John Downes, D.C.
John Downes, D.C.
CONTACT
JDownes@life.edu
Vice President for International Affairs / Global Initiatives
EDUCATION
BIOGRAPHY
John Downes, DC is a graduate of Life University '86 and has taught at Life University since 1991. Through 37 years of practice he has worked on the medical teams for Georgia Games, AVP (Professional Beach Volley Ball), Arena Football, USATF, Web.com tour, Chinese Olympic Gymnastics team (2000) and Olympics '96, '00, '08, '12 with the medical team for Costa Rica. He has served as President of the US Sport Chiropractic Federation, and is a board member of the Council on Extremity Adjusting, International Sport Chiropractic Federation and manuscript reviewer for Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapy. He is a full professor and teaches in the Sport Health Science Master's program as adjunct faculty. He has served as the executive director of the Life University Sport Science Institute from 2008-2014. He is currently involved in research initiatives on campus and in Costa Rica and China. He lectures on neuromechanics in sport around the world.