Meet Dr. Stetler

Emma Kelly Stetler, DPT, SCS, CSCS

Emma at the US Olympic and Paralympic Training Center gym

Emma speaking with a cyclist beside his bike

USA cycling athletes and staff at an outdoor competition

Emma outside the US Olympic and Paralympic Training Center

Emma presenting her POTS return-to-sport research

USA para ice hockey players and staff on the ice

Emma on the Minnesota Lynx basketball court

Emma with a baseball player and colleagues at the field

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Sports-trained.
Athlete-focused.

Athlete care should look different from traditional physical therapy. It takes the right training, equipment, and clinic model to get athletes back to the activities they love.

Emma has worked with Olympians and professional athletes across a variety of sports, including cycling, MMA, wrestling, para ice hockey, WNBA, track and field, and endurance sports. She also has extensive training with youth and college athletes. She understands what it takes to help athletes return to a gold medal standard.

Emma currently serves as the Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Lead for USA Cycling and is a research collaborator at Mayo Clinic.

She earned her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree at Baylor University, completed her Physical Therapy Sports Residency at Mayo Clinic, and completed her Sports Medicine Fellowship at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.

Education & training.

SPORTS MEDICINE FELLOWSHIP

US Olympic Training Center

Colorado Springs, Colorado

PHYSICAL THERAPY SPORTS RESIDENCY

Mayo Clinic

Minneapolis and Rochester, MN

DOCTOR OF PHYSICAL THERAPY

Baylor University

Waco, TX

Research.

Emma Kelly has a special interest in athletes with complex medical conditions, including postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS).

She has completed research trialing a novel return-to-sport protocol for patients with POTS. Her latest study investigates whether athletes with POTS have a distinct phenotype.