Clayton Skaggs
Clayton Skaggs is the founder and CEO of Central Institute for Human Performance and the founder of the Karel Lewit Clinic and Curious Gap Labs. In addition to his clinical career, Skaggs has been on postdoctoral and research faculties of eight national and international universities. He has worked with thousands of elite athletes, military professionals, and executives and consults individuals from around the world for unresolved pain or injury.
About Dr. Clayton Skaggs
The Early Years
In the early 90’s, Dr. Clayton Skaggs established a private practice in St. Louis, Missouri. While he was helping patients and working as a postdoctoral instructor to chiropractic physicians, dentists and physical therapists, he knew he needed to expand what he was doing for patients and that exercise and nutrition were missing links. A major turning point in his career came when he attended a workshop in Peoria, Illinois where Dr. Vladimir Janda, a neurologist from Prague, Czech Republic, was lecturing on rehabilitation. Dr. Skaggs often cites Dr. Janda as “blending art and science to the procedures and applications of traditional orthopedics and rehabilitation.”
Central Institute for Human Performance
After that meeting, Dr. Skaggs traveled to Prague annually for over a decade to study with Dr. Janda, Dr. Karel Lewit, and physical therapists at Charles University. Building on the lessons he learned, Dr. Skaggs dedicated himself to establishing a world-class performance and rehabilitation facility which was named the Central Institute for Human Performance (CIHP).
In 2003, The Institute was formed in the historic J. Milton Turner school building in Kirkwood, Missouri. To date, Dr. Skaggs and the team at CIHP have worked with World Series Champions, Stanley Cup Champions, Elite military, PGA Champions, NFL, NHL and MLB All Stars and thousands of professional and elite athletes. Today, through visiting consultation and remote programs, as well as a local clinic, Dr. Skaggs and the team at CIHP treat, train, and consult with individuals in St. Louis and all around the United States from California to New York to Texas.
Curious Gap Labs and Curious Gap
With the success of CIHP, Dr. Skaggs developed Curious Gap Labs. Applying the living research at CIHP, Curious Gap Labs produces tools and learning material to help more people close the gap between where they are and where they want to be for their health and resiliency. Along with Dr. Skaggs’ book, Curious Gap Labs has produced the Curious Gap learning portal, with online courses on practices that matter for life-long resilience.
