I’ve always had a strong passion for health and fitness whether it is with my personal training or coaching athletes one-on-one or in a class setting. My goal as a coach is to help athletes move well and feel good. I’m CrossFit Level 1 Certified, NASM Personal Trainer Certified, Aerobic Capacity Certified by Chris Henshaw, and Precision Nutrition Level 1 Certified.
“Hard work breeds self-respect.” -Pat Summitt
Dr. Sunde is a physical therapist who has proudly served the Fargo/Moorhead area since graduating from the University of North Dakota in 2009. She has treated many conditions from post-operative rehab to sports injuries, extremity pains and an arry of orthopedic conditions. She became a strength & conditioning specialist in 2016 and a board-certified clinical specialist in orthopedics in 2018. Dr. Sunde’s certification of the selective functional movement screen allows her to assess your most fundamental motion in order to appropriately determine the cause of your pain. Her background in teaching manual therapy along with certifications in instrument assisted soft tissue mobilizations, blood flow restriction training, gait training analysis and dry needling will help get you back to doing what you love!
Dr. Karla enjoys helping and encouraging people to find their true potential. In her life, she is always striving to be “Better than Yesterday” and encourages others to do the same. In a society where upwards towards 90% of people sit all day at work, teaching people how to move properly is one of the best gifts a doctor can give. As a Chiropractor and a coach in the Fargo-Moorhead area, she appreciates working with people who may be overcoming an old injury and finding ways to teach them how to move differently and more effectively to avoid future injuries. She has the ability to instill functional movements into the young and old alike.
She was born and raised in Barnesville, Minnesota and pursued a pre-medicine undergraduate degree at Concordia College, Moorhead, MN and majored in Biology and Exercise Physiology. Karla graduated with honors from Palmer College of Chiropractic West and Summa Cume Laude from Logan University with a Master’s Degree in Sports Science and Rehabilitation.
Since then, she has become a Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician (CCSP®), Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), obtained her International Chiropractic Sports Science Diploma (ICSSD), Chiropractic Acupuncture certificate, Level 1&2 CrossFit trainer Certification and she is a Level 2 USA Weightlifting Sports Performance Coach.
She looks forward to helping you be “better than yesterday”.
