Chiropractic

Great Lakes Spine & Sport is a physical medicine clinic with emphasis on educating and empowering patients through a modernistic active-care approach to chiropractic medicine, allowing patients to take back their health and master their own condition. Utilizing an integrative approach including chiropractic adjustments, mechanical diagnosis and therapy (MDT), myofascial/ soft tissue techniques,... Read More

Great Lakes Spine & Sport is a physical medicine clinic with emphasis on educating and empowering patients through a modernistic active-care approach to chiropractic medicine, allowing patients to take back their health and master their own condition. Utilizing an integrative approach including chiropractic adjustments, mechanical diagnosis and therapy (MDT), myofascial/ soft tissue techniques, and functional rehabilitation.


Golf Performance Assessment - Titleist Performance Institute

If you don’t assess, it’s just a guess. To achieve an efficient swing, a golfer must first be screened. A proper screen involves an assessment of swing mechanics, biomechanics, physical fitness, movement quality, current health, and injury history. The TPI movement screen is a simple test to quickly evaluate a player’s physical capabilities. The results of that assessment are used to dete... Read More

If you don’t assess, it’s just a guess.

To achieve an efficient swing, a golfer must first be screened. A proper screen involves an assessment of swing mechanics, biomechanics, physical fitness, movement quality, current health, and injury history.

The TPI movement screen is a simple test to quickly evaluate a player’s physical capabilities. The results of that assessment are used to determine how technical elements of the player’s swing could be related to what their body can or cannot do. Once this screen is finished, the results are used to create a plan unique for that golfer. The plan may include fitness training, physical therapy and treatment, coaching of swing mechanics and biomechanics, nutrition, mental strategy or all of the above.


Infrared Sauna

Spend 60 min in your own private room and sauna. Known to help increase circulation, enhance natural detoxification, reduce stress, increase quality of sleep, and boost the body’s natural immune response. Infrared saunas can deliver healing relief for joint and muscle pain, reduce inflammation, enhance cardiovascular function, assist in lowering blood pressure, promote healing and recovery, and... Read More

Spend 60 min in your own private room and sauna. Known to help increase circulation, enhance natural detoxification, reduce stress, increase quality of sleep, and boost the body’s natural immune response. Infrared saunas can deliver healing relief for joint and muscle pain, reduce inflammation, enhance cardiovascular function, assist in lowering blood pressure, promote healing and recovery, and much more. Infrared energy is a safe wavelength of light with a number of great health benefits. Enjoy this meditative space while you tonify your immune system, decrease inflammation and pain, and reap the several health benefits an infrared sauna has to offer.


Massage Therapy

Our commitment is to provide you the best therapeutic massage experience in Holland, Michigan. Great Lakes Spine & Sport offers medical massage tailored to your specific needs for a highly focused and personalized massage every time. Massage therapy can help reduce aches and pains, improve your athletic performance, or help you unwind and relax. No matter what your goal is, we will help you ... Read More

Our commitment is to provide you the best therapeutic massage experience in Holland, Michigan. Great Lakes Spine & Sport offers medical massage tailored to your specific needs for a highly focused and personalized massage every time.

Massage therapy can help reduce aches and pains, improve your athletic performance, or help you unwind and relax. No matter what your goal is, we will help you achieve it.

Our massage therapist works closely with our chiropractors to effectively co-manage cases to get you back to what you love, refreshed, and ready to go.


Tennis Performance Assessment - RacquetFit

This performance assessment is for tennis and pickleball athletes alike. If you are struggling with injury, we'll find the cause of the pain. If you are struggling with shot or serve accuracy, consistency, or power despite practicing and coaching, we'll identify what physically is limiting your technique. If you simply want to play to your full potential, we'll identify physical opportunities f... Read More

This performance assessment is for tennis and pickleball athletes alike. If you are struggling with injury, we'll find the cause of the pain. If you are struggling with shot or serve accuracy, consistency, or power despite practicing and coaching, we'll identify what physically is limiting your technique. If you simply want to play to your full potential, we'll identify physical opportunities for improvement.

There are many technically correct ways to play. There's only one efficient way for an individual athlete to play, and it is based on what you physically can do.

Racquet sports have unique movement patterns that an athlete must be physically capable of performing. The RacquetFit assessment examines how your entire body moves, joint by joint. Then Dr. Rob gives you a complete plan to improve any body limitations holding back your game. If a structural limitation (not fixable without surgery) is identified, you will be advised on how this will affect your technique and how to build injury resiliency despite your limitation.

For tennis players, you will film your serve, and Dr. Rob will analyze your serve mechanics and match your movement to the results of your physical screen. This body-serve connection lets Dr. Rob guide you through a plan to reach your tennis potential. The results will be communicated to your coach or trainer to bridge the gap from rehab to performance.

Dr. Rob’s mission is to educate and empower patients so that they can do what they love. He emphasizes self-treatment, movement, and prevention so pain and injury don’t limit your life. He obtained his doctorate from National University of Health Sciences in Chicago. He is one of 2 chiropractors in West Michigan certified in the McKenzie Method (MDT) along with Dr. Christian Koch. On top of this training, he also specializes in treatments techniques of Motion Palpation (MPI) and Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization (DNS).

Dr. Rob competed in cross country, track, and club gymnastics at the University of Cincinnati. While from Ohio, he asks that you not hold that against him. Outside of the office you can find Dr. Rob training martial arts, running, lifting, and enjoying the natural beauty of southwest Michigan when not treating patients.

Dr. Rob’s mission is to educate and empower patients so that they can do what they love. He empha... Read More

Dr. Christian grew up in Bluffton, Ohio before attending Miami University of Ohio where he studied and received his Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology (Exercise Science) and Health. While at Miami, Dr. Christian participated in Division 1 football and served as the team’s punter. This experience of partaking in college athletics at the highest level, combined with the desire to pursue healthcare, shaped the way in which Dr. Christian lives his life and molded his desire for a career to help others in the health field.

To further his education, he attended National University of Health Sciences in Lombard, Illinois for his Doctorate of Chiropractic degree. There he practiced Chiropractic medicine in clinical rotations at the Salvation Army located downtown Chicago. While in rotations he also worked as a Chiropractic Assistant/Rehab Specialist at Lakeside Spine and Wellness where he later was hired as a Chiropractic Physician.

Since, Dr. Christian has extended his education with post-graduate education in Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT) to help further asses and treat patients in the most evidence based and non-invasive way possible. Dr. Christian believes that patient education should play a major role in the way he treats and he enjoys not only helping patients understand their aches and pains but developing individualized steps necessary to get them moving in the right direction. Dr. Christian’s goal for every patient is to educate and empower them to be able to accomplish their goals, strive to be their best, and to live a life to their fullest.

Dr. Christian grew up in Bluffton, Ohio before attending Miami University of Ohio where he studie... Read More

Garett Ely, LMT, MMT Medical Massage Therapist

Garett Ely is a certified Licensed Medical Massage Therapist from Dorr, Michigan. He graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science from Western Michigan University and is certified by The Blue Heron Academy of Healing Arts & Sciences in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

He completed over 200 clinic hours and 55 massage hours while at The Blue Heron Academy, utilizing scientific principles and evidence-based treatment practices in anatomy, physiology, and kinesiology.

In his free time, Garett enjoys staying active by exercising and enjoying outdoor activities. He looks forward to bringing his passion to Great Lakes Spine and Sport - dedicated to providing exceptional care to each and every client.

Garett Ely, LMT, MMT Medical Massage Therapist Garett Ely is a certified Licensed Medical Massag... Read More

Select a treatment from the list on the left
to view available appointment times

Pick a treatment to book


Located at: 12330 James St., Suite B65, Holland
Directions & Map |