Karla Wolford is a Doctor of Chiropractic, holds a Masters in Sports Science and Rehabilitation, is a Licensed Chiropractic Acupuncturist, a Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician, a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, and the owner of Elevate Human Potential and EHP Performance in Moorhead. She has competed at the CrossFit regionals four times. She was named the “fittest female doctor in the world” by CrossFit in 2017 and 2022. The most recent honor came after she finished second in the World for the 35-39 year old Master’s Quarterfinals and 13th in the Masters Semininals.
What do you support?
BIO Girls
“We started hosting their strength and conditioning cross-training component in 2020. Since then, I’ve actually started writing the strength and conditioning programming that goes out to their additional host sites as well. We’re working with them to host their teen version coming up this summer. We believe in and support their mission. We think that if we can help work with girls on their physical, mental, and emotional health, they’re just going to be so much better off coming into this community. We want to support that.”
“I grew up in a smaller area, and there was bullying, and a lot of name-calling and cattiness that was happening in some of those later elementary school years. It definitely took a big toll on my confidence and the way I thought about myself. I never had any serious bouts of mental illness, but I look back and there were definitely bouts of depressive times and things that I went through. And I think having a mentor, maybe other than my parents, that could have helped me through that and led me through some of those tougher times and made me realize that I am worth it and that I was beautiful inside and out, would have been a good message to hear.”
biogirls.org
Heroes Compass
“They really help support both veterans and different service personnel like police, fire rescue, and dispatch with mental health and suicide awareness. We did a 22K ruck, which is where you walk with at least 22 lbs on your back or with a vest on. It’s 22 lbs to represent the average number of veterans who commit suicide each day. We went from the military cemetery up in north Fargo all the way to EHP back in October and helped raise funds. We’re allocating those funds towards veterans or service personnel who want to come to EHP who might need adaptive equipment or might need adaptive programming, depending on whatever they’re dealing with.”
