About Dr. Collins

Dr. Collins has a private chiropractic practice in Austin, Texas as part of Austin Holistic Health. He is an official chiropractor of the University of Texas Athletic Department, the team chiropractor for Team Hotel San Jose, and a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Texas Chiropractic College.

Dr. Collins has long been interested in the study of human physiology, anatomy, and biomechanics. His interest was first sparked as a high school and collegiate cross country runner, when he immersed himself in the science of training.

He went on to spend years coaching triathletes, rowers, runners, cyclists, and swimmers. It was during this endeavor that Dr. Collins found his passion was with the complete health of the individual. He brought this passion to the study of Chiropractic and the pursuit of the best therapies to aid the well being of his patients.

He has spent hundreds of hours of additional study and certification in areas such as Applied Kinesiology, sports medicine, functional Blood Chemistry Analysis, endocrinology, back injury prevention, workplace ergonomics, and functional neurological assessment. Check out the services page for more information about these topics.

Dr. Collins' athletic, coaching, and sport science repertoire includes:

• Over six years of personalized coaching for triathletes, cyclists, runners and swimmers, including 4 years as a certified coach of USA Triathlon.
• Coaching internship with Carmichael Training Systems -- trainers of Lance Armstrong, George Hincapie, and the United States Postal Service and Discovery cycling teams -- in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
• Staff coach with Total Immersion Swimming, working at coaching camps alongside TI founder Terry Laughlin.
• Attendance at the International Triathlon Coaching Symposium in Edmonton, Canada, in 2001, and the High Altitude Training Techniques Symposium at the United States Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 2002.
• Laboratory work as part of graduate study at the Exercise Physiology and Metabolism Laboratory of Dr. John Ivy, Ph.D., at the University of Texas at Austin.
• Ten years of competitive rowing, including having both prepared the training for, and competed in, the silver medalists men's 8+ at the 2000 US Rowing Masters Nationals.
• Three years as a certified coach of the United States Rowing Association.

Today Dr. Collins regularly sees patients with a wide variety of concerns, encompassing the truly holistic triad of mechanical, chemical, and psychological stresses that each of us encounters every day. He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife and daughter.