Chris Welch started his career in biomechanics in 1991 doing research for the American Sports Medicine Institute. During his fellowship at ASMI, Chris was named Golf Research Coordinator and worked closely with teaching professional Hank Johnson and the laboratory director Glenn Fleisig to put ASMI’s golf research program on the map.

From there he joined Biomotion Foundation in West Palm Beach, Florida taking on Director of Sports Medicine Research. In addition to continuing to be involved in golf swing evaluation, Chris also became quite involved in baseball research. Working closely with co-medical director of the laboratory, Frank Cook, MD, he developed a program for evaluating performance and injury potential as it pertains to baseball hitting and throwing. The program was utilized to evaluate hundreds of professional baseball players over a period of 3 years at the Biomotion Foundation.

In 1995, Chris started a biomechanics specific company called Human Performance Technologies. HPT pioneered the concept of clinical biomechanics by bringing 3-D motion analysis out of the laboratory and to the healthcare, training and coaching masses. HPT was the first company to make 3-D motion analysis both applicable and affordable in the clinical environment as well as providing He has also worked with therapists including Pete Draovitch, Gray Cook, Greg Rose and Mark Verstegen.

 Achievements:

Provided biomechanical evaluation services to the Golden Bear South Florida tour

Evaluated  PGA professionals Greg Norman, Brad Faxon, Earnie Els, Nick Price, Ray Floyd and Nick Faldo.

Advised golf instructors  including David Leadbetter, Mike Hebron, Mike Adams, Jim McLean and Mike Bentley

 Long term product evaluation project for FootJoy World Wide.

Author of Research articles and Literature on swing biomechanics including a feature article in Golf Digest on foot pressure patterns during the golf swing

Instramental in creating the biomechanics sections of clinical seminars including Dr. David Seaman’s Backswing Dynamics and Dr. Greg Rose’s Advantage Golf and most recently a biomechanics component to Back to Basics Golf Academy seminar series

Contributed biomechanics information to books published by David Leadbetter, Pete Draovitch and Gray Cook

Instrumental  in re-designing clinical evaluation software for Motion Analysis Corporation as well as developing techniques for integrating motion, force and emg data.