The Athletes’ Village Chiropractic + Sports Injury
The Athletes’ Village was started by Dr. Chris Gouveia. Dr. Chris has been practicing sports chiropractic for 4 years in Boca Raton Florida. While practicing he realized there was a gap in musculoskeletal care. Not all aches and pains require surgery and pain medications only mask the symptoms.
Dr. Chris wanted to bring his experience to Downtown Toronto to help provide superior musculoskeletal care. This is why he opens The Athletes’ Village Chiropractic and Sports Injury at in Queen West. Located at the intersection of Queen Street West and Bathurst!
At The Athletes’ Village, there are 3 main pillars of our care.
1) The Chiropractic adjustment to address join restrictions
2) Soft tissue treatment to address muscular, fascial, and connective tissue dysfunction
3) Custom-tailoured rehab and exercise designed to reinforce the changes we made with manual therapy.
Meet the owner and founder!
Dr. Chris Gouveia
Dr. Chris Gouveia is a Chiropractor who received his Bachelor of Science with Honors from the University of Guelph. He continued with his graduate studies at Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa where he graduated Magna Cum Laude and was awarded the Academic Excellence award for graduating among the top of his class. Dr. Gouveia was born and raised in Ottawa, Canada the nation’s capital.
Dr. Chris arrives in Toronto after practicing for 4 years in Boca Raton Florida. He honed his craft working in an elite sports therapy office. While practicing in Florida, Dr. Chris had the opportunity to work with athletes of all levels including NFL athletes, professional tennis players, and countless Ironmen and women. For two seasons Dr. Chris and his clinic worked with an NFL combine training camp managing 30-40 athletes as they were put through grueling training to prepare for the NFL combine in Indianapolis. In 2020, he travelled with the group to Indianapolis to take care of his athletes as they participated in the NFL combine
In 2022 Dr. Chris completed the Certified Chiropractic Sports Practioner (CCSP) program and passed his board exam hosted by the American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians™. The CCSP required 100 additional hours of sports-specific education including management of sports injuries, injury prevention, and nutrition.
Dr. Chris serves his community by promoting a healthy active lifestyle for all patients. He uses chiropractic adjustments, soft tissue manipulation, and corrective exercise prescriptions in all of his treatment plans to help patients recover from a wide variety of injuries and support healthy living. Through his passion for the outdoors, sports, and helping others, Dr. Chris has made it his mission to help get people back on their feet and do what they love. In treating Chris uses The McKenzie Method® of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy® (MDT), is a certified Active Release Technique (ART®) provider, and bases much of his rehab on Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization training. Chris’ philosophy of treatment is established from evidence-based chiropractic principles. His pursuit of excellence in clinical care is supported by his continuous education of new techniques and treatments.