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Post-Doctoral Certificate · 48 PACE-Approved Hours · DACBSP-Led Faculty
48 online PACE-approved hours, four clinical domains, one frame-ready certificate — master sports injury management, athletic rehabilitation, and sideline event care. Now available as a single enrollment: the Sports Medicine Certification Bundle puts all 24 courses in your cart in one click.
| Curriculum: | Sports Injuries 201–224 · 24 courses · 2 hrs each · any order, self-paced |
| Faculty: | Dennis O'Hara, DC, DACBSP (lead) · Donald Ozello, DC, CCSM |
| Recognition: | PACE-approved · accepted in 40+ states, Canada & select international jurisdictions · CE Broker auto-reported |
| Tuition: | $960 base → $768 with the automatic 20% bundle discount ($192 savings) · no promo codes |
Prefer to build gradually? Browse the courses individually at the same per-hour rate.
PACE Provider #34015544 · Accepted in 40+ states, Canada & select international jurisdictions · CE Broker auto-reported on completion
Athletes don't present one joint at a time — and the doctor they trust shouldn't be trained that way either. The CCSM program is a complete sports medicine education across the four clinical domains athletes actually walk in with: acute injury management, the lower extremity, the upper extremity, and special populations & performance. Twenty-four courses, 48 PACE-approved hours, every one earning its own instant CE certificate toward your renewal along the way.
The curriculum is led by Dennis O'Hara, DC, DACBSP — Diplomate of the American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians with 30-plus years treating athletes from sideline to clinic — with Donald Ozello, DC, CCSM teaching the special populations, performance, and sports nutrition modules. Enroll the whole program in one purchase with the Sports Medicine Certification Bundle, or build your own path course by course — the credential is identical either way.
1 · Register or sign in. Create your free CCEDseminars account — one login, lifetime access to your earned certificates.
2 · Add the bundle to your cart. One purchase enrolls all 24 courses (Sports Injuries 201–224) with the automatic 20% discount applied at checkout — or select individual courses from the category at the same $20/hr rate, with 10% off at 6–9 hours and 20% off at 10+.
3 · Complete & quiz. Finish each course at your own pace, pass the quiz, and print your per-course CE certificate — CE Broker, PACE, and participating boards auto-report on completion.
4 · Notify for the CCSM audit. Email our team after the 48th hour. We audit your transcript and issue your frame-ready CCSM certificate, mailed within 15–30 days.
Each domain is grounded in the clinical evidence base of chiropractic sports medicine, translated into the protocols a practicing DC uses with athletes, active patients, and sport-specific rehabilitation.
The DC at a sporting event or clinic seeing an acute injury must triage, stabilize, and make the return-to-play or refer-out decision in real time. On-field and sideline assessment protocols · acute soft-tissue management (strain, sprain, contusion grading) · return-to-play frameworks and concussion screening.
Hip, knee, ankle, and foot injuries dominate the sports caseload. Labral, meniscal & ligamentous differential · ankle sprain grading, functional instability & return-to-sport progressions · running gait analysis and overuse-injury prevention.
Shoulder, elbow, wrist, and hand injuries require sport-specific assessment accounting for throwing mechanics, overhead demand, and grip-dependent performance. Shoulder instability & rotator cuff in overhead athletes · lateral epicondylalgia & UCL stress · wrist and hand injuries in grip-dominant and contact sports.
Youth athletes, aging recreational athletes, and sport-specific populations each present unique risk profiles. Growth-plate vulnerability & developmental readiness · masters-athlete recovery pacing & joint preservation · sports nutrition fundamentals within chiropractic scope.
Dennis O'Hara, DC, DACBSP — Diplomate of the American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians with 30+ years of clinical experience treating athletes. Dr. O'Hara leads the acute injury management, lower extremity, and upper extremity modules, bringing sideline and clinic-based sports medicine expertise to every course.
Donald Ozello, DC, CCSM teaches the special populations, performance, and sports nutrition modules, combining his CCSM credential with practical expertise in athlete conditioning and recovery optimization within chiropractic scope.
Full faculty profiles: CCEDseminars faculty page.
The CCSM certificate is a post-doctoral certificate of completion recognizing 48 hours of advanced learning in chiropractic sports medicine. It is not a board diplomate credential. Doctors pursuing the Diplomate of the American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians (DACBSP) typically need 100+ post-graduate hours plus examination; CCSM hours may serve as foundational study toward that pathway depending on the board's current acceptance policy — verify with ACBSP before enrolling. Confirm CE acceptance for renewal in the state CE guidelines directory.
The Sports Medicine Certification Bundle carries the complete curriculum in one purchase: base tuition $960 ($20 per credit hour × 48), with the automatic 20% multi-hour discount applied at checkout — $768 total, a $192 savings. No promo codes. Prefer to build gradually? Every course is available individually in the Sports Injuries category at the same rate — 10% off at 6–9 hours, 20% off at 10+ — and the credential is identical either way.
Add to Cart — $768 after automatic discountYes — the Sports Medicine Certification Bundle enrolls all 24 courses (Sports Injuries 201–224, 48 CE hours) in a single Add to Cart, with the automatic 20% discount bringing tuition to $768. Complete the courses in any order at your own pace; the frame-ready CCSM certificate follows the transcript audit at your 48th hour.
No. The CCSM certificate is a post-doctoral certificate of completion recognizing 48 hours of advanced study in chiropractic sports medicine. The DACBSP (Diplomate of the American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians) requires additional post-graduate hours plus examination. CCSM provides specialty CE and clinical skill-building; diplomate pursuit is a separate pathway.
In most cases yes. All 24 courses in the CCSM program are PACE-approved and recognized in 40+ U.S. states, Canada, and several international jurisdictions, and CE Broker auto-reports your completion. Confirm your state's rules on the state CE guidelines page.
As long or as short as you need. CCSM is 100% online and self-paced — 24 two-hour courses. Some doctors finish in a focused sprint; others spread the program across a full renewal cycle. Each course generates an instant CE certificate, and the frame-ready CCSM certificate is issued after transcript audit at the 48th hour, mailed within 15–30 days.
The Sports Medicine Certification Bundle is $960 base tuition ($20 per credit hour × 48 hours), and the automatic 20% multi-hour discount at checkout brings it to $768 — a $192 savings. Building course by course instead? Same $20/hr with 10% off at 6–9 hours and 20% off at 10+, applied automatically. No promo codes.
• Sports Injuries course category — the full catalog, including the CCSM curriculum
• All CCED course bundles — certification and state renewal bundles
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• State CE guidelines — verify CCSM acceptance in your state
• CCEDseminars faculty — full bios and credentialing
• Create your CCED account — one-time setup, lifetime course library
48 PACE-approved hours · 24 courses · Sports Injuries 201–224 · led by D. O'Hara, DC, DACBSP & D. Ozello, DC, CCSM
One-purchase bundle: $960 → $768 after the automatic 20% discount — or build course by course at the same rate
Recognized in 40+ states, Canada & internationally · CE Broker auto-reported on completion
Reviewed by Monte Horne, DC · Last reviewed: August 13, 2026 (CT) · PACE Provider #34015544 · Reviewed monthly
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