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Athletic Injuries 201 — at a Glance
| Course: | Hand & Thumb · 2 CE hours · $40 |
| Faculty: | Donald Ozello, DC, CCN, CCSM · certified sports-medicine chiropractor, Championship Chiropractic |
| Format: | On-demand online video with clinical demonstrations and assessment · downloadable notes · 1 year of access · instant certificate |
| Pricing: | $20/hr · automatic 10% off at 6–9 hrs, 20% off at 10+ hrs in one order · no promo codes |
| Approval: | PACE Provider #34015544 · co-sponsored by Texas Chiropractic College · acceptance varies by state |
Board-approved · PACE Provider #34015544 · CE Broker auto-reporting for states served · Instant certificate
Athletic Injuries 201 is a focused chiropractic sports medicine course on the hand and thumb — the injuries that end a season in basketball, climbing, martial arts, racquet sports, and the weight room, and the ones active patients bring to the chiropractor they already see. Dr. Donald Ozello builds from hand and thumb anatomy and physiology as they relate to athletic performance, through in-office diagnostic tools that identify the specific condition, to evidence-informed chiropractic management including extremity adjusting and the exercise strategies that return the athlete to sport and keep the injury from recurring.
Hand and thumb function is critical for performance, stability, and daily activities — and a jammed finger, a thumb sprain, or a wrist that no longer loads through a push-up is exactly the presentation most practices under-treat. This 2-hour online course is built for accurate assessment, effective chiropractic treatment, and prevention strategies that can be applied immediately in clinical practice, delivered as concise, technique-focused modules with clinical demonstrations. Every completion generates an instant certificate for your renewal file.
Choose Your Sports CE Path — Three Lanes, One Curriculum
The catalog is organized the way sports injuries actually present — by mechanism. Thirteen 2-hour courses: build by the sports your patients play, the regions they injure, or the field readiness event coverage demands. The full catalog lives on the Athletic Injuries category page.
1 · Regional & Cross-Sport Injuries
The body regions and exercise injuries that cross every sport — the presentations any active patient can bring. You are here: Athletic Injuries 201.
201: Hand & Thumb
206: Athletic Injuries of the Shoulder
209: Exercise Injuries
2 · Sport-Specific Injury Patterns
Eight sports, each taught by the injury patterns its demands produce — mechanism, evaluation, treatment, and return to play.
202: Basketball Injuries
204: Swimming Injuries
205: Hockey Injuries
207: Weight Lifting
208: Football Injuries – Turf Toe
210: The Triathlete
211: Upper Body Golf Injuries
212: Racquet Sports Injuries
3 · Field Readiness & Athlete Safety
What the chiropractor covering games and events needs before the whistle — emergency procedures and environmental illness.
203: Emergency Procedures for the Sideline Physician
213: Dehydration & Heat Illness
New sports-medicine courses are added to these lanes as faculty release them.
What You'll Learn in Athletic Injuries 201
• Anatomical foundations: master hand and thumb anatomy and physiology as they relate to athletic performance — the sports-medicine blueprint for the sports chiropractor.
• Diagnostic precision: apply clinical knowledge and in-office diagnostic tools to identify specific hand and thumb conditions.
• Chiropractic management: discuss evidence-informed management of sports-related hand and thumb injuries, including extremity adjusting integrated with comprehensive rehabilitation protocols.
• Rehabilitation and prevention: outline specialized exercise strategies used in injury prevention and functional rehabilitation, and in returning the athlete to sport.
Your Athletic Injuries Faculty
Donald Ozello, DC, CCN, CCSM — instructor of this course — leads nine of the thirteen courses in the series, from hand and thumb through basketball, swimming, hockey, weight lifting, triathlon, golf, racquet sports, and exercise injuries. A 1995 graduate of the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic, Navy veteran, and founder of Championship Chiropractic in Las Vegas, Dr. Ozello is certified in sports medicine and clinical nutrition, serves as faculty for CCEDseminars and Texas Chiropractic College, and is an author and YouTuber providing regular clinical updates on sports medicine topics. His clinical philosophy — injury prevention, functional recovery, and performance optimization from elite athletes to active adults — runs through every course he teaches.
Dennis O'Hara, DC, DACBSP teaches sideline emergency procedures (203) and athletic shoulder injuries (206). A Diplomate of the American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians and former team chiropractor for D.C. United of Major League Soccer, Dr. O'Hara brings sideline experience with elite athletes to the seminar room.
Michael Hall, DC, FIACN teaches football injuries and turf toe (208) with a chiropractic neurologist's perspective; a Fellow of the International Academy of Chiropractic Neurology, Dr. Hall also leads the CCEDseminars Neurology series.
Howard Benedikt, DC, DCBCN teaches dehydration and heat illness (213), bringing board certification in clinical nutrition to athlete safety and environmental physiology.
Full bios and the complete instructor roster: CCEDseminars faculty page.
Where Athletic Injury Hours Count — State Rules Worth Knowing
Sports injury evaluation and management is core clinical subject matter, which is exactly what several state boards ask for. In Iowa, these hours feed the 36-hour clinical case-management minimum; in Rhode Island, they serve the 50-of-60 clinical requirement; and in Vermont — where practice-management and philosophy coursework earns no credit at all — athletic injury coursework sits squarely inside the clinical-focus rule.
Online-format allowances still vary by state — some accept every hour online, others cap distance learning or require in-person blocks. Check your state's guide in the full state directory before building your renewal plan.
Build Your Sports Medicine Block
Every course in the series is 2 hours at $40, so the automatic discounts do the bundling for you: any three courses (6 hours) earns 10% off, and five or more (10+ hours) in a single order earns 20% off — the full 26-hour series lands at roughly $416 instead of $520, with no promo codes. The natural pairings for this course are the sports that load the hand and wrist hardest — 211 Upper Body Golf Injuries, 212 Racquet Sports Injuries, and 207 Weight Lifting — and 206 Athletic Injuries of the Shoulder completes the upper extremity. Browse Athletic Injuries Courses
Athletic Injuries 201 — Frequently Asked Questions
What does Athletic Injuries 201 cover?
Hand and thumb injuries in athletic and active populations: hand and thumb anatomy and physiology as they relate to athletic performance, in-office diagnostic tools to identify specific hand and thumb conditions, evidence-informed chiropractic management including extremity adjusting integrated with rehabilitation protocols, and specialized exercise strategies for injury prevention and functional rehabilitation. Also known as sports hand injuries, thumb sprain treatment, finger injury management, hand and wrist extremity adjusting, and chiropractic sports medicine for the hand.
How many CE hours is Athletic Injuries 201, and what is the format?
2 CE hours, fully online and self-paced — concise, technique-focused instructional modules with clinical demonstrations and practical explanations, followed by an assessment. Your certificate is available in your account immediately upon completion, and enrollment includes one year of 24/7 on-demand access.
Does this course cover jammed fingers, thumb sprains, and skier's thumb?
Yes. Sprains of the thumb's ulnar collateral ligament (skier's or gamekeeper's thumb), jammed and dislocated fingers, and the overuse and impact injuries that basketball, climbing, martial arts, racquet sports, and weight training produce are the presentations the course is built around — with the assessment that tells you which structure is involved, the chiropractic management including extremity adjusting, and the rehabilitation and return-to-sport strategy for each.
Is this course accepted for my state's chiropractic license renewal?
Athletic Injuries 201 is a PACE Provider #34015544 program co-sponsored by Texas Chiropractic College and is accepted in most U.S. states plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, six Canadian provinces, and more than 50 international jurisdictions. The complete approval list appears at the bottom of this page, and your state's online-hour rules are summarized in its CE guidelines page.
How do discounts and certificates work?
Courses are $20 per credit hour, and discounts apply automatically in a single order — 10% off at 6–9 hours, 20% off at 10 or more. No promo codes. Each completion generates an instant certificate with a permanent copy in your account dashboard, and CE Broker reporting is handled automatically for states served.
State Approval and Licensing Reminder
Continuing education requirements — including online-hour caps and clinical-hour minimums — vary by jurisdiction. Review the online chiropractic CE guidelines page and contact CCEDseminars with questions about your specific licensing requirements before registering.
Ready to Enroll in Athletic Injuries 201?
2 CE hours · $40 · online & self-paced · instant certificate. Add it to your cart, or pair it with 206 for the full upper extremity.
CCEDseminars · PACE Provider #34015544 · Reviewed by Monte Horne, DC · Last updated August 25, 2026 (CT)