Dr. Chelsea B. Backer is a Board-Certified Sports Medicine physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of all non-operative sports injuries. Dr. Backer’s areas of expertise include therapeutic ultrasound for joint and tendon injections, nerve hydro dissection, platelet-rich plasma therapy, concussion management, non-operative treatment of musculoskeletal conditions, and osteoporosis management.
Dr. Chelsea B. Backer is a Board-Certified Sports Medicine physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of all non-operative sports injuries. Dr. Backer’s areas of expertise include therapeutic ultrasound for joint and tendon injections, nerve hydro dissection, platelet-rich plasma therapy, concussion management, non-operative treatment of musculoskeletal conditions, and osteoporosis management.
Dr. Chelsea B. Backer is a Board-Certified Sports Medicine physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of all non-operative sports injuries. Dr. Backer’s areas of expertise include therapeutic ultrasound for joint and tendon injections, nerve hydro dissection, percutaneous needle tenotomy and barbotage, platelet-rich plasma therapy, shockwave/extracorporeal pulse activation technology (EPAT), concussion management, non-operative treatment of musculoskeletal conditions, and osteoporosis management.
Dr. Backer is a member of the American Academy of Family Medicine and the American Medical Society of Sports Medicine.
Dr. Backer graduated with her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. She went on to complete her residency at MedStar Franklin Square Family Health Center, where she served as Chief Resident and received multiple awards, including the W Reichel MD and Lee Rome Awards for Family medicine. After her residency, Dr. Backer trained as a Sports Medicine Fellow at Christiana Care Health System. During her fellowship, Dr. Backer was also a team physician at the University of Delaware and various high schools in the Delaware area. She oversees the Athletic Training program at Access Sports Medicine & Orthopaedics, and is the Director of the Concussion Management and Osteoporosis Program.
Dr. Backer served as a research technician and lab manager for several years at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. She has authored and co-authored a vast assortment of published medical articles throughout her career.
Dr. Backer was a collegiate swimmer and enjoys outdoor activities such as biking, hiking and skiing.

Straightforward analysis of the situation, yet patiently answered all my questions. Warm personality, but efficient.
I'm very friendly very informative of what to do with my elbow tears gave me two shots of cortisone and going to see if we need to do something different very informative very polite thank you
The best for me. Listens,and definitely a problem solver.
She took the time to address my concerns.
Second time having an injection on my right shower. She is very nice and very good keeping you calm during the procedure.
Professional, thorough and knowledgeable
She’s lovely
Explained everything fully! No one likes an injection but she made as painless as possible
Dr. Backer made my shots, the best that getting shots can be lol. It was much less painless than my one previous experience somewhere else. Thank you Dr.
Very impressed. Comfortable to talk to. All staff friendly and helpful