02/12/2026
Did you know Michigan made chiropractic history at the Olympic Games?
At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, Dr. George Goodheart of Detroit and Grosse Pointe became the first official U.S. Olympic team chiropractor, opening the door for chiropractic care at the world’s biggest sporting event.
Since that historic moment:
• Chiropractors have been included on every U.S. Olympic and Pan-American Games medical team
• Chiropractic care is now used by athletes across nearly every Olympic sport
• Olympic champions like Dan O’Brien have called chiropractic care essential to peak performance
• Chiropractors have even served in leadership roles within U.S. Olympic sports medicine
From Michigan to the Olympic podium, chiropractic continues to play a key role in helping athletes move better, recover faster, and compete at the highest level—without drugs.
