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Weightlifting, Strength and Conditioning Organizations

USA Weightlifting
This is the national governing body for weightlifting. This site has information about the weightlifting, course instruction, meet results and upcoming local, national and international meets.

National Strength and Conditioning Association
The NSCA is a large strength and conditioning organization that provides a resource and certification process in personal training as well as strength and conditioning. The NSCA has a journal and magazine.

International Sports Sciences Association
The ISSA is a speed-strength and conditioning which provides certification in personal training and speed-strength and conditioning.

Sports Organizations (NGB, IGB,Teams, Clubs, Individuals)

USA Hockey
This is the national governing body for amateur hockey in the United States.

Long Beach Ice Dogs
The Ice Dogs were a team in the now defunct IHL, and became a WCHL team and now an ECHL team. Drs. Horrigan, Tunnell, Velasquez and Fox from the Soft Tissue Center have been involved with this team in chiropractic or strength and conditioning functions since the 1995-1996 season.

USA Track and Field
This is the national governing body for amateur hockey in the United States. Dr. Horrigan has served in a strength and conditioning consultant role for the Elite Hurdle Development Program.

International Amateur Athletic Federation
This is the international governing body for track and field.

USA Volleyball
This is the national governing body for volleyball for the United States.

Federation Internationale de Volleyball
This is the international governing body for volleyball.

Metro Athletic Club
The Metro Athletic Club is a track club in Vancouver, British Columbia. Derek Hansen serves as the Head Coach of the Metro Athletic Club, Strength and Conditioning Advisor for Simon Fraser University, Course Conductor for the National Coaching Institute (Canada), Strength and Conditioning Consultant for Canadian Women's Softball and Canadian Men's Field Hockey.

Cory Everson
Cory Everson won the Ms. Olympia title six consecutive years and has served as host of fitness programs on television including Body Shaping with Cory Everson from 1987-1989, and Gotta Sweat with Cory Everson from 1995-2000, organized fitness camps, and serves as a speaker on fitness issues and as motivational speaker. Ms. Everson often refers to Dr. Horrigan's IRONMAN Sports Medicine Column topics in her lectures.

Pete Koch
Pete Koch is a former All-American football player who was drafted in the first round. Pete played 6 years in the NFL as a defensive end. Pete is also a strength and conditioning coach and personal trainer. Horrigan and Koch have worked together preparing actors for their roles in the film industry. Pete has also developed an on-line fitness newsletter that is well worth subscribing to on his website.

Charlie Francis
This is a website by the famed track coach. There is an open forum to discuss training methods with Charlie and other coaches. Charlie's books are also available on this website. Charlie has trained the fastest men in the world and is still in demand by athletes in other sports to improve their speed with his innovative program design.

Magazines

Ironman Magazine
IRONMAN Magazine is one of the most popular weight training magazines. This was owned by Peary Rader for decades. John Balik and Mike Neveux bought the magazine in the 1980's and placed Steve Holman as Editor. Joseph Horrigan wrote the Sports Medicine Column for IRONMAN from 1989 to 1999 and resumed in the March 2004 issue.

Inside Kung-Fu Magazine
Dr. Horrigan co-wrote this column for a brief period with a Soft Tissue Center doctor, Ed Reynolds, DC, DABCO. This column will resume shortly on a quarterly basis with Dr. Horrigan as the sole author.

Ms. Fitness Magazine
Dr. Horrigan's sportsmedicine column reprints appear intermittently in this magazine.

Ironmind Enterprises
Weightlifting videotapes of training halls and championships.

Books

Contemporary Books/McGraw-Hill Publishing
Strength, Conditioning and Injury Prevention for Hockey by Joseph Horrigan, DC and E. J. "Doc" Kreis, DA and Foreword by Luc Robitaille, published by Contemporary Books/McGraw-Hill. This book can be found at any major retail chain or at Amazon.com. This work that lead to this book has drawn many accolades by NHL stars. Here is what a few of them had to say:

Wayne Gretzky - "Joseph Horrigan's dedication and reputation in treating injured athletes speaks for itself. He is one of the very best".

Luc Robitaille - "Anybody who loves this game and wants to achieve a different level of play should read this book. It is a good guideline to help you with philosophy of training, injury prevention, and motivation".

Ray Ferraro - "I started the program three years ago, after watching the improvements of Luc Robitaille over the course of the season. I was coming off two knee surgeries, and my speed and strength combined with my age had my career in doubt. The power, quickness and overall body strength achieved by following the program was amazing. I had the best overall year of my career at age 36. I truly owe the extension of my career to Joe and his program".

Brad Hunt, Sports Agent - "Hockey is a game of speed and strength. No one understands the finer points of speed and strength conditioning better than Doc Kreis".

Taylor Sports Publishing
Books by Doc Kreis including Speed-Strength for Football, and Sports Agility can be obtained by calling Thelma Pratt at 800-550-2463. These are definitely books you should add to your bookshelves. Sports Agility was way ahead of its time and it recommends applicable drills any coach can use. The drills are not the latest fad, but are tried and true.

Health Care Links

American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians
The ACBSP is the board that that provides credentials in sports medicine via written tests, practical tests, field experience and a publishable paper. This board is responsible for tracking continuing education. A list of sports medicine certified doctors is available on the website as are position papers and upcoming test dates.

American College of Sports Medicine

The American College of Sports Medicine publishes an oustanding journal, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise and presents a heavily attended annual conference.

Paperchase
Access to Medline. Very user friendly and has superior ability to cross-reference key words and limit searches.

Mink Radiologic Imaging
Jerrold Mink, MD is often described as the leading musculoskeletal radiologist. Dr. Mink maintains a practice in Beverly Hills, CA. Dr. Mink is the co-author of several radiology textbooks and has been published 66 times in professional journals.

MRI Safety
Frank Shellock, PhD, FACSM has developed a website to address MRI safety concerns. Dr. Shellock is a researcher who is published 178 times in professional journals. His work in MRI, physiology, cardiology and sports medicine is renowned.

David Campion, MD
Dr. Campion was earned degrees in medicine, biophysics, and pharmacology. He ran the muscular dystrophy clinic at UCLA. He was trained in electrodiagnostic medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN and he returned from this to be the Director of Electrodiagnostic Medicine at UCLA. Dr. Campion was awarded a National Institute of Health Fellowship doing research in nephrology and muscle electrophysiology at Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Campion has performed over 68,000 EMG's over the last 30 years.

G. Douglas Andersen, DC, DACBSP, Certified Clinical Nutritionist
Dr. Andersen is has written a nutrition column since 1990 in Dynamic Chiropractic. These columns are archived on this website. Dr. Andersen provides nutritional counseling to athletes and patients ranging from elite Olympic athletes in volleyball and track and field, NFL and NHL players, and patients recovering from injuries and surgery. Dr. Andersen advice is science based and he excels at supporting his advice with published literature.

HIPPA

Photographer

Bern Agency
Andre Murray, photographer of much of IRONMAN and INSIDE KUNG-FU Sports Medicine articles, and for the book, Strength, Conditioning and Injury Prevention for Hockey. Andre has won awards for his work in the community of Burbank, CA and for his portfolio.

Website Management

WinBach Marketing Images
WinBach Marketing Images, established by Lisa Winger, is a full service design firm. Since 1990, WinBach has provided marketing, design, and Internet services to a diverse array of companies and organizations, including Seiko Instruments, Lloyd's of London, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), Kinecta Federal Credit Union and many others.