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Dr. David Pascal's Bio 
Dr. David Pascal grew up in Los Angeles, where he was the City Cross Country Champion, ran the fastest mile at the California State Track & Field Championships, and was the Athlete of the Year. He ran Cross Country and Track for UCLA, where he set the NCAA Intramural National Record for 800 Meters, and was a member of the NCAA National Championship Track & Field Dual Meet Team.
After UCLA David Pascal was sponsored by NIKE while competing for the Santa Monica Track Club (#1 Team in the World), and for the United States on the World Circuit (Zurich, Berlin, Helsinki, Stockholm, Oslo). In 1983 he ran the 17th-fastest time in the world for 1000 meters.
He has run the metric equivalent to a 3:57 mile, and was the 1500 Meter Champion at the 1983 World Games in Helsinki, Finland.
Dr. Pascal graduated from UCLA in 1984 and from Palmer College of Chiropractic-West in 1988, with a B.A. in psychology and a Doctorate in Chiropractic.
He has taught continuing education courses for Los Angeles Chiropractic College on injury rehabilitation. He has been the subject of a cover story in Bicycling Magazine. He helped design a new drug testing system for German Olympic athletes that were training in the United States. And in 1989 he developed a unique technique for the treatment of low back disc injuries called “Power Flexing.” It is being taught in the chiropractic schools and has saved thousands of people from low back surgery.
As a chiropractor, Dr. Pascal has been treating high school, college, and world-class athletes for over 17 years. He has been the chiropractor at countless athletic events. This summer he had 14 of his patients qualify for the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials. Five went on to make the U.S. Olympic Team and a sixth qualified for the Para-Olympics. He also had eight foreign runners make the Olympic teams of their respective countries.
The Americans he trained went on to win a total of six medals: 3 Gold, 1 Silver, and 2 Bronze. Three weeks ago his Para-Olympian set a new world record in the 200-meter dash.
In the 2004 Athens Olympics, after winning the 100 Meter Gold medal, Justin Gatlin was asked (by Pat O'Brien on NBC), what he thought was the number one reason why he won. Justin said, "I won because I was able to stay injury free."
Justin's secret to staying injury free can be seen on a recent special on the Discovery Channel's Fit TV. Dr. Pascal appears with Justin on “Peak Performance: Secrets of Superstar Fitness: World-Class Athletes. The one-hour special for FitTV reveals the latest, state-of-the-art training and fitness techniques used by five of America's top athletes as they were training for the 2004 summer games. Dr. Pascal is the only doctor on the show.
Here is a partial transcript: “Being a full-time competitor means an increased risk of injury. At this level of competition, Olympic sprinter Justin Gatlin has to make sure to take care of his entire body, and that includes the recovery of it. Sports medicine plays a key role in minimizing any damage, so Justin visits chiropractor Dr. David Pascal on a regular basis.”
Dr. Pascal says, "As for the Master Amino Acid Pattern (MAP), all of my regular patients, Olympic athletes, and coaches that have taken it tell me they notice increased energy and strength as well as a decrease in their recovery time. I believe that anyone that takes his or her health and fitness seriously needs to be using MAP!"
Here are some of the bigger athletic events Dr. Pascal has been involved with:
- 1994-2004 U.S. High School National Track & Field Championships
- 1999, 2000 U.S. Olympic Team Golden Spike Tour
- 1996 Olympic Games- German Track & Field Team
- 1996 German Olympic Training Camp
- 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 PGA Nike Golf tour
- 1994-1996 North Carolina State University; Cross Country and Track teams
- 1994 ACC Track & Field Championships
- 1991 World Gymnastic Championships
- 1991 European Cup Track & Field Championships
- 1990, 1991 German Olympic Training Center
- 1990-1993 University of California Santa Cruz; Athletic Department Doctor
- 1990, 1991 Women's Pro Beach Volleyball tour
- 1989-1993 Director of the Injury Rehabilitation Center- Santa Cruz
- Co-designer National Drug Testing Program for German Olympic Athletes
To contact Dr. Pascal, call 919-380-8000.
You can visit Dr. Pascal's site at www.drpascal.com.
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Through all the training and intense racing, I managed to stay healthy, fit, and strong — all things I can attribute to the MAP and BodyHealth Complete."