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It is estimated that approximately 30 million Americans play the game of golf. Golf historically is perceived as being a low-risk sport when it comes to injuries. Statistically, about one half of all golfers will suffer a golf injury. Approximately 44 percent of all reported golf injuries in youth are from overuse. According to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission), there were more than 55,000 visits to hospital emergency rooms for golf-related injuries in 2009. The main causes of these injuries include: lack of flexibility, poor conditioning, excessive play or practice, poor swing mechanics and ground impact forces.

Meet your educator, Raj Jackson, PGA, DC. He is unique as the only Chiropractor and PGA Golf Professional in the world. Dr. Jackson developed the "Certified Golf Doctor" program which combines golf & chiropractic to produce an unparalleled perspective to help educate doctors on golf injuries & peak performance.

Chiropractors are invited to attend Dr. PGA Golf Seminars for 24hrs of Continuing Education Credit. The seminars will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada and will provide practical, cutting-edge information about treating golfers as patients. Learning how to treat golfers correctly will extend and improve your practice.

Dr. PGA is a golf-specific training program for doctors. The course was designed to educate health care professionals to identify, treat and rehabilitate golf injuries. It provides the training and education required to be a certified golf doctor. A quality golf education is paramount for doctors to speak in the “ golf language” and better help and understand their golfing patients.

Dr. PGA Golf Learning Center is pleased to announce that Dr. Raj Jackson has completed Level 1 of the Certified Titleist Performance Institute Certification. The Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) is the world’s leading educational organization and research facility dedicated to the study of how the human body functions relative to the golf swing. TPI has analyzed how physical limitations in a player’s body can adversely affect their golf swing and potentially lead to injury.

Raj Jackson has graduated from the Professional Golfer’s Association (PGA) Professional Golf Management Program and has been elected to membership in the PGA of America as a Class A golf professional as of January of 2014.??PGA golf professionals are experts in the game of golf. To become elected as a PGA professional, golf professionals go through an apprenticeship period for several years and pass the very difficult PGA 36-hole playing ability test.