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Bio: Dr. John R. Parks Update: Instructor at the Golf Academy of America - Arizona Campus PE:250 - Anatomy, Biomechanics, Exercise Dr. Parks graduated in 1972 from Salem College, West Virginia with a degree in Physical Education and Biology. He played varsity football and after college had a free-agent tryout with the NY Jets. While playing semi-professional football a knee injury ended his career hopes. For the next year and half he was a fitness instructor at European Health Clubs in N.J. Dr. Parks deciding he wanted to advance my career. He attended N.Y. Chiropractic College. After graduating in 1977 he began private practice in Somerville, N.J. Dr. Parks was hired as the Team Chiropractor at Somerville High School. At that time he was the only chiropractor who was employed by a high school in the state. Dr. Stover, an orthopedic surgeon, who was familiar with his work, invited Dr. Parks to be a guest lecture at Rutgers University. Dr. Parks was invited to be a lecturer to area high school coaches to teach prevention of sports injuries. In 1982 Dr. Parks, being an ex-athlete, needed to take up a sport and golf was his choice, that after the urging of a friend and coach Jerry Moore, a PGA golf teaching pro. Dr. Parks than began studying the golf swing mechanics and found himself treating his club's teaching pro. After 7 years with the high school and being introduced to golf Dr. Parks decided to move to Phoenix, mainly because of the weather and golf. He began a private practice in 1984 and was also an instructor at the Phoenix Therapeutic Massage College. There he taught Kinesiology and sports injury care and prevention. Dr. Parks' old knee injury finally caught up with him and he had to have total knee reconstruction. This required a year of rehabilitation. He returned to work at a back rehabilitation center where he worked with a physical therapist to develop an exercise program for back pain. Dr. Parks returned to private practice and in 1994 and continued my studies and developing an exercise program for golf, his true passion. He 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. The information and software program he received gave him much information about club fitting, design 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. Dr. Parks currently has been teaching for the last three years at the Golf Academy of America. His students are future PGA teaching professional. Course - PE: 251 Anatomy, Biomechanics and Exercise Dr. Parks has also instructed PGA teaching professional on the importance of core strength and spine health/fitness. He has also taught a seminar at the Arizona Association of Chiropractic Convention. Kinesiological Construct of the Golf Swing Chiropractic Aspects of Golf Fitness Dr. Parks is an Affiliate member of Gripsize.com A scientific approach to determining your ideal stance width for balance, grip-size and your power angle. |
