Atlanta Dream · WNBA · Team Chiropractor
Dr. Joe Krzemien serves as the current team chiropractor for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association. He treats active-roster players for the demands of professional basketball: lateral cutting, repeat jump-loading, ankle and knee injuries, lower back, and concussion-related cervical care.
The Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball franchise in the WNBA. Dr. Joe is the team's current chiropractor. He has held the role across multiple seasons of WNBA play and continues in that capacity today. Players see him for in-season injury management and off-season care.
What WNBA care looks like
WNBA players face one of the most compressed schedules in professional sports. The work has to fit into game-day mornings, post-game windows, and short travel days.
/01 Lateral mechanics
Basketball is a lateral-cutting sport. The knees, hips, and ankles take repeat asymmetric loads. Patellar tendinitis, ankle sprains, hip flexor strains, and lateral meniscus issues come up often.
/02 Jump-loading
Repeat jump-and-land cycles compress the lumbar spine and challenge core stability. Lower back pain is one of the most common in-season complaints in pro basketball.
/03 Contact recovery
Drives to the basket and box-out battles produce neck and shoulder injuries. Concussion-related cervical care is a regular part of the work, coordinated with team medical staff.
/04 Travel maintenance
Compressed travel between games stiffens joints and shortens recovery windows. Adjustments, soft-tissue work, and brief rehab sessions keep players ready for back-to-backs.
The Buford connection
Pro athletes are paid to recover fast. The diagnostic standard, the treatment efficiency, the honest timeline, the willingness to refer when it's not a fit. All of that gets used on patients in the Buford clinic too. The body works the same way regardless of who owns it.
A pickleball player with a rotator cuff issue, a Mill Creek football player with a shoulder, a marathoner with an IT band, a Lake Lanier retiree with a herniated disc. They all get the same workup, the same time, and the same straight answer about what's actually wrong and how long it takes to fix.
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Bio
Education, credentials, sports medicine experience, and full press recognition.
Athletes
Football, basketball, baseball, softball, tennis, pickleball, wrestling, and more.
Services
Spinal decompression, ARP Wave, Erchonia laser, ART, Graston, and full sports rehab.
Whether you're a youth athlete, a high school player, an adult recreational athlete, or someone who hasn't run since high school. The diagnostic process is the same. The treatment plan is built the same way.