Dr. Lane Odom · The Pickleball Chiro
The coach who understands bodies, still competing at the 5.0 level.
I was becoming an advanced pickleball player at the same time I was becoming a chiropractor. Training in both left me seeing the same problem from two directions. I'd watch players' bodies break down on the court, and in the same session I'd see exactly why they were stuck at the amateur level. Sometimes it was one or the other. A lot of the time it was both, and neither side was getting fixed because nobody was looking at the whole picture.
That's the gap I coach into. When I work with you, I'm looking at the whole chain your body uses to move and hit, from your legs up through your hips, core, and arm, to find the actual link that's costing you power or consistency. Sometimes that's a technique fix. Sometimes it's a real physical limitation we work around together. Either way it's one person looking at the whole picture, not a regular lesson or a regular clinic visit.
Most players at 3.5 drill harder at the wrong thing. They take a lesson on the third shot drop when the real problem is that they're hitting a drop when the ball called for a drive, or they're already off balance before the ball gets there. So I don't start with a shot. I start by watching you play and finding the one pattern that costs you the most points. I call it your leak, and almost everyone has one big one, not ten small ones.
Then I teach the actual mechanic, fully. Not a tease, not a tip. If your third shot is the leak, you'll learn the read I use on every ball: how deep it is, how high it is, and whether it's on the line or off it, and what that combination tells you to hit. If your leak is the transition zone, you'll learn to read the other side's bodies instead of guessing when to move up. The mechanic is the same for everyone. What's specific to you is which one is holding you back, and that read is what I'm actually giving you.
Because I'm also a chiropractor, I notice the physical side of the leak while I'm coaching the technical side. A knee that won't load, hips that don't rotate, a shoulder that compensates. When that's in the way, we work on it directly instead of coaching around it forever.
The player I work with most is a 3.5 who has been a 3.5 for a while. Usually somewhere between 40 and 65, plays three or four times a week, has taken a lesson or two, and can't figure out why the rating won't move. In plain words: 3.5 is the intermediate rating, 4.0 and up is where people start calling you advanced, and I coach the intermediate player who is trying to get there. That plateau is a specific problem with a specific set of causes, and I've built my coaching around it. If that's you, start with the free game diagnosis or read why players get stuck at 3.5.
On the chiropractic side, I see players and non-players across Volusia County who want hands-on care that includes rehab and corrective exercise, not just an adjustment. Pickleball knee pain, shoulders, and low backs make up most of it. If you're hurt, mobile chiropractic is the place to start.
I'm based in Daytona Beach, FL, on the Ormond Beach line. In-person lessons happen at Chipshot in Daytona Beach or at public courts across Volusia County, including New Smyrna Beach, Port Orange, Ormond Beach, and Edgewater. Mobile chiropractic visits come to you anywhere in that same area. Virtual coaching runs through Crestline, where you send me game footage and get a full breakdown and drill plan back, from anywhere.
There is more than one chiropractor coaching pickleball online. This one is Dr. Lane Odom, DC, in Daytona Beach, Florida. You can verify me on LinkedIn, see me listed as a coach at Chipshot Daytona on OpenCourt, watch game breakdowns on YouTube, or follow @dr.lane_o on Instagram, where most of my teaching goes out first. There is also a Dr. Lane Odom Facebook page.
Dr. Lane Odom, DC, is the founder of Pickleball Chiro, a pickleball performance coaching and mobile chiropractic practice based in Daytona Beach, FL, on the Ormond Beach line. He is a Doctor of Chiropractic (Palmer College of Chiropractic Florida, 2025), a PCI Level 1 certified pickleball coach (2026), and a 4.7 DUPR player who plays at a 5.0 level, with 20+ tournament medals at 4.5+ since 2023 and 13+ years of racket sports experience. He coaches in person across Volusia County and virtually anywhere through Crestline.
In-person lessons and mobile chiropractic care in Volusia County, FL, or virtual coaching through Crestline from anywhere.
(407) 995-6966 drlanepickleballchiro@gmail.com @dr.lane_o on Instagram