SAMI PEÑA, DC, CFSC

Certified Functional Strength & Conditioning Coach

Dr. Sami is a Palmer West graduate who has built her career working in several different clinical settings ranging from rehab-based private practices to multidisciplinary settings in the VA hospital. She loves creating a collaborative environment by co-managing patients and working with other healthcare providers to provide a holistic approach to care. Throughout her schooling, she shaped her philosophy and practice around becoming a movement-based chiropractor who specializes in strength and conditioning, functional rehab and movement.

During her time in school and shortly after graduating she sat on the Rehab2Performance board as an executive representative. As movement and rehab are the core components of her treatment approaches, she has received several certifications and trainings in Certified Functional Strength & Conditioning Coach (CFSC), DNS A/DNS Strength and Conditioning, Motion Palpation Institute, Infant adjusting, FAKTR, Pain Free Performance Specialist and Fascial Manipulation.

In Dr. Sami’s spare time she loves to live an active lifestyle. She believes that by promoting getting, being and staying healthy to her patients through the work she does, she should embody that philosophy. You can see her at the gym with her partner bright and early at 5am every day. She loves weight lifting, pilates, and any form of movement that makes her feel recharged. In her free time she enjoys all things outdoors: hiking, camping, traveling and being in nature.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS:

  • Doctorate of Chiropractic – Palmer College of Chiropractic West, 2022

  • Bachelor of Science – (Kinesiology, Exercise Science) University of Nevada, Reno, 2018

  • Certified Functional Strength & Conditioning Coach (CFSC)

  • DNS A (Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization)

  • DNS Strength and Conditioning

  • Motion Palpation - Full Spine

  • Infant adjusting

  • FAKTR (Functional and Kinetic Treatment with Rehab)

  • Fascial Manipulation level 1

  • BLS certified

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

  • Rehab2Performance Board

  • California Chiropractic Association