Meet the Team
Our Bradenton team brings together chiropractic care, physical therapy, sports medicine and rehabilitation to help patients from Lakewood Ranch and across Manatee County move with greater comfort and confidence.
Co-founder
Dr. Christine Foss
MD, DC, MS.Ed., ATC, DACBSP, DACRB, ICSC
Sports medicine and chiropractic physician
Dr. Christine Foss combines advanced training in sports medicine, chiropractic care and athletic training with years of experience caring for athletes and active adults. She is especially interested in complex injuries and cases that have shown little improvement with conventional care.
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Dr. Foss earned a Master’s degree in Sports Medicine from Old Dominion University, a Doctorate in Chiropractic from New York Chiropractic College and a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Health Sciences. She is a Certified Athletic Trainer, a Diplomate of the American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians, a Diplomate of the American Chiropractic Rehabilitation Board and an Internationally Certified Sports Chiropractor.
She was named the 2020 American Chiropractic Association Sports Council Chiropractor of the Year and the 2023 Federation of International Sports Chiropractic Educator of the Year. She is also the author of Dissecting Sports Injuries of the Hip, published by Springer Publishing.
Dr. Foss has treated and rehabilitated athletes and non-athletes throughout her career. She worked in the Sports Medicine Department at the University of Notre Dame and volunteered at Olympic Training Camps in several locations. Her event experience includes the World Games in Poland and Birmingham and the Bobsleigh World Championships. She has traveled with Team USA Track & Field as part of its medical staff and has worked extensively with men’s and women’s gymnastics.
An international lecturer on sports injury assessment, treatment and kinetic chain unwinding, Dr. Foss serves as director and lead instructor of Northeast College of Health Sciences’ Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician program. She is also a Master Instructor for the International Federation of Sports Chiropractic and a faculty member at the Camera Institute of Chiropractic Sciences.
Co-founder
Dr. Glenn Foss
Chiropractic physician
With more than 25 years of experience, Dr. Glenn Foss focuses on chronic pain management, spinal care and rehabilitation. His goal is to help patients regain mobility and return to the work, sports and daily activities that matter to them.
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Dr. Foss is the co-founder of Elite Sports Recovery in Bradenton. His work includes care for herniated discs, spinal stenosis and advanced spinal conditions using lumbar and cervical decompression therapy.
He also works with patients experiencing chronic knee pain related to degenerative and arthritic conditions. Knee decompression therapy may offer an additional conservative option for appropriate patients. Dr. Foss uses dry needling in the care of elbow pain, including golfer’s elbow, tennis elbow, pickleball injuries and tendonitis.
As co-founder of Elite Anti-Aging, Dr. Foss also works in anti-aging medicine. His programs consider hormone balance, inflammation, nutrition and overall wellness, with services that include bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, testosterone replacement and personalized dietary guidance.
Chiropractic care
Dr. Jesse Mingalone
Chiropractic physician
Dr. Jesse Mingalone is a chiropractic physician at Elite Sports Recovery in Bradenton, serving patients from Lakewood Ranch and surrounding Manatee County communities.
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He earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology with a minor in speech-language pathology from Monmouth University and completed his chiropractic education at the National University of Health Sciences.
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