Mission:
To eliminate or minimize variables [things you can change] that have a
negative affect on performance as well as health and wellbeing.

Knowledge and Understanding - Problems and Solutions
           Over 30 years experience teaching exercise for sports performance and health.

    Introduction: Dr. John R. Parks

     Instructor at the Golf Academy of America - Arizona Campus
                              PE:251 - Anatomy, Biomechanics, Exercise

        Graduated in 1972 from Salem College, West Virginia with a degree in Physical
    Education and Biology. I played football and after college had a free-agent tryout with
    the NY Jets. While playing semi-professional football a knee injury ended my career
    hopes. For the next year and half time I was a fitness instructor at European Health
    Clubs in N.J.

        Deciding I wanted to advance my career I attended N.Y. Chiropractic College. After
    graduating in 1977 I began private practice in Somerville, N.J. I was hired as the Team
    Chiropractor at Somerville High School. At that time I was the only chiropractor who was
    employed by a high school in the state.  Dr. Stover, an orthopedic surgeon, who was
    familiar with my work, invited me to be a guest lecture at Rutgers University. I was
    invited to be a lecturer to area high school coaches to teach prevention of sports
    injuries.

        Being an ex-athlete I needed to take up a sport and golf was my choice, after the
    urging of coach and now golf teaching pro, Jerry Moore, also my best friend, I began
    studying the swing mechanics and found myself treating my clubs teaching pros.

        After 7 years with the high school and being introduced to golf I decided to move to
    Phoenix, mainly because of the weather and golf. I began a private practice in 1984 and
    was also an instructor at the Phoenix Therapeutic Massage College. There I taught
    kinesiology and sports injury care and prevention. My knee injury finally caught up with
    me and I had to have total knee reconstruction. This required a year  of rehabilitation. I
    returned to work at a back rehabilitation center where worked with a physical therapist
    to develop an exercise program for back pain.

        I returned to private practice and in 1994 and continued my studies and developing
    an exercise program for golf, my true passion. I participated in the Re/Max long drive
    contest and researched the physics of the golf swing and club design with an engineer
    at Golf Smith through his information and software program I learned the effects of club
    modification and what is needed to improve driving distance.
      
       It's with this background and passion that I feel qualified to help those interested in
    improving their game with conditioning and training their body while improving skills
    with a teaching professional

As a licensed health care provider Dr. Parks is qualified to perform evaluations and
examinations that detects deviations of motor functions: muscles, joints and nerves.
His studies are centered on how the body moves and is able to assist in finding
solutions to restore functional abilities as much as possible as well as treating
chronic pain conditions.