For more information, please contact

Derek Hansen at

604.773.9102
or e-mail: dhansen@metroac.net
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Gerry Ramogida, DC

Gerry is the Metro Athletic Club high performance physical therapist. Along with his Chiropractic expertise, Gerry brings a work ethic and level of professionalism that gives us that extra edge on the competition. When athletes are training at high levels of intensity on a daily basis, access to effective physical therapy is a must. Gerry has worked with some of the top Track and Field athletes in the world, and also spends much of his time working with the Seattle Seahawks of the NFL.

Dr. Gerry Ramogida has been practicing since 1997. He and bussiness partners, Dr. Robert Nielsen and Dr. James Grimmett own and operate Performance Health in Vancouver, a clinic focusing on soft tissue injury and performance enhancement through applying ART biomechanics evaluation and ART soft tissue management systems. Dr. Ramogida has worked on a number of Canadian National Medical Staff's, most recently at the World Track and Field Championships in Paris, France. Dr. Ramogida has worked extensively with the Seattle Seahawks, B.C. Lions, as well as individual athletes from the NHL, and numerous other professional and amatuer athletes from various sports. Dr. Ramogida has a second clinic in Aldergrove, B.C., called Coastal Health Arts.

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Joseph M. Horrigan, DC, DACBSP, CSCS

Dr. Horrigan is the President of Horrigan Sports Chiropractic and Soft Tissue Center. Dr. Horrigan served on the American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians for five years, of which four years were as Vice-President.  He still serves as the Chair of the Written Examination Committee.  Dr. Horrigan was awarded the 2001 Sports Chiropractor of the Year. 

He is currently serving on Council for Chiropractic Guidelines and Practice Parameters (CCGPP) on the Upper Extremity Committee.  Dr. Horrigan also served as the Head Speed-Strength and Conditioning for the Los Angeles Kings for three years.  He served as the Team Chiropractor for the Long Beach Ice Dogs hockey team for several years and as their Director of Speed-Strength and Conditioning for seven years.  Dr. Horrigan serves on the Medical Committee for USA Weightlifting.  He served as the Chief Medical Officer for Team USA for the 1999 Junior World Championships and 2003 World Championships in Weightlifting.  He also lectures for USA Track and Field in the Elite Hurdle Development Program. 

Dr. Horrigan teaches differential diagnosis to third-year students at the Southern California University of Health Sciences.  Dr. Horrigan is on Postgraduate Faculty at the Southern California University of Health Science/Los Angeles College of Chiropractic, Northwestern College of Chiropractic, and Palmer College of Chiropractic in the Sports Medicine Department.  He has been published in several professional journals. 

He also wrote the IRONMAN Magazine Sports Medicine Column for ten years and has resumed this column in the March 2004 issue.  He has intermittently written the Sports Medicine Column for INSIDE KUNG-FU and MS. FITNESS magazines.  Dr. Horrigan co-authored two books, THE 7-MINUTE ROTATOR CUFF SOLUTION published by Health For Life Publications, and STRENGTH CONDITIONING, AND INJURY PREVENTION FOR HOCKEY published by McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Publications.  Dr. Horrigan also served as Medical Consultant for the films, "The Matrix", Charlie's Angels II Full Throttle", Spiderman II, and served as Athletic Performance Consultant on "Seabiscuit" and "Skeleton Key". 

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