Graduate Connections Graduate Highlight: Dr. Tamara Lovelace, DC, DACBSP, ICCSP, CKTP
Bio: Dr. Tamara Lovelace is passionate about the profession of sports chiropractic. She successfully combines her chiropractic and sports medicine training along with her athletic experiences and biomechanical knowledge of the human body to aid her patients in reaching their full athletic potential. Dr. Lovelace began her career in chiropractic shortly after graduating Summa Cum Laude from the University of Western States in 2001. Following her graduation, she was selected by the school for participation in an intensive three-year residency program in radiology and diagnostic imaging, and in 2011 she completed the diplomate program for the American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians.
as one of the team doctors for the U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Teams and the U.S. Cycling Team, caring for these athletes through multiple World Cup and Olympic medals. Dr. Lovelace provided care to the U.S. Olympic athletes at the U.S. Olympic Training Centers in Colorado Springs and Lake Placid, as these athletes prepared for their Olympic Games. Dr. Lovelace’s experience led her to be selected as one of the team doctors serving the U.S. Cycling Team members at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and as the chiropractic physician for the Beijing Olympic Village for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee’s medical delegation to the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games. She has worked as the medical director and as part of the medical staff for the Dew Tour, a professional action sports tour, as well as for the UCI BMX Freestyle World Cups, UCI BMX Supercross World Cups, and the UCI Downhill Mountain Bike World Cups. Dr. Lovelace has volunteered her expertise at sporting events, including the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Nationwide PGA Tour, the U.S. Fencing Championships, and the Nike Pre-National Cross Country meets. She has assisted several high school teams, working as a team physician for Aloha High School from 2004 to 2012, Tigard High School from 2009 to 2012, and most recently Prospect Mountain and Kingswood High Schools since 2012.
Dr. Lovelace has worked extensively with athletes of all genres, from the high school to the professional level. Since 2014, she has worked
Dr. Lovelace has been awarded service awards for her dedication to the profession by the American Chiropractic Board of Sports
Doctor of Chiropractic and Diagnostic Imaging Residency Alumna Hometown: Langley, British Columbia, Canada Graduation Year(s): 2001, 2004 Listen to Dr. Lovelace speak with Dr. Bill Moreau on a recent episode of the UWS Life Podcast!
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