Schmidt, MS, CNS, CIC, CWP

Wisconsin Fatigue & Weight Clinic

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