MEET The Team

DERRICK McBride

I like to think my combination of varied education and personal exploration into movement creates a unique and comprehensive form of care. I've been trained in some of the most ancient forms of medicine for treating pain and inflammation as well as the most modern modalities to improve mobility and rehab injuries to a fully functional level.

When I'm not in the clinic or the classroom, I'm putting theory into action. I value testing my own physical and mental limits with various challenges. I strongly believe a practitioner who works with an athletic population has to know the experiences of athletes on a personal level.

Derrick’s formal education and certifications include:

• Licensed Acupuncturist

• Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist

• MS in Acupuncture

• BS in Rehabilitation Science

• Minor in Fitness

• Certificate in Pathokinesiology

• Adjunct Professor in the Health Sciences Department of Duquesne University

• Continuing education provider for acupuncturists specializing in teaching orthopedic testing, movement assessments, and anatomically based functional treatment strategies

• Teaching Assistant to Sports Acupuncture Apprenticeship Program

• Functional Movement Screen Certified

• Selective Functional Movement Assessment Certified

• 6 Month Apprenticeship in Sports Acupuncture with Whitfield Reaves (a direct student of Dr. Janet Travell’s, the woman who mapped out myofascial trigger points and coined the term “dry needling”)

• Rocktape Basic and Performance Certified

• Patients include many professional and elite level athletes including NFL, NBA, MLS, UFC, Red Bull, Nitro Circus athletes