Our story

We didn't study pain in a classroom. We lived it.

At the forefront of advanced healing & movement therapy · Since 1999

Between us, twelve surgeries. Twelve times waking up to a body that no longer felt like ours. Twelve rehabs where progress was measured in millimeters and relapse was always one bad morning away. That experience isn't a footnote to our story — it's the reason we built the Human Performance Center.

12
Surgeries between us

Ten orthopedic, plus two others. Each one its own battle.

25+
Years of practice

Students of movement, rehabilitation, nutrition, and mindfulness.

40k+
Client hours

Working directly with real people, in real bodies, with real pain.

01 The dark part

Debilitating pain. Grueling rehab. Moments of hopelessness.

We know what it feels like to dread the next physio appointment. To lie awake wondering if you'll ever ski again, ride again, walk without a limp. To watch a body you trusted betray you, and feel the fear that comes with that.

There were moments of frustration. Moments of fear. Moments where quitting felt like the honest choice. Anyone who tells you recovery is linear hasn't lived it.

02 What came after

Resilience, discovery, and an unshakable belief in healing.

Every setback taught us something. The mental and spiritual growth we gained through those trials shaped how we think about recovery — and how we approach helping others.

We came out of it with profound empathy and a conviction that the body can heal, if you give it the right conditions. That conviction is the foundation of every session we run.

We built the place we wish had existed when we needed it most.
Today
At the cutting edge
of health innovation

We pair advanced modalities — PEMF, cold laser, frequency-specific microcurrent, and our proprietary IPAT method — with decades of hands-on craft. Over 40,000 hours later, we still meet every client where they are, and guide them to where they want to be.

Meet the cofounders

Co-founder
Fred McDaniel
Focus
Sports rehab & advanced modalities
Experience
~30 years
Works with
Hikers · Cyclists · Skiers · Everyday athletes

Fred has spent nearly three decades working with people in pain who aren't ready to slow down. He reads both the physical and emotional state of every client — and adapts in real time. No two people are the same, and he doesn't treat them that way.

His practice blends traditional sports rehabilitation with Cold Laser, PEMF, Frequency-Specific Microcurrent, and the IPAT method he developed with Kele — addressing the root cause, not the symptom.

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Co-founder
Kele McDaniel
Focus
Biomechanics & kinesiology
Experience
~30 years
Works with
Women's health · Midlife movement · Active agers

Kele's expertise is in how the body moves — where it compensates, and why. She has a precise eye for the limitations holding each client back, and builds an approach tailored to that body, not a generic protocol.

She's especially passionate about women's health and the changes that come with midlife — because she's living it. Outside the clinic she's a committed mountain biker and gardener.

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Human Performance Center · Santa Fe

Transforming pain into wellness.

  • 01

    Combining our clinical backgrounds with our own injuries has been the driving force behind an efficient, effective, and mindful approach to aging, fitness, and well-being.

  • 02

    We've been students of movement, rehabilitation, exercise, diet & supplementation, and mindfulness for over 25 years — and we're still learning.

  • 03

    We live what we teach — cycling, strength training, yoga, hiking, snowsports — because the work only lands when it's lived.

  • 04

    We've had to pioneer new recovery protocols for ourselves to stay active. Those same protocols now serve thousands of clients.

  • 05

    Along the way we've sourced some of the most advanced healing modalities on earth — light-based and subtle-electrical therapies that accelerate the healing response.

  • 06

    "We invested in all these tools for ourselves — and we share them with everyone else."

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Ready to feel like yourself again?

No preset protocol. Just a session built around what your body actually needs — with practitioners who have spent decades listening.

With
Fred & Kele
McDaniel
Book a session
825 Early St. Ste. G · Santa Fe, NM
(505) 992-1088