Dr Ron Burke
Dr Ron Burke, Chiropractor
Dr Ron Burke is a chiropractor with over 30 years experience. Ron was one of the first chiropractors in Australia to integrate a chiropractic and sports clinic specialising in sports injuries and rehabilitation. He has treated some of the best known sports people in Australia.
Over the past 16 years he has further focused his interests in golf biomechanics and has treated many amateur and professional golfers with the most notable being Bobby Locke and currently Nikki Garrett, 2006 Ladies European Tour Rookie of the Year and in May 2007 she won Back-to-Back Ladies European Tour titles and recognition as a world-class golfer.
Ron first became interested in the importance of posture and spine angle in golf when he was introduced to Bobby Locke. Ron treated Bobby Locke for a back condition over 30 years ago when he was playing in a senior tournament in Australia. Bobby discussed with Ron how important a good back and posture was in golf and the fact that most golfers are unaware that they may have a physical problem affecting their swing.
Even though 30 years have passed now, instructors and magazines still stress that good spine angle is important, but they still do not focus on the underlying causes of the physical problems or how to correct them.
That is why Ron decided in 1998 to undertake research into this area with the aim of eventually creating a simple to understand and online assessment program. The program would determine the ability of a golfer and to show how incorrect posture and spine angle affects the golfer’s game. The program would determine a golfer's physical and biomechanical faults and then produce a unique personalized health and fitness solution to correct those biomechanical faults, bring their body and muscles back in to balance, and improve their golf swing. The result is the ChiroFit™ program, the world’s first completely online golf biomechanics analysis and correctional tool.
Highlights in Ron Burke’s background include:
Over the past 16 years he has further focused his interests in golf biomechanics and has treated many amateur and professional golfers with the most notable being Bobby Locke and currently Nikki Garrett, 2006 Ladies European Tour Rookie of the Year and in May 2007 she won Back-to-Back Ladies European Tour titles and recognition as a world-class golfer.
Ron first became interested in the importance of posture and spine angle in golf when he was introduced to Bobby Locke. Ron treated Bobby Locke for a back condition over 30 years ago when he was playing in a senior tournament in Australia. Bobby discussed with Ron how important a good back and posture was in golf and the fact that most golfers are unaware that they may have a physical problem affecting their swing.
Even though 30 years have passed now, instructors and magazines still stress that good spine angle is important, but they still do not focus on the underlying causes of the physical problems or how to correct them.
That is why Ron decided in 1998 to undertake research into this area with the aim of eventually creating a simple to understand and online assessment program. The program would determine the ability of a golfer and to show how incorrect posture and spine angle affects the golfer’s game. The program would determine a golfer's physical and biomechanical faults and then produce a unique personalized health and fitness solution to correct those biomechanical faults, bring their body and muscles back in to balance, and improve their golf swing. The result is the ChiroFit™ program, the world’s first completely online golf biomechanics analysis and correctional tool.
Highlights in Ron Burke’s background include:
- Doctor of Chiropractic degree
- Wrote several articles on golf health, biomechanics and fitness for The Golfer Newspaper and USGTF Golf Teaching Pro magazine.
- Keynote Speaker at Professional Edge Golf conferences on Golf Biomechanics.
- Keynote Speaker at an AGTF Seminar on golf biomechanics.
- Conducted radio interviews for ABC National and ABC local radio on golf biomechanics.
- Conducted an online seminar for the USGTF on Golf Biomechanics for USGTF members.
- Started and introduced 1st expo in Australia promoting natural health and alternative medicine "Naturally Health."
- One of the first chiropractors to integrate a sports medicine rehabilitation centre.
- Has worked with Nikki Garrett, one of Australia's leading women’s golfers.
- Has worked with several categories of leading sports people including:
- - Golf pros
- Davis Cup players
- Olympic athletes
- World surfing champions
- Pro boxers
- Pro football players - Disabled golfer ranked top 10 in world... Brad Hardman - only disabled aboriginal golfer in world
- Ran sport rehabilitation centres and testing lab... worked with leading Australian athletes (triathletes, long distance and ultra marathon runners)
- Owner and founder of Get Fit to Golf (GFTG) trading as BioMech Labs (BML) with the aim to be the leader in the field of golf biomechanics, golf fitness and training.
- Is currently working on new concepts to improve BML and take it to the next level with a 3-D analysis formats.
- Has always loved golf and plays golf in his spare time.