About Dr. Sean Wheeler

Sean M. Wheeler, MD is a sports medicine and pain management physician in Overland Park, Kansas. He holds Certificates of Added Qualification in both Sports Medicine and Pain Medicine, the latter administered through the American Board of Anesthesiology, and completed fellowships in Sports Medicine and Pain Management at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth after medical school at the University of Kansas.

Dr. Wheeler has served as team physician for NCAA, NAIA, and NJCAA programs and speaks to university athletics departments and medical groups. His clinical work centers on chronic neck and low back pain. He developed Body Guitar Theory and the Wheeler Walking Protocol, and is the author of the award-winning book UPRISE, now in its second edition.