Stephen Ford, DC Sports, Performance & Animal Chiropractor

Dr. Stephen Ford is a Greater Houston chiropractor whose work brings together chiropractic care, sports injury management, neuromuscular rehabilitation, performance training principles, and certified animal chiropractic.

His path into health and performance began at the University of Wyoming, where he studied pre-medicine, kinesiology, and health promotion. He later attended Texas Chiropractic College, earning a Bachelor of Science in Human Biology in 2011 and his Doctor of Chiropractic degree in 2012. His graduate clinical training included a sports chiropractic internship with Rice University athletics in 2011. That experience strengthened a philosophy that still guides his practice today: good care must account for the specific demands placed on each person’s body, not simply the location where symptoms appear.

Dr. Ford is a U.S. Air Force veteran who served in the Wyoming Air National Guard from 2006 through 2012 as a Services and Fitness Specialist. In 2007, he deployed to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, in support of military operations. His responsibilities included fitness-center operations, physical training assessments, personnel fitness, and mission-readiness functions. His service was recognized with the United States Air Force Achievement Medal and the Wyoming Air National Guard Hometown Hero Award. That experience strengthened the discipline, adaptability, accountability, and commitment to service that he brings to patient care and business leadership.

After completing his doctorate, Dr. Ford founded Ford Sport and Spine Chiropractic in Houston in 2012. He built the practice around individualized, performance-minded care and experience with athletes at every level. In 2017, the practice became Dynamic Spine & Performance Center as its services expanded to include animal chiropractic.

Over the years, Dr. Ford has cared for professional, collegiate, high-school, and youth athletes as well as weekend warriors, active adults, families, and people who simply want to move through daily life with greater comfort and confidence. He works with concerns involving the back, neck, shoulders, hips, knees, feet, and other joints, along with mobility restrictions, muscular tension, activity-related pain, sports injuries, and headaches associated with musculoskeletal dysfunction.

His clinical approach begins with listening, a thorough examination, and a clear understanding of what each patient needs to return to. Rather than relying on a one-size-fits-all plan, he adapts care to the individual’s condition, activity demands, current limitations, and goals.

Dr. Ford later expanded his work to animal chiropractic, completing advanced training and earning certification through the Animal Chiropractic Certification Commission of the American Veterinary Chiropractic Association in 2016. He provides chiropractic care for dogs and horses with an emphasis on mobility, comfort, function, and performance, while working within applicable veterinary referral and consent requirements.

His broader professional background also includes service as a Texas Designated Doctor and independent medical examiner, along with occupational-health experience as an FMCSA Certified Medical Examiner. These roles complement his clinical understanding of function, recovery, and the physical demands of work and daily life.

Whether he is helping an athlete return to competition, an active adult regain confidence in movement, a worker meet physical demands, or an animal move more comfortably, Dr. Ford’s goal remains the same: understand the full problem, explain it clearly, and build a practical plan around the individual.