Louis Pack
Born and raised in N.Y., Dr. Pack has a passion for helping people and has wanted to be a physician since childhood. He loves cars and enjoys running, weight lifting and other athletic activities. Married for 34 years with two children, Dr. Pack has been an active Rotarian for 24 years. Both he and his wife were voted Volunteers of the Year in their community.
Dr. Pack wrote The Arthritis Revolution, to change the thinking in medicine and dispel the myth that age and weight are the primary causes of osteoarthritis. While certainly factors, treating thousands of patients for over 40 years, Dr. Pack has shown that this is not true. There are many people who have never had a history of an injury and have had a single knee or hip replaced. Certainly their other knee or hip is not any younger. There must be other factors and indeed recent data from famed institutions like the Mayo Clinic substantiate his premise.
Involved in teaching his entire professional career, he is a nationally known lecturer and author and has done presentations abroad as well. Dr. Pack has had a keen interest in sports performance since he began running in 1972. As he’s aged, he has become more interested in helping older people with arthritis stay active. He believes we all have structural abnormalities (a flattened foot, longer leg etc.) and that these cause decreased performance, an increased risk of injury and later, arthritic changes. In almost all instances, these performance decreasing problems remain undiagnosed until pain occurs. He believes he can take almost any athlete in any sport and help them perform better, and at times, help older patients perform better than they ever have. According to Dr. Pack, “arthritis is not something you have to get as you age, but is preventable to a large extent.”
With a background in pharmacy, some of Dr. Pack’s many credentials include:
* Founding Fellow of the American College of Rheumatology
* Past Clinical Instructor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
* Board Certified in Foot and Ankle Surgery
* Fellow of the American Academy of Foot and Ankle Surgeons
* Diplomate of the National Board of Podiatric Examiners
* Former Director of Residency Training and Post Graduate Education, Atlanta
Hospital
* Director of Certification, Functional Foot Orthotics, Division of Enhanced
Performance, United States Sports Academy
* Visiting Clinical Instructor, MSPO Program, GA Tech
In the 2004 Olympics he had a silver and gold medalist and helped the UGA Golf Team (2005 NCCA National Champions). Dr. Pack has worked with eight world record holders in different sports as well as many professional athletes, including a British Open and Masters Champion. Dr. Pack’s prominence in the medical community has led him to extensive involvement with the media as well. He has written numerous newspaper columns and has been a frequent guest on many radio and television shows throughout his career. For many years Dr. Pack did the medical tips on the number one prime time show in Atlanta, P.M. Magazine, and was interviewed by Mike Wallace for 60 Minutes. For further information see his web site at www.drloupack.com.
Dr. Pack resides and practices in Greensboro GA, just outside of Atlanta.
