Elite Sports Psychology, Pain Management
About Us
Injury Management, Elite Sports Performance, "Incurable" Conditions
Pioneer, Innovator
- Using mental techniques to eliminate “incurable,” chronic, acute pain.
- Using pain, physical injury to improve performance.
- Eliminating pain, improving performance, “over the-phone.”
- Enhancing elite sports performance.
- Using mental techniques for weight loss and smoking cessation.
Dr. Raymond J. Petras, B.E., M.A., Ph.D.
1.888.447.1429
Pain Management
Elite Sports Performance
Weight Loss
Smoking Cessation
Hypnosis
Difficult, "Incurable" Conditions
Reduce Healthcare Costs, Improve Outcomes
Dr. Petras' weight loss, smoking cessation, performance enhancement, stress, pain and sports injury management techniques have been featured in numerous articles, on TV and radio programs in Arizona, Minnesota, Canada and Sweden including AZ Fox 10 and Glendale, AZ Cable. His pain management work was instrumental in saving the City of St. Paul, MN $1,000,000.00 in worker’s compensation costs, in 1998.
In-person & Over-the-phone
“Over the phone,” he has been able to eliminate pain from cancer surgery and a variety of “incurable,” chronic and acute conditions as well as with university, Olympic, elite and professional athletes.
Professional Experience:
Pain Management
Elite Sports Performance
Weight Loss
Smoking Cessation
Stress management
Assistant professor
Engineering-R&D and development
Team Doctor:
World Cup-Speed Skating - 500m and 1000m races. Roseville, MN;
World Cup-Speed Skating - World Championships, Milwaukee, WI.
Schwan’s USA Cup Soccer, Blaine, MN.
Solheim Cup (LPGA) - Intelachen CC, Edina, MN. (Women-USA vs Int’l).
Mid-Continent Conference Track & Field Championships - Youngstown, OH.
Marathon - Peace Race - Tod Children’s Hospital – Youngstown OH.
Special Appointments:
Arizona Obesity Program - Member Governor’s Workplace Committee.
NFL - 1st Pre-Super Bowl Scientific Congress Presenter.
USA Track & Field - Sport Psy. Resource Guide for USATF Elite Athletes.
USA Speedskating - Listed as Sport Psychology & Injury Mgt Resource.
Chair:
Infinite Health - Health Care Council (C.A.M.), Edina, MN.
USA Track and Field/Minnesota-Sports Medicine & Science Dev. Committee.
Teaching Experience:
Adjunct Faculty - University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN. Center for Health and Medical Affairs.
Seminar Instructor - Northwestern College of Chiropractic, Bloomington, MN.
Associate Professor - St. Mary’s University Graduate School, Mpls, MN
Instructor - Adult Education - Comm. Educ., Twin Cities, MN; WI; Open U.
Research:
City of St. Paul, MN - Risk Management Division - Talking Away Pain™ (also known as PNPR™) - A study to determine if a non-invasive pain reduction method is able to reduce or eliminate pain and/or improve daily function with Worker’s Compensation and other related injuries or illnesses. July 1998.
University of Ottawa, Canada - PsychoNeuro Pain Response™ (PNPR™) - A technique for reducing pain and improving the range of motion in athletes and non-athletes after injury. A non-published dissertation submitted to The Union Institute. January 1994.
Media Expert:
Pain Management (Incurable, Non-invasive, Non-pharmacological).
Elite Sports Performance (Psychology).
Hypnosis- Medically Trained.
Tele- (therapy) consulting (consulting, pain mgt, performance, more).
A pioneer in working over the phone.
