Claudia Terlizzi Chapel, known to most people as Sparky, is an athlete and former dancer who has been a muscular therapist in private practice for over 17 years. Drawing upon a lifetime in competitive athletics and theater, she combines muscular therapy, strength and conditioning, motivational coaching and nutrition to help her clients tap into their inner champion. Matching the right treatment to the particular challenge is crucial for the treatment to succeed. It is this commitment to success that has earned her three trips to the Olympic Games as the sports therapist to both the United States Olympic Rowing Team and the US Olympic Track and Field Team as well as the respect and trust of some of the world’s leading athletes, dancers and musicians.

Claudia has had the opportunity to work as the therapist to the New York Power, the professional women’s soccer team and has been the coordinating therapist for the National Scholastic Sports Foundation since 1994. Working in youth athletics she developed her system of I AM A CHAMPION. This system promotes accessing inner strength and has garnered tremendous results. Through a series of talks at the Nike National Indoor Championships Claudia introduces the concepts of fitness from the inside out and addresses all the stressors in an athlete’s life, including maintaining grades, personal discipline and responsibility for all outcomes, and peer pressure. I AM A CHAMPION makes self-discovery fun and goal -setting with immediate results an exhilarating experience.