Our Partners
SwimStrong Dryland
Elevating performance through a whole-athlete approach
AthleatMD is proud to partner with SwimStrong Dryland, a premier swim-specific performance program dedicated to developing stronger, healthier, and more resilient athletes.
Through specialized dryland training, education, mentorship, and athlete development, SwimStrong helps swimmers build the physical and mental foundation for sustained performance. Together, AthleatMD and SwimStrong share a commitment to supporting athletes beyond the pool, integrating expert medical and nutrition care with intentional performance development to help athletes thrive both in sport and in life.
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Riley Nickols, PhD, CEDS-C
Sport Psychologist and Founder, Mind Body Endurance
Dr. Nickols is a counseling and sport psychologist who specializes in working with athletes to address mental health and performance concerns through his private practice, Mind Body Endurance where services are provided to support mental health, sport performance, eating, and nutritional concerns for athletes. Dr. Nickols obtained an MS in Sport Psychology from Ithaca College in addition to an MS in Counseling Psychology and a PhD in Counseling Psychology from Fordham University.
Dr. Nickols is the Senior Program Advisor for Athlete Edge at EDCare in Denver, CO where specialized intensive eating disorder treatment is provided for athletes. He was previously the Director of the Victory Program, the nation’s first residential eating disorder treatment facility for athletes, from 2013-2021 at McCallum Place in St. Louis, Missouri.
Dr. Nickols is a member of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee’s (USOPC) Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) Expert Panel and is listed in the USOPC’s Mental Health Registry. He is a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist Supervisor (CEDS-C) through the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals (IAEDP) and holds a certificate in the Integrated Treatment of Eating Disorders from the Contemporary Psychotherapy’s Center for the Study of Anorexia & Bulimia (CSAB) in New York, NY. He currently serves on the Clinical Advisory Council for the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA). Dr. Nickols was on the steering committee for Safe Exercise at Every Stage’s (SEES) Athlete Guidelines and is the co-founder, with Rebecca McConville, of the annual conference Eating Disorders in Sport: A Treatment Playbook for Providers.