Free seminar for contact sports on brain functions
By Lito delos Reyes
PhilBoxing.com
Wed, 18 Nov 2015
A FREE seminar for contact sports athletes on how to heal and improve brain functions will be conducted by Filipino doctor from the United States this Friday, November 20 in Davao City.
It will be held at the office of the Games and Amusements Board (GAB) at Door 2, second floor of Gloria Building 2, no. 63 along Aurora-Quezon Street.
The seminar is dubbed as ?A New Approach to Healing and Improving Brain Functions for Contact Sports Athletes?.
Resource speaker is 69-year old Dr. Pat Reyes, MD, FAAN, who is based in Phoenix, Arizona. He is a Director of the Traumatic Brain Injury, Alzheimer's Disease & Cognitive Dis. Of the Phoenix VA Healthcare System and the Chief Medical Officer of the retired NFL Players Association.
Reyes is also a Board Member of the Association of Ringside Physician, a Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of the Yuma Therapeutics Inc., Boston, MA USA.
GAB sports and games field officer John Kenneth Improso said Reyes will proceed to General Santos City in the afternoon to also conduct a seminar at the Notre Dame of Dadiangas College at 4 p.m.
?These seminars are both free for all coaches, trainers and contact sports athletes like boxers,? said Improso.
Reyes will be welcomed by GAB Davao Officer-in-Charge Arlene Olondriz.
Interested to join are the trainers and boxers from the MP Davao Boxing Gym, Sanman Promotions, Sonshine Sports Management, Association of Boxing Alliance in the Phils. (ABAP) Region12, General Santos Boxing Academy and the newly-formed Davao City Amateur Boxing Club (Dacaboc). ? LITO DELOS REYES
Photo: US-based Dr. Al Reyes (left) with 8-division world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao. Reyes is coming to Davao and General Santos City to conduct free seminars on ?A New Approach to Healing and Improving Brain Functions for Contact Sports Athletes? on Nov. 20.
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