Dr. Pat Prikkel is a native Ohioan who discovered chiropractic at age 10 after a football injury. He attended The National College of Chiropractic in Lombard, Illinois. After graduation in 1997, her returned to Dayton with his family. Through ongoing study and certification, Dr. Pat had the most diverse training in rehabilitation and sports medicine of any Chiropractic Physician in the Dayton Region – all before the age of 30. He is committed to excellence in diagnostics, treatment, and all other aspects of professional practice. His values, compassion and his “can-do” attitude is what drives our office. Patients through the Region seek out his skillset and guidance to get them well.
If you have back or neck pain, Dr. Pat will evaluate it and give you the best course of treatment available. He is versed in many of the finest and gentle techniques to get you to a fast recovery. He began doing compression traction when few offered the service and he began doing deep tissue restoration work when few understood it. He is progressive but also compassionate and this has helped him treat patients from newborn to 90 years old.
If you’re an athlete, Dr. Pat is your doctor! He has treated athletes on many levels, including those at the Olympic and professional level. Since 2006, he has worked with top local runners and triathletes offering services and care, which could not be found anywhere else in the Region. In 2009, he turned his skillset to the US Olympic Training Center where he was chosen to work with they staff for an elite two-week rotation. And beginning in 2010, Dr. Pat began working with Team USA Bobsled & Skeleton as one of their team physicians. He has also worked with USA Track & Field and works hand in hand with local university sports medicine departments. There is no other chiropractic physician in the Region with more local and global exposure to athletes than Dr. Pat.
If you’re a runner or multi-sport athlete, you’re also in the right place. Dr. Pat has completed seven marathons and numerous 13.1-mile races. He is also a certified USA Track and Field Level 1 Coach. But more importantly, there have been three marathons he didn’t complete (or even start) due to overtraining and injury! Dr. Pat not only will get your muscles ready for a race, if you are injured, he will get you mentally prepared by monitoring your training regime and make suggestions and modification when needed. He will use his vast knowledge and resource network to fight to get you to the start line and cheer you on as source through the finish line.
From sprains and strains, to deep chronic aches, Prikkel can get it right for you. He specializes in the complex case and is passionate about getting you to become your best.